League (Inner Mongolia)

A league (Mongolian: chuulghan, Chinese: 盟, pinyin: méng) is an administrative unit in Inner Mongolia.

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 bannerss belonging to it.

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	Alashan Left Banner
Xilingol	锡林郭勒	Xīlínguōlè	Xilinhot
Xing'an	兴安	Xīng'ān	Ulaanhot
Former leagues
Baynnur	巴彦淖尔	Bāyànnào'ěr	Linhe	December 1, 2003	Baynnur 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
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
Ulaan Chab	乌兰察布	Wūlánchábù	Jining	December 1, 2003	Ulaan Chab prefecture-level city
Yeke Juu	伊克昭	Yīkèzhāo	Dongsheng	February 26, 2001	Ordos prefecture-level city

See also:

• Political divisions of China
• Prefecture of China
• Banner (Inner Mongolia)
• Eight Banner system
• Inner Mongolia