League (Inner Mongolia)

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A league (Mongolian: chuulghan Чуулга, Chinese: 盟, pinyin: méng) is an administrative unit in Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China.

Leagues have existed since the Qing Dynasty as a level of government. The head of a league was chosen from jasagh or sula of the banners belonging to it. The original six leagues were Jirim, Juu Uda, Josutu, Xilingol, Ulaan Chab, and Yeke Juu. More were added in the subsequent centuries.

Today, leagues belong to the prefecture level of the Chinese administrative hierarchy. Of the 9 leagues that existed in the late 1970s, 6 have now been reorganized into prefecture-level cities.

Leagues of Inner Mongolia
Name Simplified
Chinese
Pinyin Capital Date abolished Replaced with
Present-day leagues
Alashan阿拉善ĀlāshànAlashan Left Banner  
Xilingol锡林郭勒XīlínguōlèXilinhot  
Xing'an兴安Xīng'ānUlaanhot  
Former leagues
Baynnur巴彦淖尔Bāyànnào'ěrLinheDecember 1, 2003Baynnur prefecture-level city
Chahar察哈尔Cháhā'ěrBaochangOctober 1, 1958merged into Xilingol League
Hulunbuir呼伦贝尔Hūlúnbèi'ěrHailarOctober 10, 2001Hulunbuir prefecture-level city
Hulunbuir-Nawenmuren呼伦贝尔纳文慕仁Hūlúnbèi'ěr Nàwénmùrén
Jirim哲里木ZhélǐmùTongliaoJanuary 13, 1999Tongliao prefecture-level city
Josutu卓索图Zhuósuǒtú before 1949currently distributed among Fuxin, Chaoyang, Chifeng prefecture-level cities
Juu Uda昭乌达ZhāowūdáChifengOctober 10, 1983Chifeng prefecture-level city
Nawenmuren纳文慕仁NàwénmùrénZhalantun
Ulaan Chab乌兰察布WūlánchábùJiningDecember 1, 2003Ulaan Chab prefecture-level city
Yeke Juu伊克昭YīkèzhāoDongshengFebruary 26, 2001Ordos prefecture-level city

See also

zh:盟