Provinces (Chinese: 省; pinyin: Shěng) are the most numerous type of province-level divisions in the People's Republic of China (PRC). There are currently...
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to the original area of Chinese civilization, the Central Plain (in the North China Plain); another to the Eighteen Provinces of the Qing dynasty. There...
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such as Guandong (simplified Chinese: 关东; traditional Chinese: 關東; pinyin: Guāndōng), East of the Pass) or the Three Provinces (東三省; 东三省; Dōngsānshěng) referring...
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The term Nine Provinces or Nine Regions (Chinese: 九州; pinyin: Jiǔ Zhōu), is used in ancient Chinese histories to refer to territorial divisions or islands...
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managed directly. The number of provinces grew steadily during subsequent dynasties, reaching 28 by the time of the Republic of China. Under the Nationalist...
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This is a list of the current and former capitals of the country subdivisions of China. The history of China and its administrative divisions is long...
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South-Central. GB/T 2260 codes for the provinces of China ISO 3166-2:CN (ISO 3166-2 codes for the provinces of China) 国务院人口普查办公室; 国家统计局人口和社会科技统计司, eds. (2012)...
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the region was defined from 1949 to 1961 by the Chinese Central Government to include the provinces of (in alphabetical order) Anhui, Fujian, Jiangsu,...
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autonomous regions (Chinese: 自治区; pinyin: Zìzhìqū) are one of four types of province-level divisions of China. Like Chinese provinces, an autonomous region...
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Northwestern China. In the definition of the Chinese government, Western China covers six provinces (Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Gansu, and Qinghai), three...
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