Banner is a type of
administrative division
Administrative division, administrative unit,Article 3(1). country subdivision, administrative region, subnational entity, constituent state, as well as many similar terms, are generic names for geographical areas into which a particular, ind ...
, and may more specifically refer to:
Compilation from Qing Dynasty era
*The
Eight Banners
The Eight Banners (in Manchu: ''jakūn gūsa'', ) were administrative and military divisions under the Later Jin and Qing dynasties of China into which all Manchu households were placed. In war, the Eight Banners functioned as armies, but the ...
are former administrative divisions of China into which all
Manchu households were placed, primarily for military purposes.
*Banner (Qosighun or khoshun) as former division of all
Mongols under Qing rule (includes Inner/
Outer Mongolia) grouped in aimag (league), sometimes transcribed by hoshuns or khoshuns, were the
battalion
A battalion is a military unit, typically consisting of 300 to 1,200 soldiers commanded by a lieutenant colonel, and subdivided into a number of companies (usually each commanded by a major or a captain). In some countries, battalions a ...
level of administrative/military subdivision in the Mongol army.
*
Banner (Inner Mongolia) as an administrative division of
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. Its border includes most of the length of China's border with the country of Mongolia. Inner Mongolia also accounts for a ...
in the
People's Republic of China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
, equivalent to a
Chinese county (, []) 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 and now Russian
Tuva.
Anatolia
*A
Bandon (Byzantine Empire)
The ''bandon'' ( el, βάνδον) was the basic military unit and administrative territorial entity of the middle Byzantine Empire. Its name, like the Latin and ("ensign, banner"), had a Germanic origin. It derived from the Gothic , which is p ...
was the lowest Byzantine administrative-cum-military unit. "Bandon" means "banner".
*
Sanjak
Sanjaks (liwāʾ) (plural form: alwiyāʾ)
* Armenian: նահանգ (''nahang''; meaning "province")
* Bulgarian: окръг (''okrǔg''; meaning "county", "province", or "region")
* el, Διοίκησις (''dioikēsis'', meaning "province" ...
, literally "a banner, flag", was the original first level subdivision of the Ottoman Empire.
Arab world
*
Liwa, an Arabic term meaning "banner" as a type of administrative division.
See also
*
Banner (disambiguation)
Notes and references
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Types of administrative division