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Outer Mongolia

Outer Mongolia (Mongolian: Ar Mongol, Manchu: Tulergi Monggo, Chinese: 外蒙古; pinyin: Wài Měnggǔ) was main part of the Bogdo Khanate of Mongolia, which proclaimed its independence on the 29th of December 1911. It consisted of the following four (aimags), ordering from east to west:

• Chechen Khan Province (Chechen Khan Ayimagh, Setsen Khan Aimag)
• Töshiyetü Khan Province (Töshiyetü Khan Ayimagh, Tüsheet Khan Aimag)
• Sayin Noyan Khan Province (Sayin Noyan Khan Ayimagh, Sain Noyon Khan Aimag)
• Jasaghtu Khan Province (Jasaghtu Khan Ayimagh, Zasagt Khan Aimag)

Today the name is sometimes still informally used referring to Mongolia (a sovereign state), which controls roughly the same territory. The historical definition also included Tannu Uriankhai, the majority of which is the modern-day Tuva Republic, part of the Russian Federation, but not the area of the Mongolian Khovd and Bayan-Ölgii provinces.^{[citation needed]}

The name "Outer Mongolia" is opposed to Inner Mongolia (内蒙古; Nèi Měnggǔ), today an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. Continued use of the term is sometimes alleged to reflect a Sinocentric perspective that takes the northern part of Mongolia as "outer," while the southern portion, closer to the Chinese capital (Beijing), is regarded as "inner."

See also

• Timeline of Mongolian history