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title="Organic Law of Village Committees">(Grassroots Autonomous Organizations)</a> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Villages_of_China" title="Villages of China">Villages · Gaqa · Ranches</a><br /> Village Committees </p> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Residential_community" title="Residential community">Communities</a><br /> </p> Residential Committees</div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#ddf; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><div style="background:#dfd; width:100%; height:100%;"><i>Others</i></div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_China" title="List of regions of China">Regions</a> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/List_of_capitals_in_China" title="List of capitals in China">Capital cities</a> </p> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/New_areas" title="New areas">New areas</a> </p> <hr /> <p><a 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href="/wiki/Administrative_division_codes_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" title="Administrative division codes of the People's Republic of China">Administrative division codes</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini 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template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Administrative_levels_and_divisions_of_China_sidebar" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Administrative levels and divisions of China sidebar"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>A <b>league</b> (<a href="/wiki/Mongolian_language" title="Mongolian language">Mongolian</a>: <i lang="mn"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ayimagh.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Ayimagh.svg/14px-Ayimagh.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="32" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Ayimagh.svg/21px-Ayimagh.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Ayimagh.svg/28px-Ayimagh.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="225" /></a></span></i> <i>ayimaγ</i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[æːmɑ̆ɡ̊]</span> <i>Aimag</i>; historically, <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cighulghan.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Cighulghan.svg/17px-Cighulghan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Cighulghan.svg/26px-Cighulghan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Cighulghan.svg/34px-Cighulghan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="130" data-file-height="295" /></a></span> <i>čiγulγan</i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[t͡ʃʰʊːlɡ̊ɑ̆n]</span> <i>Qûûlgan</i>; <a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh">盟</span>; <a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">pinyin</a>: <i><span lang="zh-Latn">méng</span></i>) is an administrative unit of the autonomous region of <a href="/wiki/Inner_Mongolia" title="Inner Mongolia">Inner Mongolia</a> in the <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">People's Republic of China</a>. </p><p>Leagues are the prefectures of Inner Mongolia. The name comes from a Mongolian administrative unit used during the <a href="/wiki/Qing_dynasty" title="Qing dynasty">Qing dynasty</a> in <a href="/wiki/Mongolia_under_Qing_rule" title="Mongolia under Qing rule">Mongolia</a>. Mongolian <a href="/wiki/Banner_(Inner_Mongolia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Banner (Inner Mongolia)">Banners (county level regions)</a> were organized into conventional assemblies at the league level. During the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_(1912%E2%80%931949)" title="Republic of China (1912–1949)">ROC</a> era, the leagues had a status equivalent to provinces. Leagues contain <a href="/wiki/Banner_(Inner_Mongolia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Banner (Inner Mongolia)">banners</a>, equivalent to counties. </p><p>After the establishment of the provincial level <a href="/wiki/Inner_Mongolia" title="Inner Mongolia">Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region</a> in 1947, leagues of Inner Mongolia became equal to prefectures in other provinces and autonomous regions. The <b>administrative commission</b> (Chinese: <span lang="zh">行政公署</span>; pinyin: <i><span lang="zh-Latn">xíngzhènggōngshǔ</span></i>) of the league is the administrative branch office dispatched by the <a href="/wiki/Inner_Mongolia#Government_and_politics" title="Inner Mongolia">People's Government of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region</a>. The leader of the league's government, titled as <b>league leader</b> (<a href="/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_characters" title="Simplified Chinese characters">simplified Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh-Hans">盟长</span>; <a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">traditional Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh-Hant">盟長</span>; <a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">pinyin</a>: <i><span lang="zh-Latn">méngzhǎng</span></i>), is appointed by People's Government of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. So are deputy leaders of leagues. Instead of local level of People's Congress, league's working commissions of the Standing Committee of the People’s Congress of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region are detached and supervise the league's governments, but can not elect or dismiss league's government officials.<sup id="cite_ref-law1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-law1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In such a way, the <i>league's working committee of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region's committee of the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_People%27s_Political_Consultative_Conference" title="Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference">Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference</a></i> is instead of league's committee of CPPCC. </p><p>Leagues have existed since the <a href="/wiki/Qing_dynasty" title="Qing dynasty">Qing dynasty</a> as a level of government. The head of a league was chosen from <a href="/wiki/Jasagh" title="Jasagh">jasagh</a> or sula of the <a href="/wiki/Banner_(Inner_Mongolia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Banner (Inner Mongolia)">banners</a> belonging to it. The original six leagues were <a href="/wiki/Tongliao" title="Tongliao">Jirem</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chifeng" title="Chifeng">Ju Ud</a>, <a href="/wiki/Josutu" class="mw-redirect" title="Josutu">Jost</a>, <a href="/wiki/Xilingol" class="mw-redirect" title="Xilingol">Xilingol</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ulanqab" title="Ulanqab">Ulanqab</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ordos_City" title="Ordos City">Ih Ju</a>. More were added in the subsequent centuries. </p><p>Today, leagues belong to the <a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_China#Prefectural_level_(2nd)" title="Administrative divisions of China">prefecture level</a> of the Chinese administrative hierarchy. Of the 9 leagues that existed in the late 1970s, 6 have now been reorganized into <a href="/wiki/Prefecture-level_city" title="Prefecture-level city">prefecture-level cities</a>. There are only 3 leagues remaining in <a href="/wiki/Inner_Mongolia" title="Inner Mongolia">Inner Mongolia</a>: Xilingol, Alxa, and Hinggan. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leagues_(1949–present)"><span id="Leagues_.281949.E2.80.93present.29"></span>Leagues (1949–present)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leagues_of_China&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Leagues (1949–present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current">Current</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leagues_of_China&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Current"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Mongolian_language" title="Mongolian language">Mongolian</a></th> <th>Transcription and IPA<br />(Chakhar Mongolian)</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Simplified_Chinese" class="mw-redirect" title="Simplified Chinese">Simplified</a><br />Chinese</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">Pinyin</a></th> <th>Capital</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="#CCFFCC"> <td><a href="/wiki/Hinggan_League" title="Hinggan League">Hinggan</a></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237794275"><span class="font-mong" style="display:inline-block; font-weight:normal; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.2em; -webkit-writing-mode: vertical-lr; -o-writing-mode: vertical-lr; -ms-writing-mode: tb-lr; writing-mode: tb-lr; writing-mode: vertical-lr;; text-orientation: sideways; vertical-align:text-top;">ᠬᠢᠩᠭᠠᠨ</span></td> <td><i>Hinggan</i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[xɪŋɡ̊ɑ̆n]</span></td> <td>兴安</td> <td>Xīng'ān</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ulanhot" title="Ulanhot">Ulanhot</a></td> <td>Established: 26 July 1980 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#CCFFCC"> <td><a href="/wiki/Xilingol" class="mw-redirect" title="Xilingol">Xilingol</a></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237794275"><span class="font-mong" style="display:inline-block; font-weight:normal; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.2em; -webkit-writing-mode: vertical-lr; -o-writing-mode: vertical-lr; -ms-writing-mode: tb-lr; writing-mode: tb-lr; writing-mode: vertical-lr;; text-orientation: sideways; vertical-align:text-top;">ᠰᠢᠯᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠭᠣᠤᠯ</span></td> <td><i>Xiliin Gôl</i></td> <td>锡林郭勒</td> <td>Xīlínguōlè</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xilinhot" title="Xilinhot">Xilinhot</a></td> <td>Present day: <a href="/wiki/Xilingol" class="mw-redirect" title="Xilingol">Xilingol</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hinggan_League" title="Hinggan League">Hinggan</a> (1954) </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#CCFFCC"> <td><a href="/wiki/Alxa_League" title="Alxa League">Alxa</a></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237794275"><span class="font-mong" style="display:inline-block; font-weight:normal; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.2em; -webkit-writing-mode: vertical-lr; -o-writing-mode: vertical-lr; -ms-writing-mode: tb-lr; writing-mode: tb-lr; writing-mode: vertical-lr;; text-orientation: sideways; vertical-align:text-top;">ᠠᠯᠠᠱᠠᠨ</span></td> <td><i>Alxaa</i></td> <td>阿拉善</td> <td>Ālāshàn</td> <td>Bayanhot Town, <a href="/wiki/Alxa_Left_Banner" title="Alxa Left Banner">Alxa Left Banner</a></td> <td>Until 1954 it was known as Alxa Öölüd Banners and Ejin Torghuud Banner </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Defunct">Defunct</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leagues_of_China&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Defunct"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Mongolian_language" title="Mongolian language">Mongolian</a></th> <th>Transcription and IPA<br />(Chakhar Mongolian)</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Simplified_Chinese" class="mw-redirect" title="Simplified Chinese">Simplified</a><br />Chinese</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">Pinyin</a></th> <th>Capital</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bayannur" title="Bayannur">Bayannur</a></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237794275"><span class="font-mong" style="display:inline-block; font-weight:normal; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.2em; -webkit-writing-mode: vertical-lr; -o-writing-mode: vertical-lr; -ms-writing-mode: tb-lr; writing-mode: tb-lr; writing-mode: vertical-lr;; text-orientation: sideways; vertical-align:text-top;">ᠪᠠᠶ᠋ᠠᠨᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ</span></td> <td><i>Bayan Nûûr</i></td> <td>巴彦淖尔</td> <td>Bāyànnào'ěr</td> <td>Linhe<br />(<a href="/wiki/Linhe_District" title="Linhe District">Linhe District</a>)</td> <td>Dissolution: 1 December 2003<br />Present day: <a href="/wiki/Bayannur" title="Bayannur">Bayannur</a> (prefecture-level city) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tongliao" title="Tongliao">Jirem</a></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237794275"><span class="font-mong" style="display:inline-block; font-weight:normal; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.2em; -webkit-writing-mode: vertical-lr; -o-writing-mode: vertical-lr; -ms-writing-mode: tb-lr; writing-mode: tb-lr; writing-mode: vertical-lr;; text-orientation: sideways; vertical-align:text-top;">ᠵᠢᠷᠢᠮ</span></td> <td><i>Jirem</i></td> <td>哲里木</td> <td>Zhélǐmù</td> <td>Bayisingtu<br />(<a href="/wiki/Horqin_District" title="Horqin District">Horqin District</a>)</td> <td>Dissolution: 13 January 1999<br />Present day: <a href="/wiki/Tongliao" title="Tongliao">Tongliao</a> (prefecture-level city) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chifeng" title="Chifeng">Ju Ud</a></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237794275"><span class="font-mong" style="display:inline-block; font-weight:normal; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.2em; -webkit-writing-mode: vertical-lr; -o-writing-mode: vertical-lr; -ms-writing-mode: tb-lr; writing-mode: tb-lr; writing-mode: vertical-lr;; text-orientation: sideways; vertical-align:text-top;">ᠵᠤᠤ ᠤᠳᠠ</span></td> <td><i>Jûû Ûd</i></td> <td>昭乌达</td> <td>Zhāowūdá</td> <td>Ulanhad<br />(<a href="/wiki/Hongshan_District,_Chifeng" title="Hongshan District, Chifeng">Hongshan District</a>)</td> <td>Dissolution: 10 October 1983<br />Present day: <a href="/wiki/Chifeng" title="Chifeng">Chifeng</a> (prefecture-level city) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Josutu" class="mw-redirect" title="Josutu">Jost</a></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237794275"><span class="font-mong" style="display:inline-block; font-weight:normal; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.2em; -webkit-writing-mode: vertical-lr; -o-writing-mode: vertical-lr; -ms-writing-mode: tb-lr; writing-mode: tb-lr; writing-mode: vertical-lr;; text-orientation: sideways; vertical-align:text-top;">ᠵᠣᠰᠤᠲᠤ ᠶᠢᠨ</span></td> <td><i>Jôstiin</i></td> <td>卓索图</td> <td>Zhuósuǒtú</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chaoyang,_Liaoning" title="Chaoyang, Liaoning">Chaoyang</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Shuangta_District" title="Shuangta District">Shuangta District</a>)</td> <td>Dissolution: 10 October 1911<br />Present day: <a href="/wiki/Fuxin" title="Fuxin">Fuxin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chaoyang,_Liaoning" title="Chaoyang, Liaoning">Chaoyang</a>, and part of <a href="/wiki/Chifeng" title="Chifeng">Chifeng</a> (prefecture-level city) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chahar_Province" title="Chahar Province">Chahar</a></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237794275"><span class="font-mong" style="display:inline-block; font-weight:normal; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.2em; -webkit-writing-mode: vertical-lr; -o-writing-mode: vertical-lr; -ms-writing-mode: tb-lr; writing-mode: tb-lr; writing-mode: vertical-lr;; text-orientation: sideways; vertical-align:text-top;">ᠴᠠᠬᠠᠷ</span></td> <td><i>Qahar</i></td> <td>察哈尔</td> <td>Cháhā'ěr</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baochang,_Taibus_Banner" title="Baochang, Taibus Banner">Baochang</a></td> <td>Dissolution: 1 October 1958<br />merged into <a href="/wiki/Xilingol" class="mw-redirect" title="Xilingol">Xilingol</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ulanqab" title="Ulanqab">Ulanqab</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ulanqab" title="Ulanqab">Ulanqab</a></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237794275"><span class="font-mong" style="display:inline-block; font-weight:normal; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.2em; -webkit-writing-mode: vertical-lr; -o-writing-mode: vertical-lr; -ms-writing-mode: tb-lr; writing-mode: tb-lr; writing-mode: vertical-lr;; text-orientation: sideways; vertical-align:text-top;">ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠴᠠᠪ</span></td> <td><i>Ulaanqab</i></td> <td>乌兰察布</td> <td>Wūlánchábù</td> <td>Jining<br />(<a href="/wiki/Jining_District" title="Jining District">Jining District</a>)</td> <td>Dissolution: 1 December 2003<br />Present day: <a href="/wiki/Ulanqab" title="Ulanqab">Ulanqab</a> (prefecture-level city), <a href="/wiki/Baotou" title="Baotou">Baotou</a> (1954), & Bayannur (1954) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ordos_City" title="Ordos City">Ih Ju</a></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237794275"><span class="font-mong" style="display:inline-block; font-weight:normal; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.2em; -webkit-writing-mode: vertical-lr; -o-writing-mode: vertical-lr; -ms-writing-mode: tb-lr; writing-mode: tb-lr; writing-mode: vertical-lr;; text-orientation: sideways; vertical-align:text-top;">ᠶᠡᠺᠡ ᠵᠣᠤ</span></td> <td><i>Ih Jûû</i></td> <td>伊克昭</td> <td>Yīkèzhāo</td> <td>Dongsheng<br />(<a href="/wiki/Dongsheng_District" title="Dongsheng District">Dongsheng District</a>)</td> <td>Dissolution: 26 February 2001<br />Present day: <a href="/wiki/Ordos_City" title="Ordos City">Ordos</a> (prefecture-level city) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="lightgrey"><b>Heilongjiang (present day northern part of Inner Mongolia)</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="nowrap">Hulunbuir–Nunmoron</span></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237794275"><span class="font-mong" style="display:inline-block; font-weight:normal; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.2em; -webkit-writing-mode: vertical-lr; -o-writing-mode: vertical-lr; -ms-writing-mode: tb-lr; writing-mode: tb-lr; writing-mode: vertical-lr;; text-orientation: sideways; vertical-align:text-top;">ᠬᠥᠯᠦᠨᠪᠤᠶᠢᠷ ᠨᠤᠨ ᠮᠥᠷᠡᠨ</span></td> <td><span class="nowrap"><i>Holon Bûir–Nûûn Moron</i></span></td> <td>呼伦贝尔纳文慕仁 / 呼纳</td> <td><span class="nowrap">Hūlúnbèi'ěr–Nàwénmùrén /</span><br />Hūnà</td> <td>Hailar<br />(<a href="/wiki/Hailar_District" title="Hailar District">Hailar District</a>)</td> <td>Dissolution: 1 April 1953 merge into <a href="/w/index.php?title=Inner_Mongolia_Eastern_Administrative_Zone&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Inner Mongolia Eastern Administrative Zone (page does not exist)">Inner Mongolia Eastern Administrative Zone</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hulunbuir" title="Hulunbuir">Hulunbuir</a></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237794275"><span class="font-mong" style="display:inline-block; font-weight:normal; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.2em; -webkit-writing-mode: vertical-lr; -o-writing-mode: vertical-lr; -ms-writing-mode: tb-lr; writing-mode: tb-lr; writing-mode: vertical-lr;; text-orientation: sideways; vertical-align:text-top;">ᠬᠥᠯᠦᠨᠪᠤᠶᠢᠷ</span></td> <td><i>Holon Bûir</i></td> <td>呼伦贝尔</td> <td>Hūlúnbèi'ěr</td> <td>Hailar<br />(<a href="/wiki/Hailar_District" title="Hailar District">Hailar District</a>)</td> <td>Dissolution: 11 April 1949<br />Merged into Hulunbuir-Nunmoron<br />Re-established: 21 May 1954<br />Dissolution: 10 October 2001 (present day greater <a href="/wiki/Hulunbuir" title="Hulunbuir">Hulunbuir</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Nun Moron</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237794275"><span class="font-mong" style="display:inline-block; font-weight:normal; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.2em; -webkit-writing-mode: vertical-lr; -o-writing-mode: vertical-lr; -ms-writing-mode: tb-lr; writing-mode: tb-lr; writing-mode: vertical-lr;; text-orientation: sideways; vertical-align:text-top;">ᠨᠤᠨ ᠮᠥᠷᠡᠨ</span></td> <td><i>Nûûn Moron</i></td> <td>纳文慕仁</td> <td>Nàwénmùrén</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zhalantun" class="mw-redirect" title="Zhalantun">Zhalantun</a></td> <td>Dissolution: 11 April 1949<br />merge into <a href="/wiki/Hulunbuir" title="Hulunbuir">Hulunbuir–Nunmoron</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Original_leagues_of_the_Qing">Original leagues of the Qing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leagues_of_China&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Original leagues of the Qing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_6_leagues_under_Inner_Mongolia">The 6 leagues under Inner Mongolia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leagues_of_China&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: The 6 leagues under Inner Mongolia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Mongolian_language" title="Mongolian language">Mongolian</a></th> <th>Transcription and IPA<br />(Chakhar Mongolian)</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Simplified_Chinese" class="mw-redirect" title="Simplified Chinese">Simplified</a><br />Chinese</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">Pinyin</a></th> <th>Tribes & Banners</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tongliao" title="Tongliao">Jirem</a></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237794275"><span class="font-mong" style="display:inline-block; font-weight:normal; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.2em; -webkit-writing-mode: vertical-lr; -o-writing-mode: vertical-lr; -ms-writing-mode: tb-lr; writing-mode: tb-lr; writing-mode: vertical-lr;; text-orientation: sideways; vertical-align:text-top;">ᠵᠢᠷᠢᠮ</span></td> <td><i>Jirem</i></td> <td>哲里木</td> <td>Zhélǐmù</td> <td>4 tribes<br />10 banners</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Josutu" class="mw-redirect" title="Josutu">Jost</a></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237794275"><span class="font-mong" style="display:inline-block; font-weight:normal; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.2em; -webkit-writing-mode: vertical-lr; -o-writing-mode: vertical-lr; -ms-writing-mode: tb-lr; writing-mode: tb-lr; writing-mode: vertical-lr;; text-orientation: sideways; vertical-align:text-top;">ᠵᠣᠰᠤᠲᠤ ᠶᠢᠨ</span></td> <td><i>Jôstiin</i></td> <td>卓索图</td> <td>Zhuósuǒtú</td> <td>2 tribes<br />5 banners</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chifeng" title="Chifeng">Ju Ud</a><br /><i>Ju'ud</i></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237794275"><span class="font-mong" style="display:inline-block; font-weight:normal; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.2em; -webkit-writing-mode: vertical-lr; -o-writing-mode: vertical-lr; -ms-writing-mode: tb-lr; writing-mode: tb-lr; writing-mode: vertical-lr;; text-orientation: sideways; vertical-align:text-top;">ᠵᠤᠤ ᠤᠳᠠ</span></td> <td><i>Jûû Ûd</i></td> <td>昭乌达</td> <td>Zhāowūdá</td> <td>8 tribes<br />11 banners</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Xilingol" class="mw-redirect" title="Xilingol">Xilingol</a></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237794275"><span class="font-mong" style="display:inline-block; font-weight:normal; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.2em; -webkit-writing-mode: vertical-lr; -o-writing-mode: vertical-lr; -ms-writing-mode: tb-lr; writing-mode: tb-lr; writing-mode: vertical-lr;; text-orientation: sideways; vertical-align:text-top;">ᠰᠢᠯᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠭᠣᠤᠯ</span></td> <td><i>Xiliin Gôl</i></td> <td>锡林郭勒</td> <td>Xīlínguōlè</td> <td>5 tribes<br />10 banners</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ulanqab" title="Ulanqab">Ulanqab</a></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237794275"><span class="font-mong" style="display:inline-block; font-weight:normal; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.2em; -webkit-writing-mode: vertical-lr; -o-writing-mode: vertical-lr; -ms-writing-mode: tb-lr; writing-mode: tb-lr; writing-mode: vertical-lr;; text-orientation: sideways; vertical-align:text-top;">ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠴᠠᠪ</span></td> <td><i>Ulaanqab</i></td> <td>乌兰察布</td> <td>Wūlánchábù</td> <td>4 tribes<br />6 banners</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ordos_City" title="Ordos City">Ih Ju</a><br /><i>Ihju</i></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237794275"><span class="font-mong" style="display:inline-block; font-weight:normal; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.2em; -webkit-writing-mode: vertical-lr; -o-writing-mode: vertical-lr; -ms-writing-mode: tb-lr; writing-mode: tb-lr; writing-mode: vertical-lr;; text-orientation: sideways; vertical-align:text-top;">ᠶᠡᠺᠡ ᠵᠣᠤ</span></td> <td><i>Ih Jûû</i></td> <td>伊克昭</td> <td>Yīkèzhāo</td> <td>1 tribe<br />7 banners</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_league">Other league</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leagues_of_China&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Other league"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Mongolian_language" title="Mongolian language">Mongolian</a></th> <th>Transcription and IPA<br />(Chakhar Mongolian)</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Simplified_Chinese" class="mw-redirect" title="Simplified Chinese">Simplified</a><br />Chinese</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">Pinyin</a></th> <th>Tribes & Banners</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chahar_Province" title="Chahar Province">Chahar</a></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237794275"><span class="font-mong" style="display:inline-block; font-weight:normal; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.2em; -webkit-writing-mode: vertical-lr; -o-writing-mode: vertical-lr; -ms-writing-mode: tb-lr; writing-mode: tb-lr; writing-mode: vertical-lr;; text-orientation: sideways; vertical-align:text-top;">ᠴᠠᠬᠠᠷ</span></td> <td><i>Qahar</i></td> <td>察哈尔</td> <td>Cháhā'ěr</td> <td>8 banners</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Changes">Changes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leagues_of_China&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Changes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year(s)</th> <th>Leagues </th></tr> <tr> <td>1636–1928 (Qûûlgan) </td> <td>Jirem, Ju Ud, Jost, Xilingol, Ulanqab, and Ih Ju </td></tr> <tr> <td>1928–1938 (Qûûlgan and Province) </td> <td>Jirem, Ju Ud, Jost, Xilingol, Chahar Province (Qahar), Ulanqab, and Ih Ju </td></tr> <tr> <td>1938–1945 (ROC) </td> <td>Jirem, Ih Ju </td></tr> <tr> <td>1938–1945 (Mengjiang) </td> <td>Ju Ud, Xilingol, Chahar (Qahar), Ulanqab, Bayantala (Bayantal) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1945–1948 (Aimag) </td> <td>Nun Moron, Jirem, Ju Ud, Jost, Xilingol, Qahar, Ulanqab, and Ih Ju </td></tr> <tr> <td>1948–1949 (Aimag) </td> <td>Hulunbuir, Nun Moron, Jirem, Ju Ud, Jost, Xilingol, Qahar, Ulanqab, and Ih Ju </td></tr> <tr> <td>1949 (Aimag) </td> <td>Hulunbuir, Nun Moron, Jirem, Ju Ud, Jost, Xilingol, Qahar, Ulanqab, and Ih Ju </td></tr> <tr> <td>1949–1953 (Aimag) </td> <td>Hulunbuir–Nun Moron, Hinggan, Jirem, Ju Ud, Xilingol, Qahar </td></tr> <tr> <td>1953 (Aimag) </td> <td>Ju Ud, Xilingol, Qahar </td></tr> <tr> <td>1953–1956 (Aimag) </td> <td>Hulunbuir, Jirem, Ju Ud, Xilingol, Qahar, Ulanqab, Ih Ju </td></tr> <tr> <td>1956–1958 (Aimag) </td> <td>Hulunbuir, Jirem, Ju Ud, Xilingol, Qahar, Ulanqab, Ih Ju, Bayannur </td></tr> <tr> <td>1958–1969 (Aimag) </td> <td>Hulunbuir, Jirem, Ju Ud, Xilingol, Ulanqab, Ih Ju, Bayannur </td></tr> <tr> <td>1969–1979 (Inner Mongolia) </td> <td>Xilingol, Ulanqab, Ih Ju, Bayannur </td></tr> <tr> <td>1969–1979 (Heilongjiang) </td> <td>Hulunbuir </td></tr> <tr> <td>1969–1979 (Jilin) </td> <td>Jirem </td></tr> <tr> <td>1979–1980 (Aimag) </td> <td>Hulunbuir, Jirem, Ju Ud, Xilingol, Ulanqab, Ih Ju, Bayannur, Alxa </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980–1983 (Aimag) </td> <td>Hulunbuir, Hinggan, Jirem, Ju Ud, Xilingol, Ulanqab, Ih Ju, Bayannur, Alxa </td></tr> <tr> <td>1983–1999 (Aimag) </td> <td>Hulunbuir, Hinggan, Jirem, Xilingol, Ulanqab, Ih Ju, Bayannur, Alxa </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999–2001 (Aimag) </td> <td>Hulunbuir, Hinggan, Xilingol, Ulanqab, Ih Ju, Bayannur, Alxa </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001–2003 (Aimag) </td> <td>Hinggan, Xilingol, Ulanqab, Bayannur, Alxa </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003–present (Aimag) </td> <td>Hinggan, Xilingol, Alxa </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leagues_of_China&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-law1-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-law1_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"The standing committee of the people’s congress of a province and autonomous region may set up administrative offices in the prefectures under its jurisdiction. 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