A banner (Chinese: 旗; pinyin: qí) is an administrative division of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China.
Banners were first used during the Qing Dynasty, which organized the Mongols into banners except those who belonged to the Eight Banners. Each banner had sumu as nominal subdivisions. In Inner Mongolia, several banners made up a league. In the rest, including Outer Mongolia, northern Xinjiang and Qinghai, Aimag (Аймаг) was the largest administrative division. While it restricted the Mongols from crossing banner borders, the dynasty protected Mongolia from population pressure from China proper.
There were 49 banners and 24 tribes during the Republic of China.
Today, banners are a county level division in the Chinese administrative hierarchy. There are 49 banners in total.
The following list of 49 individual Banners is sorted alphabetically according to the banner's specific title (i.e. ignoring adjectives such as New, Old, Left, Right, and so on).
Abag Banner; League: Xilin Gol
Alxa Right Banner; League: Alxa
Alxa Left Banner; League: Alxa
Aohan Banner
Ar Horqin Banner
Arun Banner
Bairin Left Banner
Bairin Right Banner
Old Barag Banner
New Barag Left Banner
New Barag Right Banner
Chahar Right Middle Banner
Chahar Right Front Banner
Chahar Right Back Banner
Dalat Banner
Darhan Muminggan United Banner
Ejin Banner; League: Alxa
Ejin Horo Banner
Hanggin Banner
Hanggin Rear Banner
Harqin Banner
Hexigten Banner
Horqin Left Back Banner
Horqin Left Middle Banner
Horqin Right Front Banner; League: Hinggan
Horqin Right Middle Banner; League: Hinggan
Hure Banner
Jalaid Banner; League: Hinggan
Jarud Banner
Jung Gar Banner
Muminggan Banner -> Darhan Muminggan United Banner
Naiman Banner
Ongniud Banner
Otog Banner
Otog Front Banner
Siziwang Banner
Sonid Left Banner; League: Xilin Gol
Sonid Right Banner; League: Xilin Gol
Taibus Banner; League: Xilin Gol
Tumed Left Banner
Tumed Right Banner
East Ujimqin Banner; League: Xilin Gol
West Ujimqin Banner; League: Xilin Gol
Urat Rear Banner
Urat Middle Banner
Urat Front Banner
Uxin Banner
Xianghuang Banner; League: Xilin Gol
Zhenglan Banner; League: Xilin Gol
Zhengxiangbai Banner; League: Xilin Gol
An autonomous banner (Chinese: 自治旗; pinyin: zìzhìqí) is a special type of banner set up by the People's Republic of China. There are 3 autonomous banners, all of which are found in northeastern Inner Mongolia, each with a designated ethnic majority other than Han or Mongol and which is a national ethnic minority:
Oroqin Autonomous Banner (鄂伦春自治旗) for the Oroqin
Evenki Autonomous Banner (鄂温克族自治旗) for the Evenks
Morin Dawa Daur Autonomous Banner (莫力达瓦达斡尔族自治旗) for the Daur
Dorbod Mongol Autonomous County (Dorbod Banner)
Ergun (Ergun Right Banner)
Genhe (Ergun Left Banner)
Harqin Left Wing Mongol Autonomous County (Harqin Left Wing Banner)
Qian Gorlos Mongol Autonomous County (Gorlos Front Banner)
Xilinhot (Abahanar Banner)
Yakeshi (Xuguit Banner)
Zhalantun (Butha Banner)
Zhaoyuan County (Gorlos Rear Banner)
