The Josutu League was a league of Mongolia

Greater Mongolia

Greater Mongolia as a region, is the contiguous territories primarily inhabited by ethnic Mongols. It approximately includes the modern state of Mongolia, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China , and the Buryat Republic as well as a few smaller territories in...

 during the Manchu

Manchu

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 Qing Dynasty

Qing Dynasty

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. It was the southernmost league of the Mongol land and neighbored China. It faced devastating floods of Chinese colonization. As a result, a large part of the former league is today distributed among the Chinese provinces of Liaoning

Liaoning

' is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the northeast of the country. Its one-character abbreviation is "辽" , a name taken from the Liao River that flows through the province. "Níng" means "peace"...

 and Hebei

Hebei

' is a province of the People's Republic of China in the North China region. Its one-character abbreviation is "" , named after Ji Province, a Han Dynasty province that included what is now southern Hebei...

 while the northern part of the league belongs to Chifeng

Chifeng

Chifeng , also known as Ulanhad, is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. It borders Xilin Gol to the north and west, Tongliao to the northeast, Chaoyang prefecture of Liaoning province to the southeast, and Chengde prefecture of Hebei province to the...

, Inner Mongolia

Inner Mongolia

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.

The name of Josutu was named after a place in the Tümed Right Banner

Tumed Right Banner

Tumed Right Banner is a banner of western Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of Baotou City, to the west, and is located along on the Jingzang Expressway, running from Beijing to Tibet.-References:*...

, where Mongol princes regularly gathered together to administer inter-banner affairs.

Divisions

The Josutu League consisted of two ayimag

Aimag

Aimag is a Mongolian and Turkic word for a tribe.It is also used as a term for country subdivisions in Mongolia and China, see aimag .The name of the Aimak people in central Afghanistan derives from the same root....

 or five banners.

• Tümed
  Tümed
  The Tümed are a Mongol subgroup. Most engage in sedentary agriculture, living in mixed communities in the suburbs of Huhhot. Part of them live along Hulun Buir, Inner Mongolia...
  
   (or Eastern Tümed): two banners
  • Tümed Left Banner
    Tumed Left Banner
    Tumed Left Banner is a banner of west-central Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration the regional capital of Hohhot, which is some distance to the east-northeast.-References:*...
    
     (Mongghuljin Banner), led by descendants of Jelme
    Jelme
    Jelme was a general of Genghis Khan. He was the older brother of Subutai and was given to Temujin to be his slave....
    
    
  • Tümed Right Wing Banner, led by descendants of the Chinggisid Altan Khan
    Altan Khan
    Altan Khan , whose given name was Anda , was the ruler of the Tümet Mongols and de facto ruler of the Right Wing, or western tribes, of the Mongols...
    
    
• Kharachin: three banners, all of which were led by descendants of Jelme
  Jelme
  Jelme was a general of Genghis Khan. He was the older brother of Subutai and was given to Temujin to be his slave....
  
  
  • Kharachin Left Banner
  • Kharachin Middle Banner
  • Kharachin Right Banner

In addition, the Khalkha Banner (Tangghud-Khaklha Banner) was split from the Tümed Left Banner in 1913 under the Republic of China.

Dissolution

As a result of Chinese colonization, a large portion of the Mongol league was surrendered to Chinese administration:

• Fuxin County
  Fuxin
  -Economy:Fuxin is a mining center in an agricultural region.The city suffers from the over-mining of coal, which is low in supply while fundamental in Fuxin's economy. As the coal mines run dry, Fuxin is trying to find other industries to keep its economy going...
  
   was split from the Tümed Left Banner.
• Chaoyang County was split from the Tümed Right Banner.
• Lingyuan
  Lingyuan, Liaoning
  Lingyuan is a city in the west of Liaoning province in Northeast China, bordering Hebei province and Inner Mongolia. It is under the administration of Chaoyang City, which lies to the east-northeast.-Administrative Divisions:...
  
   (or Jianchang) County was split from the Kharachin Left Banner.
• Pingquan Prefecture intruded into a large portion of the Kharachin Right and Middle Banners.
• Jianping County
  Jianping County
  Jianping County is a county in the west of Liaoning Province in Northeast China. It is under the administration of Chaoyang City, which is more than to the east.-Administrative Divisions:...
  
   corresponds to an eastern portion of the Kharachin Right and Middle Banners.

There remain two Mongol autonomous counties in Liaoning.

• Some portion of the former Tümed Left Banner became Fuxin Mongol Autonomous County, Fuxin City.
• The remaining portion of the former Kharachin Left Banner became Kharachin Left Wing Mongol Autonomous County, Chaoyang City.