It is not clear to me if the disjoint union of a $d_{1}$-manifold and a $d_{2}$-manifold is still a manifold?

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While it is clear that a disjoint union of two $d$-manifolds is a $d$-manifold, it is not clear to me if the disjoint union of a $d_{1}$-manifold and a $d_{2}$-manifold is still a manifold and if yes under some conditions then what is its dimension?

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This is true if and only if $d_1=d_2$. The definition of a manifold mentions only one dimension, which must be consistent across all charts.

I suppose that in order to truly believe this you must also believe in Invariance of Domain.