Banner is a type of

administrative division Administrative divisions (also administrative units, administrative regions, subnational entities, or constituent states, as well as many similar generic terms) are geographical areas into which a particular independent sovereign state is divi ...

, and may more specifically refer to:

Compilation from Qing Dynasty era

*The

Eight Banners The Eight Banners (in Manchu language, Manchu: ''jakūn gūsa'', , ) were administrative and military divisions under the Later Jin (1616–1636), Later Jin and Qing dynasty, Qing dynasties of China into which all Manchu people, Manchu househol ...

are former administrative divisions of China into which all

Manchu The Manchus (; ) are a Tungusic peoples, Tungusic East Asian people, East Asian ethnic group native to Manchuria in Northeast Asia. They are an officially recognized Ethnic minorities in China, ethnic minority in China and the people from wh ...

households were placed, primarily for military purposes. *Banner (Qosighun or khoshun) as former division of all Mongols under Qing rule (includes Inner/

Outer Mongolia Outer Mongolia was the name of a territory in the Manchu-led Qing dynasty of China from 1691 to 1911. It corresponds to the modern-day independent state of Mongolia and the Russian republic of Tuva. The historical region gained ''de facto'' ...

) grouped in aimag (league), sometimes transcribed by hoshuns or khoshuns, were the

battalion A battalion is a military unit, typically consisting of up to one thousand soldiers. A battalion is commanded by a lieutenant colonel and subdivided into several Company (military unit), companies, each typically commanded by a Major (rank), ...

level of administrative/military subdivision in the Mongol army. *

Banner (Inner Mongolia) A banner (; ) is an administrative divisions of China, administrative division of the Inner Mongolia, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in China, equivalent to a county-level administrative division. Banners were first used during the Qing ...

as an administrative division of

Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of China. Its border includes two-thirds of the length of China's border with the country of Mongolia. Inner Mongolia also accounts for a small section of C ...

in the

People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

, equivalent to a

Chinese county zh, p=Xiàn, labels=no , alt_name = , map = , caption = , category = Third level administrative division of a unitary state , territory = People's Republic of China , upper_unit = Prefectures, Provinces , start_date = , current_numbe ...

(, []) in the rest of China. **An Autonomous banner is an area associated with one or more ethnic minorities designated as autonomous within the People's Republic of China. *Kozhuun, subdivisions of former

Tannu Uriankhai Tannu Uriankhai (, ; , ; ) was a historical region of the Mongol Empire, its principal successor, the Yuan dynasty, and later the Qing dynasty. The territory of Tannu Uriankhai largely corresponds to the modern-day Tuva Republic of the Russian F ...

and now Russian

Tuva Tuva (; ) or Tyva (; ), officially the Republic of Tyva,; , is a Republics of Russia, republic of Russia. Tuva lies at the geographical center of Asia, in southern Siberia. The republic borders the Federal subjects of Russia, federal sub ...

Anatolia

Bandon (Byzantine Empire) The ''bandon'' () was the basic military unit and administrative territorial entity of the middle Byzantine Empire. Its name, like the Latin and ("ensign, banner A banner can be a flag or another piece of cloth bearing a symbol, logo, slogan ...

was the lowest Byzantine administrative-cum-military unit. "Bandon" means "banner". *

Sanjak A sanjak or sancak (, , "flag, banner") was an administrative division of the Ottoman Empire. The Ottomans also sometimes called the sanjak a liva (, ) from the name's calque in Arabic and Persian. Banners were a common organization of nomad ...

, literally "a banner, flag", was the original first level subdivision of the Ottoman Empire.

Arab world

* Liwa, an Arabic term meaning "banner" is a type of

. Used in conjunction with the Ottoman–era term '' sancağı'', denoting a region or district.

Notes and references

{{Set index article Types of administrative division

Compilation from Qing Dynasty era

Anatolia

Arab world

See also

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