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China
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中华人民共和国
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中国 - 中华人民共和国[1]
中华人民共和国 位於亚洲东部、太平洋西岸，陆上从东北至西南分别与亚洲的十餘个国家接壤，海上从东部至南部分别隔黄海、东海、南海与朝鲜半岛、日本列岛、东南亚相望，首都北京。中华人民共和国目前直接管辖中国的22个省、5个少数民族自治区及4个直辖市，并对2个特别行政区行使国防与外交主权；国土总面积约959.67万平方千米[2]（实际管辖区域），仅次于俄罗斯、加拿大及美國而居世界第四；陆地总面积（不計河、湖）约932.64万平方千米，仅次于俄罗斯而列世界第二（注）；人口超過13亿，是世界上人口最多的国家，佔全球人口的五分之一。
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中國 - 中華人民共和國[3]
中華人民共和國位於亞洲東部、太平洋西岸，陸上從東北至西南分別同亞洲嘅十幾個國家接壤，海上由東部至南部分別隔黃海、東海、南海同朝鮮半島、日本列島、東南亞相望，首都係北京。中華人民共和國目前直接管轄中國大陸22個省、5個少數民族自治區同埋4個直轄市，並對2個特別行政區行使國防同外交主權；國土總面積約960萬平方千米，僅次俄羅斯、加拿大、美國，居世界第四，陸地總面積約933萬平方千米，居美國、加拿大之前而列世界第二（注）；人口逾13億，係世界上人口最多嘅國家。
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China - People's Republic of China
China is a country located mostly in East Asia, with a smaller proportion of its area located in Central Asia. It has borders with ► North Korea, ► Russia, ► Mongolia, ► Kazakhstan, ► Kyrgyzstan, ► Tajikistan with ► Gorno-Badakhshan, ► Afghanistan, ► Kashmir, disputed by China, ► Pakistan and ► India, ► Nepal, ► India, ► Bhutan, ► Myanmar, ► Laos and ► Vietnam, its own special administrative regions of ► Hong Kong and ► Macau. Furthermore it has maritime borders with ► South Korea, ► Japan, ► Taiwan (Republic of China (claimed by China) and the ► Philippines. It claims the ► Paracel Islands and the ► Spratly Islands, which leads to additional borders with ► Indonesia, ► Malaysia and ► Brunei. With over one-fifth of the world's population, the PRC has the world's largest population. At over 3.7 million square miles (over 9.5 million km²), the PRC is the third or fourth largest country by area. China has five autonomous regions: ► Tibet, ► Xinjiang, ► Inner Mongolia, ► Ningxia and ► Guangxi.
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China
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People's Republic of China
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Independent country, statehood since 1766 BCE. People's Republic proclaimed in 1949. UN member since 1971, recognized by 171 UN members. Permanent Member of the UN Security Council.
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East Asia
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北京[4] (Beijing)
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| Population
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1,395,380,000 inhabitants
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9,596.960 square kilometres (3,705.407 sq mi)
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Mandarin Chinese (official), variations of Chinese and minority languages. Main other language is Cantonese.
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Chinese folk religion (worship of gods and ancestors, Confucianism and Taoism), Buddhism, non-religious population
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China, Geography of the China, History of the China and Politics of the China
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China - China (Category).
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General maps
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Geographic map of China
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Geography of China
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Map of China
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Map of China
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Topographic map
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Comparison
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Sino-Indian border, eastern section
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Sino-Indian border, western section
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Notable universities in China
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C9 League top universities
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China 1st-Grade National Museums
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Sacred Mountains of China
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Highways of China
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Yangtze River Delta city belt
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Chine High Speed Railways
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China grottoes
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Major cities
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National Parks
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mainlines of railways
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major museums
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Maps of divisions
This section holds maps of the administrative divisions.
Shanxi
History maps
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day China, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day China.
- Specific maps of the history of Taiwan are included in the Atlas of the Republic of China.
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China dynasties
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Huang Di (Ancient China and tribal unions)
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Map showing the period of Yu the Great and Xia dynasty (2070 - 1600 BC)
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Situation during the Battle of Muye
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States of Zhou dynasty
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Five Hegemons of Spring and Autumn Period
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Situation during the Battle of Changshao
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Situation during the Battle of Chengpu
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Situation during the Battle of Xiao
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Situation during the Battle of Boju
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Situation during the Battle of Bi
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Journey of Confucius
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Early Warring States Period
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Situation during the Battle of Guiling
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Situation during the Battle of Maling
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Situation during the Battle of Changping
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Situation during the Battle of Handan
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Situation of Qin's unification of China (230 - 221 BC)
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Qin Dynasty
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Qin dynasty
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Uprisings of Qin Dynasty
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The Chu-Han contention
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The rebellion of seven states
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The expansion of Han dynasty in 2th century BC
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Han civilization 87 BCE
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Lulin and Chimei Uprisings of Xin Dynasty
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Han Civilization 2 BCE
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Han foreign relations
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Western Han Dinasty
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Han Dinasty 189
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Yellow Turban Rebellion
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Warlords of Han
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Battle of Yiling
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Zhuge Liang's Southern Campaign
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Zhuge Liang 1st and 2nd Northern Expeditions
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Zhuge Liang 3rd Northern Expedition
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Zhuge Liang 4th and 5th Northern Expeditions
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Uprising of Five Barbarians
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Sixteen Kingdoms in 317
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Sixteen Kingdoms in 326
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Sixteen Kingdoms in 338
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Sixteen Kingdoms in 350
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Sixteen Kingdoms in 376
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Sixteen Kingdoms in 391
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Sixteen Kingdoms in 398
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Sixteen Kingdoms in 402
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Sixteen Kingdoms in 406
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Sixteen Kingdoms in 416
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Sixteen Kingdoms in 423
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Sixteen Kingdoms in 436
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Battle of Fei River
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Battle of Canhe Slope
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Duan Qi and Ran Wei kingdoms
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Helian Xia kingdom
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Huan Wen expeditions
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Liu Yu expeditions
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Northern Wei and Liu Song
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Northern Wei and Southern Qi
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Eastern Wei, Western Wei and Liang
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Northern Qi, Northern Zhou and Chen
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Liu Song dynasty
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Northern Wei dynasty
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Northern Qi, Northern Zhou and Chen dynasties
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Territory of Sui
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Uprisings of Sui
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Establishment of Tang Dynasty
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Battle of Hulao
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Administrative divisions of Tang dynasty in 660-663
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The 10 major Jiedushi of Tang dynasty during Emperor Xuanzong's reign
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Battle of Yinshan Mountains between Tang and Tujue
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The conquest of Tuyuhun by Tang
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Battle of Dafeichuan between Tang and Tibetan Empire
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The wars between Tang and Korean kingdoms
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The war between Tang and Western Tujue
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Battle of Talas
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Tang Dynasty
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Khitan Rebellion during Wu Zetian's reign
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Fanzhens of Tang dynasty during Emperor Xianzong's reign
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Balhae Kingdom
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Kingdom of Khotan
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Establishment of Song Dynasty
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Liao (Khitan) Dynasty and Northern Song
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Northern Song
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Uprisings of Song Jiang and Fang La in Song dynasty
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Western Xia kingdom
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Dali Kingdom
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Jurchen Jin Dynasty
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The wars between Song and Jurchen Jin
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Western Liao
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Battle of Qatwan
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Mongol invasion
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Map showing changes in borders of the Mongol Empire from founding by Genghis Khan in 1206, Genghis Khan's death in 1227 to the rule of Kublai Khan (1260–1294). (Uses modern day borders)
By 1294 the empire had split into:
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Uprisings and warlords before the end of Yuan dynasty
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Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
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Great Wall and Nine Garrisons of Ming Dynasty
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Tumu Fort Crisis
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Ming-Turpan Conflict
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Battle of Ningyuan
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Battle of Shanhai Pass
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Southern Ming
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Three Feudatories rebellion
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Qing Empire and nearby countries (1700)
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Qing Dynasty (1820)
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Qing Dynasty (1892)
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Boxer Rebellion
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Mutual Protection of Southeast
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Viceroys of Qing Dynasty
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Situation during Northern Expedition
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Civil War (1928-1937)
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Republic of China (1930)
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China Soviet Zones
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Central Plains War
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The Long March of Red Army
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Battle of Luding Bridge
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Creation of Manchukuo as Japanse puppet state
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Map of Manchukuo
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Growth of the Japanese Empire
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Situation in 1940
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Japanese plans in 1941
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Situation in 1944
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Situation in October 1944
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Chinese Civil War in 1947
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Chinese Civil War in 1948
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Chinese Civil War in early 1949
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Chinese Civil War in later 1949
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Three Campaigns of Chinese Civil War
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Pingjin Campaign
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Movement of the Republic of China to Taiwan
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Hainan Island Campaign
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Maps of ancient Chinese capital cities
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Luoyang in Han Dynasty
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Xi'an in Tang Dynasty
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Kaifeng in Song Dynasty
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Dadu in Yuan Dynasty
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Nanjing in Ming Dynasty
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Beijing in Ming and Qing Dynasties
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History of Xi'an
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History of Beijing
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Old maps
This section holds copies of original general maps more than 70 years old.
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Map of China 1936
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Map of Manchukuo
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Maps of autonomous regions
- see also Atlas of Hong Kong, Atlas of Macau and Atlas of Tibet
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Nationalities of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
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Administrative divisions
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Agricultural regions
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Satellite maps
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Satellite map
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Notes and references
General remarks:
- The WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Atlas of the World is an organized and commented collection of geographical, political and historical maps available at Wikimedia Commons. The main page is therefore the portal to maps and cartography on Wikimedia. That page contains links to entries by country, continent and by topic as well as general notes and references.
- Every entry has an introduction section in English. If other languages are native and/or official in an entity, introductions in other languages are added in separate sections. The text of the introduction(s) is based on the content of the Wikipedia encyclopedia. For sources of the introduction see therefore the Wikipedia entries linked to. The same goes for the texts in the history sections.
- Historical maps are included in the continent, country and dependency entries.
- The status of various entities is disputed. See the content for the entities concerned.
- The maps of former countries that are more or less continued by a present-day country or had a territory included in only one or two countries are included in the atlas of the present-day country. For example the Ottoman Empire can be found in the Atlas of Turkey.
- ↑ Romanization according to the Hanyu Pinyin standard: Zhōngguó - Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó.
- ↑ Yue Chinese (Cantonese)
- ↑ Only romanization of the short name: Heūnggóng.
- ↑ Romanization according to the Hanyu Pinyin standard: Běijīng.
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