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Regions with significant populations  China 299,000 (1987)[1]
Chakhar dialect of Mongolian Tibetan Buddhism and Atheism
Related ethnic groups Mongols, Mongols in China, Bortala Mongols
and Dariganga Mongols  The Chahars (Khalkha Mongolian: Цахар,
Tsahar) are a subgroup of the Mongol people that speak the
Chahar dialect of the Mongolian language and predominantly live
in southeastern Inner Mongolia.  The Chahars were originally one
of estates of Kublai Khan located around Jingzhao (now Xi'an).
They moved from Shaanxi to southeastern region controlled by the
Mongolia-based Northern Yuan Dynasty in the 15th century. The
Chahar became a tumen of six tumen Mongols under Dayan Khan and
were led by his successors, thus becoming personal appanage of
the Mongolian Khans.  Oppressed by Altan Khan, the Chahars, led
by Darayisung Gödeng Khan, moved eastward onto the Liao River in
the middle of the