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| Banner | |
|---|---|
| Manchu: |  Gūsa(romanized) |
| ClassicalMongolian:ᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤ ᠪᠣᠱᠤᠬᠤ | qosiγu bošuγuhôxûû bôxig(romanized) |
| Chinese: | 旗(character) qí(Pinyin romanization) |
| Cyrillic Mongolian: | Хошуу(cyrillized) khoshuu(romanized) |
| Mongolian script: | ᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤHôxûû orHûxûû |
Abanner (Chinese:旗;pinyin:qí;Mongolian:хошууkhoshuu) is anadministrative division of theInner Mongolia Autonomous Region in China, equivalent to a county-level administrative division.
Banners were first used during theQing dynasty, which organized the Mongols into banners, except those who belonged to theEight Banners. Each banner hadsums as nominal subdivisions. In Inner Mongolia, several banners made up aleague. In the rest, includingOuter Mongolia, northernXinjiang, andQinghai,Aimag (Аймаг) was the largest administrative division. While it restricted the Mongols from crossing banner borders, the dynasty protected Mongolia frompopulation pressure fromChina proper. After theMongolian People's Revolution, the banners of Outer Mongolia were abolished in 1923.[1]
There were 49 banners and 24 tribes in Inner Mongolia during theRepublic of China.[2]
Today, banners are acounty-level division in the Chinese administrative hierarchy. There are 52 in total, including 3 autonomous banners.[3]
| Administrative divisions of China |
|---|
Analogous county level units Management areas Management committee |
Analogous township level units Management areas Management committee Farms area (Overseas Chinese Farm Region [zh]),Prison area,University towns, etc. |
(Grassroots Autonomous Organizations) Villages · Gaqa · Ranches Residential Committees |
History:before 1912,1912–49,1949–present Administrative division codes |
The following list of 49 individual banners is sorted alphabetically according to each specific title (i.e., ignoring adjectives such as New, Old, Left, Right, etc.)
Anautonomous banner (Chinese:自治旗;pinyin:zìzhìqí) is a special type of banner set up by the government of China. There are three autonomous banners, all of which are found in northeastern Inner Mongolia, each with a designated ethnic majority other thanHan orMongol that is a nationalethnic minority:
The 52 banners in the IMAR are…