Chahar Province 察哈爾省 ᠴᠠᠬᠠᠷ ᠮᠣ᠊᠊ᠵ᠊ᠢ | |||||||||||
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Province of the Republic of China (1928–1948) Province of the People's Republic of China (1948–1952) | |||||||||||
1948–1952 | |||||||||||
Map of Chahar within the ROC | |||||||||||
Map of Chahar within the PRC | |||||||||||
Capital | Changyuan[a] | ||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||
• 1947 | 278,957 km2 (107,706 sq mi) | ||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||
• 1947 | 2,150,054 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
• Chahar Special Administrative Region established | 1914 | ||||||||||
• Established | 1928 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1952 | ||||||||||
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Today part of | China ∟ Inner Mongolia ∟ Hebei ∟ Beijing |
Chahar (Mongolian: ᠴᠠᠬᠠᠷ/ Чахар; Chinese: 察哈爾; pinyin: Cháhā'ěr), also known as Chaha'er, Chakhar or Qahar, was a province of the Republic of China in existence from 1912 to 1936, mostly covering territory in what is part of Eastern Inner Mongolia. It was named after the Chahar Mongols.
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