Mengjiang

Mengjiang United Autonomous Government
(1939–1941)
蒙疆聯合自治政府 (Japanese, Chinese)
Měngjiāng Liánhé Zìzhì Zhèngfǔ
Mōkyō Rengō Jichi Seifu
ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ‍ᠤᠨ
ᠥᠪᠡᠷᠲᠡᠭᠡᠨ
ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠬᠤ
ᠬᠣᠯᠪᠣᠭᠠᠲᠤ
ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠭ ‍ᠤᠨ
ᠣᠷᠳᠣᠨ

Монголын Өөртөө Засах Холбоот Засгийн Ордон (Mongolian)


Mongolian Autonomous State
(1941–1945)
蒙古自治邦 (Japanese, Chinese)
Ménggǔ Zìzhì Bāng
Mōko Jichi Hō

ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ‍ᠤᠨ
ᠥᠪᠡᠷᠲᠡᠭᠡᠨ
ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠬᠤ
ᠤᠯᠰ

Монголын Өөртөө Засах Yлс (Mongolian)
1939[1][2]–1945
Mengjiang (dark green) along side the Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere (light green) at its furthest extent
Mengjiang (dark green) along side the Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere (light green) at its furthest extent
Status
CapitalKalgan
Common languages
Religion
GovernmentMilitary dictatorship
Head of state 
• 1939–1945
Demchugdongrub
Historical era
• Established
1 September 1939[1][2]
• Incorporated into the Reorganized National Government as an autonomous region
24 March 1940
• Disestablished
19 August 1945
CurrencyMengjiang yuan
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Republic of China
Mongol United Autonomous Government
South Chahar Autonomous Government
North Shanxi Autonomous Government
Reorganized National Government of China
Soviet occupation of Manchuria
Today part ofChina
Mengjiang
Chinese name
Chinese蒙疆
Literal meaningMongolian Frontier
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinMěngjiāng
Wade–GilesMeng3-chiang1
Mongolian name
Mongolian CyrillicМэнжян
Mongolian scriptᠮᠡᠩᠵᠢᠩ
Japanese name
Kanji蒙疆
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnMōkyō

Mengjiang, also known as Mengkiang, officially the Mengjiang United Autonomous Government, was an autonomous zone in Inner Mongolia, formed in 1939 as a puppet state of the Empire of Japan, then from 1940 being under the nominal sovereignty of the Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China (which was itself also a puppet state). It consisted of the previously Chinese provinces of Chahar and Suiyuan,[3] corresponding to the central part of modern Inner Mongolia. It has also been called Mongukuo[4] or Mengguguo (or Mengkukuo; Chinese: 蒙古國; in analogy to Manchukuo, another Japanese puppet state in Manchuria). The capital was Kalgan, from where it was under the nominal rule of Mongol nobleman Demchugdongrub. The territory returned to Chinese control after the defeat of the Japanese Empire in 1945.

  1. ^ "内蒙古自治区志: 政府志". 内蒙古人民出版社 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ 山西通志: 政务志. 人民代表大会, 政府篇, 政治协商会议. 中華書局.
  3. ^ George F. Botjer (1979). A short history of Nationalist China, 1919–1949. Putnam. p. 180. ISBN 9780399123825.
  4. ^ D. E. Helmuth (2007). A New Stamp Country?, 1937, archived from the original on January 7, 2017, retrieved April 27, 2021