Leagues of Inner Mongolia

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A league (Аймаг aimag or, historically, Чуулга chuulghan; 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, Ulanqab, 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	Ālāshàn	Bayanhot
Xilingol	锡林郭勒	Xīlínguōlè	Xilinhot
Hinggan	兴安	Xīng'ān	Ulaanhot
Former leagues
Bayan Nur	巴彦淖尔	Bāyànnào'ěr	Linhe	December 1, 2003	Bayan Nur prefecture-level city
Chahar	察哈尔	Cháhā'ěr	Baochang	October 1, 1958	merged into Xilingol League
Hulunbuir	呼伦贝尔	Hūlúnbèi'ěr	Hailar	October 10, 2001	Hulunbuir prefecture-level city
Hulunbuir-Nawenmuren	呼伦贝尔纳文慕仁	Hūlúnbèi'ěr Nàwénmùrén
Jirim	哲里木	Zhélǐmù	Tongliao	January 13, 1999	Tongliao prefecture-level city
Josutu	卓索图	Zhuósuǒtú		before 1949	currently distributed among Fuxin, Chaoyang, Chifeng prefecture-level cities
Juu Uda	昭乌达	Zhāowūdá	Chifeng	October 10, 1983	Chifeng prefecture-level city
Nawenmuren	纳文慕仁	Nàwénmùrén	Zhalantun
Ulanqab	乌兰察布	Wūlánchábù	Jining	December 1, 2003	Ulanqab prefecture-level city
Yeke Juu	伊克昭	Yīkèzhāo	Dongsheng	February 26, 2001	Ordos prefecture-level city

Leagues of Inner Mongolia

See also