Chahar Province

Chahar Province
察哈爾省
ᠴᠠᠬᠠᠷ
ᠮᠣ᠊᠊ᠵ᠊ᠢ
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
CapitalChangyuan[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
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Zhili
Hebei
Shanxi
Today part ofChina
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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