Chahar Province
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Chahar Province was a former province of northern China that historically encompassed parts of what are now Hebei and Inner Mongolia and served as a strategic frontier region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chahar Province canonical | 1 |
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | former province of China ⓘ |
| abolishedBy |
China
ⓘ
surface form:
People's Republic of China
|
| administrativeStatus | province-level division of the Republic of China ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Zhangjiakou
ⓘ
surface form:
Zhangjiakou Province (informal, by capital)
|
| borders |
Beijing
ⓘ
Hebei ⓘ
surface form:
Hebei Province
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region ⓘ
surface form:
Inner Mongolia
Rehe Province ⓘ Suiyuan Province ⓘ |
| capital | Zhangjiakou ⓘ |
| country | Republic of China ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupsHistoric |
Han Chinese
ⓘ
Mongol ⓘ
surface form:
Mongols
|
| governedBy | Nationalist Government of China ⓘ |
| historicalEventContext |
Japanese expansion in North China
ⓘ
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ
surface form:
Second Sino-Japanese War
|
| historicalFunction |
administrative division for Mongol banner areas and Han counties
ⓘ
military frontier administration ⓘ |
| historicalRegionIncludes |
parts of modern Hebei
ⓘ
parts of modern Inner Mongolia ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
important contact zone between Han and Mongol populations
ⓘ
key zone in Sino-Japanese conflicts in North China ⓘ |
| languageCommon |
Mandarin Chinese
ⓘ
Mongolian (Chahar dialect) ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
North China
ⓘ
surface form:
northern China
|
| namedAfter | Chahar Mongols ⓘ |
| partOf |
North China
ⓘ
surface form:
North China region
|
| regionType | frontier province ⓘ |
| strategicRole |
buffer zone against Japanese-controlled territories in the 1930s
ⓘ
frontier region between China proper and Mongolian areas ⓘ |
| successorTerritory |
Beijing
ⓘ
surface form:
Beijing Municipality
Hebei ⓘ
surface form:
Hebei Province
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region ⓘ |
| terrainFeatures |
agricultural plains
ⓘ
mountainous areas ⓘ steppe regions ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Republic of China era ⓘ |
| usedFor | defense of Beijing and North China approaches ⓘ |
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