Kharchin Mongols
The Kharchin (Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠷᠠᠴᠢᠨ, Харчин, qaračin; Chinese: 喀喇沁部), or Kharachin, is a subgroup of the Mongols residing mainly (and originally) in North-western Liaoning and Chifeng, Inner Mongolia. There are Khalkha-Kharchin Mongols in Dorno-Gobi Province (Kharchin Örtöö was part of the province during Qing rule) and in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Location of the Kharchin Mongols. | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| China | 593,000 (1987) |
| Mongolia | 152 (2010) |
| Languages | |
| Kharchin dialect of Mongolian | |
| Religion | |
| Tibetan Buddhism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Mongols, Mongols in China | |
They are descended directly from the Kharchin tümen of the Northern Yuan dynasty. The Kharchin tümen consisted of:
- Yünshebü tümen
- Southern branch of Doyan Uriankhai
- Eastern branch of Mongoljin-Tümed
The eastern Tümed (Chaoyang county, Liaoning) and Mongoljin (Fuxin county, Liaoning) trıbes were also categorized as Kharchin traditionally.
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