Chahar

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historical province of China historical region

Chahar was a historical province and region in northern China, bordering Inner Mongolia, that became a key area of Japanese military expansion and control during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Chahar canonical	6

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical province of China ⓘ historical region ⓘ
abolishedIn	1950s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Chahar Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderRegionWith	Mongolia ⓘ
borders	Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region ⓘ surface form: Inner Mongolia
capital	Zhangjiakou ⓘ
conflict	Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War
country	China ⓘ
era	Republican era China ⓘ Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War period
ethnicAssociation	Mongol ⓘ surface form: Mongols
geopoliticalStatus	borderland between Han Chinese and Mongol areas ⓘ frontier province ⓘ
historicalFunction	control of routes to Inner Mongolia ⓘ defense of Beijing from the north ⓘ
historicalRole	key area of Japanese military control ⓘ key area of Japanese military expansion ⓘ
languageRegion	Mandarin Chinese ⓘ Mongolian (Chahar dialect) ⓘ
laterDividedInto	Hebei ⓘ surface form: Hebei Province Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region ⓘ Shanxi Province ⓘ
locatedIn	North China ⓘ surface form: northern China
militarySignificance	base area for Japanese puppet authorities in North China ⓘ site of clashes between Chinese and Japanese forces ⓘ
namedAfter	Chahar Mongols ⓘ
occupiedBy	Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
occupiedDuring	1930s ⓘ 1940s ⓘ
partOf	North China Plain periphery ⓘ Republic of China ⓘ surface form: Republic of China (historical)
predecessor	Hopei–Chahar region ⓘ surface form: Chahar Province of the Qing dynasty
regionType	frontier and steppe region ⓘ
status	abolished administrative unit ⓘ
strategicImportance	approach route to Beijing ⓘ buffer zone between China proper and the Mongolian steppe ⓘ
usedFor	Japanese military operations in North China ⓘ staging ground for advances into North China ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Japanese occupation of North China → location → Chahar ⓘ

Song Zheyuan → areaOfOperations → Chahar ⓘ

Hebei–Chahar political and military affairs → appliesToRegion → Chahar ⓘ

120th Division → areaOfOperations → Chahar ⓘ

Demchugdongrub → birthPlace → Chahar ⓘ

Demchugdongrub → regionOfActivity → Chahar ⓘ