The Üzemchin (
Mongolian: Үзэмчин; ), also written Ujumchin, Ujumucin or Ujimqin, are a subgroup of
Mongols
Mongols are an East Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia, China ( Inner Mongolia and other 11 autonomous territories), as well as the republics of Buryatia and Kalmykia in Russia. The Mongols are the principal member of the large family o ...
in eastern
Mongolia
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south and southeast. It covers an area of , with a population of 3.5 million, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by po ...
and
Inner Mongolia. They settle mainly in
Sergelen,
Bayantu'men,
Choibalsan city of the
Dornod Province and in
Xilin Gol League of the
Inner Mongolia. In Mongolia, Some Üzemchins migrated there from Xilin Gol immediately after China was freed from the Japanese in 1945.
The Üzemchin was included the
Chahar tumen of the six tumen eastern Mongols in
Northern Yuan Dynasty. The land of Ongon-Dural, the third son of
Bodi Alagh Khan of the
Northern Yuan was called Üzemchin. The name probably originates from the Mongolian language word "uzem" meaning "
raisin" as in "raisin pickers/collectors."
The Üzemchin language is a dialect of
Chakhar Mongolian.
See also
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References
Mongol peoples
Southern Mongols
Ethnic groups in Mongolia
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