A banner (, as "khoshun" in Mongolian) is an administrative division of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in China, equivalent to a county-level administrative division. Banners were first used during the Qing dynasty, which organized the Mongols into banners except those who belonged to the Eight Banners. Each banner had sums as nominal subdivisions. In Inner Mongolia, several banners made up a league. In the rest, including Outer Mongolia, northern Xinjiang and Qinghai, Aimag (Аймаг) was the largest administrative division. While it restricted the Mongols from crossing banner borders, the dynasty protected Mongolia from population pressure from China proper. After the Mongolian People's Revolution, the banners of Outer Mongolia were abolished in 1923. There were 49 banners and 24 tribes in Inner Mongolia during the Republic of China. Today, banners are a county-level division in the Chinese administrative hierarchy. There are 52 banners in total, include 3 autonomous banners. Banners The following list of 49 individual Banners is sorted alphabetically according to the banner's specific title (i.e. ignoring adjectives such as New, Old, Left, Right, and so on). Abag Banner; League: Xilingol Alxa Right Banner; League: Alxa Alxa Left Banner; League: Alxa Aohan Banner Ar Horqin Banner Arun Banner Bairin Left Banner Bairin Right Banner Old Barag Banner New Barag Left Banner New Barag Right Banner Chahar Right Middle Banner Chahar Right Front Banner Chahar Right Rear Banner Dalad Banner Darhan Muminggan United Banner Ejin Banner; League: Alxa Ejin Horo Banner Hanggin Banner Hanggin Rear Banner Harqin Banner Hexigten Banner Horqin Left Rear Banner Horqin Left Middle Banner Horqin Right Front Banner; League: Hinggan Horqin Right Middle Banner; League: Hinggan Hure Banner Jalaid Banner; League: Hinggan Jarud Banner Jungar Banner Muminggan Banner -> Darhan Muminggan United Banner Naiman Banner Ongniud Banner Otog Banner Otog Front Banner Siziwang Banner Sonid Left Banner; League: Xilingol Sonid Right Banner; League: Xilingol Taibus Banner; League: Xilingol Tumed Left Banner Tumed Right Banner East Ujimqin Banner; League: Xilingol West Ujimqin Banner; League: Xilingol Urad Rear Banner Urad Middle Banner Urad Front Banner Uxin Banner Xianghuang Banner; League: Xilingol Zhenglan Banner; League: Xilingol Zhengxiangbai Banner; League: Xilingol Autonomous banner An autonomous banner () is a special type of banner set up by the People's Republic of China. There are 3 autonomous banners, all of which are found in northeastern Inner Mongolia, each with a designated ethnic majority other than Han or Mongol and which is a