South Chahar Autonomous Government

South Chahar Autonomous Government 察南自治政府(Japanese, Chinese) Chá Nán Zìzhì Zhèngfǔ Samminami Jichi Seifu ᠡᠮᠦᠨᠡᠲᠦ ᠴᠢᠬᠠᠷ ᠤᠨ ᠬᠣᠯᠪᠣᠭᠠᠲᠤ ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠭ ᠤᠨ ᠣᠷᠳᠣᠨ Өмнөд Чахарын Холбоот Засгийн Ордон (Mongolian)
1937–1939
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Motto: 日察如一、剷除共黨、民族協和、民生向上 Japanese-Chahar Unity, Eradication of Communist Forces, Ethnic Coordination, Improvement of People's Lives
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Status	Puppet state of the Empire of Japan
Capital	Kalgan
Common languages	Chinese Mongolian Japanese
Government	Military dictatorship
Supreme Committee members
• 1937–1939	Yu Pinqing and Du Yunyu [zh]
Chief Adviser
• 1937–1939	Motohei Takuchi [zh]
Historical era	Second Sino-Japanese War World War II
• Kalgan captured	27 August 1937
• Established	4 September 1937
• Part of Mengjiang	1 September 1939
Population
•	2,000,000[1][2]
Currency	Mengjiang yuan
Preceded by Succeeded by Republic of China Mengjiang
Today part of	China

The South Chahar Autonomous Government was a puppet state of the Empire of Japan, as well as an administratively autonomous component of Mengjiang from its creation in 1937 to its complete merger in 1939. Following the Japanese invasion of China in July 1937, regional governments were established in Japanese-occupied territories.^[1] After Operation Chahar in September 1937, which extended Japanese control to northern Shanxi region, more formal control of the area was established through the creation of the North Shanxi Autonomous Government, as well as the South Chahar Autonomous Government to the east of Shanxi.