Banner is a type ofadministrative division, and may more specifically refer to:

• TheEight Banners are former administrative divisions of China into which allManchu households were placed, primarily for military purposes.^[1]
• Banner (Qosighun or khoshun) as former division of allMongols under Qing rule (includes Inner/Outer Mongolia) grouped in aimag (league), sometimes transcribed by hoshuns or khoshuns, were thebattalion level of administrative/military subdivision in the Mongol army.^[2]
• Banner (Inner Mongolia) as an administrative division ofInner Mongolia Autonomous Region in thePeople's Republic of China, equivalent to aChinese county (縣|县[xiàn]) in the rest of China.
  • AnAutonomous banner is an area associated with one or more ethnic minorities designated as autonomous within the People's Republic of China.
• Kozhuun, subdivisions of formerTannu Uriankhai and now RussianTuva.

• ABandon (Byzantine Empire) was the lowest Byzantine administrative-cum-military unit. "Bandon" means "banner".^[3]
• Sanjak, literally "a banner, flag", was the original first level subdivision of the Ottoman Empire.

• Liwa, an Arabic term meaning "banner" is a type ofadministrative division. Used in conjunction with theOttoman–era termsancağı, denoting a region or district.

• Banner (disambiguation)

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