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...

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...

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...

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...

managed directly. The number of provinces grew steadily during subsequent dynasties, reaching 28 by the time of the Republic of China. Under the Nationalist...

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)...

includes current and former provinces, as well as other first-level units that have been used over the course of China's recent history, such as autonomous...

the region was defined from 1949 to 1961 by the Chinese Central Government to include the provinces of (in alphabetical order) Anhui, Fujian, Jiangsu,...

Northwestern China. In the definition of the Chinese government, Western China covers six provinces (Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Gansu, and Qinghai), three...

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...

authority of the Executive Yuan. After the end of World War II in 1945, Manchuria was reincorporated into the Republic of China as nine provinces. Taiwan...

to formally claim all 35 provinces (including those that no longer form part of the area of the People's Republic of China) in official maps by the ROC...

Republic of China and the formation of autonomous regions, based on Soviet ethnic policies. The provinces serve an important cultural role in China, as people...

distinguished the new territories from Zhongguo, which he defined as the 17 provinces of "China proper" plus the Manchu homelands in the Northeast. By the late 19th...

Central China (Chinese: 华中; pinyin: Huázhōng) is a region in China. It mainly includes the provinces of Henan, Hubei and Hunan. Jiangxi is sometimes also...

follows: the Chinese provinces of Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Liaoning but broadly also including the eastern Inner Mongolian prefectures of Hulunbuir, Hinggan...

city of China that is directly affiliated with the central government and is not placed under any provinces. There are four municipalities in China: Beijing...

were Muslims. 2012: the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) conducted a survey of 25 of the provinces of China. The provinces surveyed had a Han majority...

province is Kunming. The province borders the Chinese provinces of Guizhou, Sichuan, autonomous regions of Guangxi and Tibet, as well as Southeast Asian...

independent of central or federal authority, especially in Canada and Pakistan. In other countries, like China or France, provinces are the creation of central...

arrived from Guangdong and Fujian provinces in the 10th century C.E. They were joined by much larger numbers of the Chinese in the 15th through 17th centuries...

North China (华北) is a geographical region of China, consisting of two direct-administered municipalities (Beijing and Tianjin), two provinces (Hebei and...

Various varieties of Chinese are spoken in Zhejiang, the most prominent being Wu Chinese. Zhejiang is also one of China's leading provinces in research and...

political entities (including provinces of Mainland China). Wu Bangguo, who used to be the official number two in China's leadership structure, said in...

The Republic of China (ROC), or simply China, was a sovereign state based on mainland China from 1912 to 1949 prior to the government's relocation to Taiwan...

of Southwestern China includes the core provinces of Sichuan, Chongqing, Yunnan, and Guizhou, in addition to the Tibet Autonomous Region. Portions of...

provinces of China as hotbeds of folk religious sects and Confucian religious groups. The map represents the geographic diffusion of the tradition of...

Province" (Press release). China NBS. 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...

history of China spans several millennia across a wide geographical area. Each region now considered part of the Chinese world has experienced periods of unity...

The United Provinces of the Netherlands, officially the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Dutch: Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden), and...