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Fuzhou was briefly the capital of the Southern Ming dynasty from 1645 to 1646. Guangzhou (also romanized Canton) was the capital of: Nanyue Kingdom (204–111 BC). Southern Ming dynasty from 1646 to 1647. Nationalist government of the Republic of China, before 1928 and in 1949 towards the end of the Chinese Civil War. Hangzhou was the capital of:
The scope of this list is limited to capital cities of first-level administrative divisions such as provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities, and special administrative regions, also including sub-provincial cities which are governed by a province but administered independently in many ways from a province.
moved to Taipei after the loss of the mainland which caused the nationalist government fled to Taiwan and made Taipei the temporary capital of the Republic of China. Beijing was proclaimed the capital of the People's Republic of China. Hakodate: Republic of Ezo: Japan: 1868 1869 Annexed by Japan: Middag: Middag, Kingdom of: Taiwan? 1732?
The city of Beijing has a long and rich history that dates back over 3,000 years. [11] [12]Prior to the unification of China by the First Emperor in 221 BC, Beijing had been for centuries the capital of the ancient states of Ji and Yan.
Khanbaliq (Chinese: 汗八里; pinyin: Hánbālǐ; Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤ, Qaɣan balɣasu) or Dadu of Yuan (Chinese: 元大都; pinyin: Yuán Dàdū; Mongolian: ᠳᠠᠶ᠋ᠢᠳᠤ, Dayidu) was the winter capital [1] of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty in what is now Beijing, the capital of China today. It was located at ...
Beijing, [a] previously romanized as Peking, [b] is the capital city of China.With more than 22 million residents, [11] it is the world's most populous national capital city as well as China's second largest city after Shanghai. [12]
Some time during the 7th century BC in the late Western Zhou or early Eastern Zhou, Yan absorbed the State of Ji, a smaller kingdom to the north and moved its capital to that of Ji in modern-day Xicheng District, Beijing. To the south, the bordering states of Zhao and Qi were Yan's main rivals. The mountainous border in the west between Zhao ...
Beijing is the country's capital, while Shanghai is its most populous city by urban area and largest financial center. China is considered one of the cradles of civilization: the first human inhabitants in the region arrived during the Paleolithic. By the late 2nd millennium BCE, the earliest dynastic states had emerged in the Yellow River basin.