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->A hilly province nestled in the southeast across Taiwan, Fujian is the most linguistically diverse region of China. It is the ''urheimat'' of Min Chinese, a complex group of Chinese languages descended from Old Chinese (last spoken c. 3rd century CE), setting it apart from other Sinitic languages that are descended from Middle Chinese (last spoken c. 13th century CE). Combined with the harsh geography, this means that not only Min languages are mutually unintelligible with non-Min Chinese speakers, they aren't even mutually intelligible with each other. Hokkien, the most widely spoken Min language, is difficult to understand by Teochew speakers from Chaoshou. And that's just the coastal area; inland Fujian is even more diverse, with reports of people being unable to comprehend the language of another town that's just several kilometers away.\\
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->A hilly province nestled in the southeast across Taiwan, Fujian is the most linguistically diverse region of China. It is the ''urheimat'' of Min Chinese, a complex group of Chinese languages descended from Old Chinese (last spoken c. 3rd century CE), setting it apart from other Sinitic languages that are descended from Middle Chinese (last spoken c. 13th century CE). Combined with the harsh geography, this means that not only Min languages are mutually unintelligible with non-Min Chinese speakers, they aren't even mutually intelligible with each other. Hokkien, the most widely spoken Min language, is difficult to understand by Teochew speakers from Chaoshou.Chaozhou. And that's just the coastal area; inland Fujian is even more diverse, with reports of people being unable to comprehend the language of another town that's just several kilometers away.\\
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Hong Kong and Macau have released their 2021 census figures.
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Population given for the mainland administrative divisions is as of the 2020 census. For Hong Kong and Macau, their numbers are taken from estimates provided by their respective governments at the end of 2020 (both last conducted their censuses in 2011).
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Population given for the mainland administrative divisions is as of the 2020 census. For Hong Kong and Macau, their numbers are taken from estimates provided by their respective governments at the end as of 2020 (both last conducted their censuses in 2011).those regions' 2021 censuses.
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'''Population:''' 7,500,700 [30th of 33]\\
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'''Population:''' 7,500,700 7,413,070 [30th of 33]\\
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'''Population:''' 682,800 [33rd of 33]\\
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'''Population:''' 682,800 682,070 [33rd of 33]\\
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->Xinjiang is China's westernmost and largest province, and the only Turkic-majority one.\\\
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!!Ningxia (宁夏, نِئٍثِيَا خُوِزُو زِجِٿِيُوِ, ''Níngxià'')
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!!Ningxia (宁夏, نِئٍثِيَا خُوِزُو زِجِٿِيُوِ, ''Níngxià'')
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'''Other city of note:''' Shizuishan (石嘴山, ''Shízuǐshān'', ''Shetsuishan'' [Postal])\\
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'''Other city of note:''' Shizuishan (石嘴山, شِظُوِشًا شِ, ''Shízuǐshān'', ''Shetsuishan'' [Postal])\\
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!!Ningxia (宁夏, ''Níngxià'')
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!!Ningxia (宁夏, نِئٍثِيَا خُوِزُو زِجِٿِيُوِ, ''Níngxià'')
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'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Zhe [i.e., Qiantang] River" (Zhejiang), "Square Boat Prefecture" (Hangzhou)
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'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Zhe [i.e., Qiantang] River" (Zhejiang), "Square Boat Prefecture" (Hangzhou)
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->The most populous province in China and the world's second-most populous national division (after [[UsefulNotes/IndianStatesAndUnionTerritories Uttar Pradesh]], UsefulNotes/{{India}}). It also has the country's largest economy, contributing $1.6 trillion (11%) of China's nominal annual GDP (i.e., were it a country of its own, its economy would have still dwarfed UsefulNotes/{{Russia}}'s). The Pearl River Delta is a humongous megalopolis that contains Guangzhou and Shenzhen, two megacities that have become renowned as a center of high tech and manufacturing. Shenzhen was the first Chinese city to open up to capitalism in the 1970s, and benefits from its location right to the north of Hong Kong. Shenzhen Stock Exchange is the world's seventh largest stock exchange, as well as Asia's fourth largest. Guangdong is home to sixteen Fortune Global 500 companies, the most of any province outside Beijing, including eight in Shenzhen (e.g., Huawei and [[Creator/TencentVideo Tencent]]), five in Guangzhou, two in Foshan, and one in Zhuhai. Creator/AlphaGroupCoLtd and Creator/CreativePowerEntertaining animation studios are also based in Guangzhou.\\
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->The most populous province in China and the world's second-most populous national division (after [[UsefulNotes/IndianStatesAndUnionTerritories Uttar Pradesh]], UsefulNotes/{{India}}). It also has the country's largest economy, contributing $1.6 trillion (11%) of China's nominal annual GDP (i.e., were it a country of its own, its economy would have still dwarfed UsefulNotes/{{Russia}}'s). The Pearl River Delta is a humongous megalopolis that contains Guangzhou and Shenzhen, two megacities that have become renowned as a center of high tech and manufacturing. Shenzhen was the first Chinese city to open up to capitalism in the 1970s, and benefits from its location right to the north of Hong Kong. Shenzhen Stock Exchange is the world's seventh largest stock exchange, as well as Asia's fourth largest. Guangdong is home to sixteen Fortune Global 500 companies, the most of any province outside Beijing, including eight in Shenzhen (e.g., Huawei and [[Creator/TencentVideo Tencent]]), five in Guangzhou, two in Foshan, and one in Zhuhai. Creator/AlphaGroupCoLtd and Creator/CreativePowerEntertaining animation studios are also based in Guangzhou.\\
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'''Literal meaning of names:''' "South of the Sea [i.e., Qiongzhou Strait]" (Hainan), "Mouth of the Sea" (Haikou)
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'''Literal meaning of names:''' "South of the Sea [i.e., Qiongzhou Strait]" (Hainan), "Mouth of the Sea" (Haikou)
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->The hilly municipality of Chongqing was split off from the eastern border of Sichuan in 1997, and thus the two areas share a common cultural background (e.g., hot and numbingly-spicy cuisine). However, the city itself has had an interesting history, which includes being the backup capital of the Republic of China after Nanking/Nanjing fell to the Japanese in the UsefulNotes/SecondSinoJapaneseWar and for the rest of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
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->The hilly municipality of Chongqing was split off from the eastern border of Sichuan in 1997, and thus the two areas share a common cultural background (e.g., hot and numbingly-spicy cuisine). However, the city itself has had an interesting history, which includes being the backup capital of the Republic of China after Nanking/Nanjing fell to the Japanese in the UsefulNotes/SecondSinoJapaneseWar and for the rest of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
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'''Capital (and largest city):''' Harbin (哈尔滨, ''Hā'ěrbīn''\\
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'''Capital (and largest city):''' Harbin (哈尔滨, ''Hā'ěrbīn''\\''Hā'ěrbīn'')\\
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'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Black Dragon [i.e., Amur] River" (Heilongjiang), "Place for Drying Fishing Nets" (Harbin), "Defense of the Qiqi [River]" (Qiqihar)
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'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Black Dragon [i.e., Amur] River" (Heilongjiang), "Place for Drying Fishing Nets" (Harbin), "Defense of the Qiqi [River]" (Qiqihar)
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[[folder:Northwest China (西北, ''Xīběi'')]]
!!Gansu (甘肃, ''Gānsù'')
->'''ISO Code:''' GS\\
!!Gansu (甘肃, ''Gānsù'')
->'''ISO Code:''' GS\\
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!!Gansu (甘肃, ''Gānsù'')
!!Chongqing (重庆, ''Chóngqìng'')
->'''ISO Code:'''
'''Alternate name:''' ''Chungking'' (Postal)\\
'''Type:''' Municipality\\
'''Capital:''' (N/A, coterminous)\\
'''Area:''' 82,403 square kilometers (31,816 square miles) [26th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 32,054,159 [19th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of name:''' "Doubled Celebration"
->The hilly municipality of Chongqing was split off from the eastern border of Sichuan in 1997, and thus the two areas share a common cultural background (e.g., hot and numbingly-spicy cuisine). However, the city itself has had an interesting history, which includes being the backup capital of the Republic of China after Nanking/Nanjing fell to the Japanese in the UsefulNotes/SecondSinoJapaneseWar and for the rest of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
!!Guizhou (贵州, ''Guìzhōu'')
->'''ISO Code:''' GZ\\
'''Alternate name:''' ''Kewichow'' (Postal)\\
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'''Capital (and largest city):''' Lanzhou (兰州, ''Lánzhōu'', ''Lanchow'' [Postal])\\
'''Other city of note:''' Dunhuang (敦煌市, ''Dūnhuáng'', ''Tunhwang'' [Postal])\\
'''Area:''' 453,700 square kilometers (175,200 square miles) [7th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 25,019,831 [22nd of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Gan[zhou] and Su[zhou]" (Gansu; a compound of the old names of the cities of, respectively, Zhangye and Jiuquan), "Orchid [Hills] Prefecture" (Lanzhou), "Shining Mound" (Dunhuang)
->A large province situated in the mid-west of the country, Gansu represented, for most of history, the western frontier of Chinese civilization. Although many Chinese states and empires were able to capture areas further west in Xinjiang, they never truly managed to Sinicize them until the twentieth century. China proper, as people knew it, stopped at the Jade Gate, the western end of the Great Wall, which is located not far away from Dunhuang, the westernmost city of Gansu.\\
The Hexi Corridor that gives Gansu its elongated diagonal shape was part of the historical Silk Road, linking China proper with Central Asia. The corridor consists of a network of oasis towns sandwiched between the Mongolian deserts to the north and the Tibetan highlands to the south. Buddhism came to China through Gansu, and fittingly, there are many Buddhist monasteries and grottoes dotting all along the Hexi Corridor. The most famous is the Mogao Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
!!Ningxia (宁夏, ''Níngxià'')
->'''ISO Code:''' NX\\
'''Alternate name:''' ''Ningsia'' (Postal)\\
'''Type:''' Autonomous Region\\
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Yinchuan (银川, ''Yínchuān'', ''Yinchwan'' [Postal])\\
'''Other city of note:''' Shizuishan (石嘴山, ''Shízuǐshān'', ''Shetsuishan'' [Postal])\\
'''Area:''' 66,400 square kilometers (25,637 square miles) [27th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 7,202,654 [29th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Pacified [people of the] Xia" (Ningxia), "Silver River" (Yinchuan), "Stony Beak Mountain" (Shizuishan)
->An autonomous region reserved for the Hui people, Chinese-speaking Muslims, who make up 34% of the population. Its environment is mainly dry and desert-like, being located on the doorstep of the Gobi Desert. During TheHighMiddleAges, Yinchuan (then known as Xingqing) was the capital of Western Xia, a dynasty that ruled over northwestern China following the chaotic Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era, coexisting with the Han-dominated Song. The dynasty's ruling class were the Tanguts, a Sino-Tibetan people related to the indigenous people of Qinghai, who wrote with a strange script that looked similar to Hanzi but were incomprehensible to the Han. The Western Xia were, alongside the Khwarezmians, one of the notable victims of UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan's march across Asia, in that their attempt to flip off the Great Khan ended with their complete destruction as both a state and nation.
!!Qinghai (青海, ''Qīnghǎi'')
->'''ISO Code:''' QH\\
'''Alternate name:''' ''Tsinghai'' (Postal)\\
'''Other city of note:''' Dunhuang (敦煌市, ''Dūnhuáng'', ''Tunhwang'' [Postal])\\
'''Area:''' 453,700 square kilometers (175,200 square miles) [7th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 25,019,831 [22nd of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Gan[zhou] and Su[zhou]" (Gansu; a compound of the old names of the cities of, respectively, Zhangye and Jiuquan), "Orchid [Hills] Prefecture" (Lanzhou), "Shining Mound" (Dunhuang)
->A large province situated in the mid-west of the country, Gansu represented, for most of history, the western frontier of Chinese civilization. Although many Chinese states and empires were able to capture areas further west in Xinjiang, they never truly managed to Sinicize them until the twentieth century. China proper, as people knew it, stopped at the Jade Gate, the western end of the Great Wall, which is located not far away from Dunhuang, the westernmost city of Gansu.\\
The Hexi Corridor that gives Gansu its elongated diagonal shape was part of the historical Silk Road, linking China proper with Central Asia. The corridor consists of a network of oasis towns sandwiched between the Mongolian deserts to the north and the Tibetan highlands to the south. Buddhism came to China through Gansu, and fittingly, there are many Buddhist monasteries and grottoes dotting all along the Hexi Corridor. The most famous is the Mogao Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
!!Ningxia (宁夏, ''Níngxià'')
->'''ISO Code:''' NX\\
'''Alternate name:''' ''Ningsia'' (Postal)\\
'''Type:''' Autonomous Region\\
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Yinchuan (银川, ''Yínchuān'', ''Yinchwan'' [Postal])\\
'''Other city of note:''' Shizuishan (石嘴山, ''Shízuǐshān'', ''Shetsuishan'' [Postal])\\
'''Area:''' 66,400 square kilometers (25,637 square miles) [27th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 7,202,654 [29th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Pacified [people of the] Xia" (Ningxia), "Silver River" (Yinchuan), "Stony Beak Mountain" (Shizuishan)
->An autonomous region reserved for the Hui people, Chinese-speaking Muslims, who make up 34% of the population. Its environment is mainly dry and desert-like, being located on the doorstep of the Gobi Desert. During TheHighMiddleAges, Yinchuan (then known as Xingqing) was the capital of Western Xia, a dynasty that ruled over northwestern China following the chaotic Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era, coexisting with the Han-dominated Song. The dynasty's ruling class were the Tanguts, a Sino-Tibetan people related to the indigenous people of Qinghai, who wrote with a strange script that looked similar to Hanzi but were incomprehensible to the Han. The Western Xia were, alongside the Khwarezmians, one of the notable victims of UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan's march across Asia, in that their attempt to flip off the Great Khan ended with their complete destruction as both a state and nation.
!!Qinghai (青海, ''Qīnghǎi'')
->'''ISO Code:''' QH\\
'''Alternate name:''' ''Tsinghai'' (Postal)\\
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'''Capital (and largest city):''' Lanzhou (兰州, ''Lánzhōu'', ''Lanchow'' [Postal])\\
'''Other city of note:''' Dunhuang (敦煌市, ''Dūnhuáng'', ''Tunhwang''Guiyang (贵阳, ''Guìyáng'', ''Kweiyang'' [Postal])\\
'''Area:'''453,700 176,167 square kilometers (175,200 (68,018 square miles) [7th [16th of 33]\\
'''Population:'''25,019,831 [22nd 38,562,148 [19th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:'''"Gan[zhou] and Su[zhou]" (Gansu; a compound of the old names of the cities of, respectively, Zhangye and Jiuquan), "Orchid [Hills] "Gui [Mountains] Prefecture" (Lanzhou), "Shining Mound" (Dunhuang)
->A large province situated in the mid-west(Guizhou), "Southern Slope of the country, Gansu represented, for most of history, the western frontier of Chinese civilization. Although many Chinese states and empires were able to capture areas further west in Xinjiang, they never truly managed to Sinicize them until the twentieth century. China proper, as people knew it, stopped at the Jade Gate, the western end of the Great Wall, which is located not far away from Dunhuang, the westernmost city of Gansu.\\
The Hexi Corridor that gives Gansu its elongated diagonal shape was part of the historical Silk Road, linking China proper with Central Asia. The corridor consists of a network of oasis towns sandwiched between the Mongolian deserts to the north and the Tibetan highlands to the south. Buddhism came to China through Gansu, and fittingly, there are many Buddhist monasteries and grottoes dotting all along the Hexi Corridor. The most famous is the Mogao Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
!!Ningxia (宁夏, ''Níngxià'')
Gui [Mountain]" (Guiyang)
!!Sichuan (四川, ''Sìchuān'')
->'''ISO Code:'''NX\\
SC\\
'''Alternate name:'''''Ningsia'' (Postal)\\
'''Type:''' Autonomous Region\\
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Yinchuan (银川, ''Yínchuān'', ''Yinchwan'' [Postal])\\
'''Other city of note:''' Shizuishan (石嘴山, ''Shízuǐshān'', ''Shetsuishan'' [Postal])\\
'''Area:''' 66,400 square kilometers (25,637 square miles) [27th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 7,202,654 [29th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Pacified [people of the] Xia" (Ningxia), "Silver River" (Yinchuan), "Stony Beak Mountain" (Shizuishan)
->An autonomous region reserved for the Hui people, Chinese-speaking Muslims, who make up 34% of the population. Its environment is mainly dry and desert-like, being located on the doorstep of the Gobi Desert. During TheHighMiddleAges, Yinchuan (then known as Xingqing) was the capital of Western Xia, a dynasty that ruled over northwestern China following the chaotic Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era, coexisting with the Han-dominated Song. The dynasty's ruling class were the Tanguts, a Sino-Tibetan people related to the indigenous people of Qinghai, who wrote with a strange script that looked similar to Hanzi but were incomprehensible to the Han. The Western Xia were, alongside the Khwarezmians, one of the notable victims of UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan's march across Asia, in that their attempt to flip off the Great Khan ended with their complete destruction as both a state and nation.
!!Qinghai (青海, ''Qīnghǎi'')
->'''ISO Code:''' QH\\
'''Alternate name:''' ''Tsinghai''''Szechwan'' (Postal)\\
'''Other city of note:''' Dunhuang (敦煌市, ''Dūnhuáng'', ''Tunhwang''
'''Area:'''
'''Population:'''
'''Literal meaning of names:'''
->A large province situated in the mid-west
The Hexi Corridor that gives Gansu its elongated diagonal shape was part of the historical Silk Road, linking China proper with Central Asia. The corridor consists of a network of oasis towns sandwiched between the Mongolian deserts to the north and the Tibetan highlands to the south. Buddhism came to China through Gansu, and fittingly, there are many Buddhist monasteries and grottoes dotting all along the Hexi Corridor. The most famous is the Mogao Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
!!Ningxia (宁夏, ''Níngxià'')
!!Sichuan (四川, ''Sìchuān'')
->'''ISO Code:'''
'''Alternate name:'''
'''Type:''' Autonomous Region\\
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Yinchuan (银川, ''Yínchuān'', ''Yinchwan'' [Postal])\\
'''Other city of note:''' Shizuishan (石嘴山, ''Shízuǐshān'', ''Shetsuishan'' [Postal])\\
'''Area:''' 66,400 square kilometers (25,637 square miles) [27th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 7,202,654 [29th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Pacified [people of the] Xia" (Ningxia), "Silver River" (Yinchuan), "Stony Beak Mountain" (Shizuishan)
->An autonomous region reserved for the Hui people, Chinese-speaking Muslims, who make up 34% of the population. Its environment is mainly dry and desert-like, being located on the doorstep of the Gobi Desert. During TheHighMiddleAges, Yinchuan (then known as Xingqing) was the capital of Western Xia, a dynasty that ruled over northwestern China following the chaotic Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era, coexisting with the Han-dominated Song. The dynasty's ruling class were the Tanguts, a Sino-Tibetan people related to the indigenous people of Qinghai, who wrote with a strange script that looked similar to Hanzi but were incomprehensible to the Han. The Western Xia were, alongside the Khwarezmians, one of the notable victims of UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan's march across Asia, in that their attempt to flip off the Great Khan ended with their complete destruction as both a state and nation.
!!Qinghai (青海, ''Qīnghǎi'')
->'''ISO Code:''' QH\\
'''Alternate name:''' ''Tsinghai''
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'''Capital (and largest city):''' Xining (西宁, ''Xīníng'', ''Sining'' [Postal])\\
'''Area:''' 720,000 square kilometers (280,000 square miles) [4th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 5,923,957 [30th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Qinghai [Lake]" (Qinghai), "Western Tranquility" (Xining)
!!Shaanxi (陕西, ''Shǎnxī'')
->'''ISO Code:''' SN\\
'''Alternate name:''' ''Shensi'' (Postal)\\
'''Area:''' 720,000 square kilometers (280,000 square miles) [4th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 5,923,957 [30th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Qinghai [Lake]" (Qinghai), "Western Tranquility" (Xining)
!!Shaanxi (陕西, ''Shǎnxī'')
->'''ISO Code:''' SN\\
'''Alternate name:''' ''Shensi'' (Postal)\\
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'''Capital (and largest city):''' Xining (西宁, ''Xīníng'', ''Sining'' Chengdu (成都, ''Chéngdū'', ''Chengtu'' [Postal])\\
'''Area:'''720,000 485,500 square kilometers (280,000 (187,000 square miles) [4th [5th of 33]\\
'''Population:'''5,923,957 [30th 83,674,866 [4th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:'''"Qinghai [Lake]" (Qinghai), "Western Tranquility" (Xining)
!!Shaanxi (陕西, ''Shǎnxī'')
"Four Plains" (Sichuan), "Established Capital" (Chengdu)
->The province's geography can be divided in two. The eastern half is made up of the Sichuan Basin, a highly fertile lowland barricaded by mountains on all sides, anchored by the cities of Chengdu to the west and Chongqing to the southeast. The source of their fertility is a river system that drains into the Yangtze, which crosses Chongqing. The western half is the highly mountainous and rugged Hengduan Mountains, part of the Tibetan Plateau. It was formerly part of Tibet until reorganization by the PRC following its annexation of Tibet in 1950 broke up the former country into three separate regions: Tibet, southern Qinghai, and western Sichuan. Previously, the Chinese claimed the territory as part of the Xikang province, a status that is still maintained by the Republican government in Taiwan.\\
Sichuan's damp climate leads to the ubiquity of spiciness in its local food, known internationally as the Szechwan cuisine. Kung pao chicken (宫保鸡丁, ''Gōngbǎo jīdīng'') is a classic Chinese dish in the West, while mapo tofu (麻婆豆腐, ''mápó dòufu'') is a stereotypical "[[MasochistsMeal random spicy food]]" in Japanese pop culture.\\
In 1640s, the province witnessed an infamous massacre/[[GenocideFromTheInside autogenocide]] by Zhang Xianzhong, who led a peasant revolt against the Qing dynasty. It's believed that Sichuan was depopulated by as much as 75% by the time the Qing successfully put down the rebellion, with the city of Chengdu reputedly becoming a GhostCity frequented by tigers. The Qing settled the province with people from Northern China, which is why the population currently speak Mandarin, despite the region being technically Southern Chinese. In spite of this, though most Sichuanese are genetically northern, they are culturally southern and are thus treated as southerners.\\
Sichuan has five UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including the world's largest panda sanctuary and tallest premodern statue, the 71 meter-high Leshan Giant Buddha. The statue faces Mount Emei, one of the four sacred mountains in Chinese Buddhism. Another world heritage site, Mount Qingcheng, is one of the four sacred mountains in Taoism.\\
UsefulNotes/DengXiaoping, architect of [[UsefulNotes/ToGetRichIsGlorious modern China]], was from Guang'an, east of Chengdu.
!!UsefulNotes/{{Tibet}} (西藏, ''Xīzàng'')
->'''ISO Code:'''SN\\
XZ\\
'''Alternate name:'''''Shensi'' (Postal)\\བོད་, ''Bod'' (Tibetan)\\
'''Type:''' Autonomous Region\\
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Lhasa (拉萨, ''Lāsà'' / ལྷ་ས [Tibetan])\\
'''Area:''' 1,228,400 square kilometers (474,300 square miles) [2nd of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 3,648,100 [32nd of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of name:''' "Western Tsang" (Xizang), "Palace of the Gods" (Lhasa)
!!Yunnan (云南, ''Yúnnán'')
->'''ISO Code:''' YN\\
'''Area:'''
'''Population:'''
'''Literal meaning of names:'''
!!Shaanxi (陕西, ''Shǎnxī'')
->The province's geography can be divided in two. The eastern half is made up of the Sichuan Basin, a highly fertile lowland barricaded by mountains on all sides, anchored by the cities of Chengdu to the west and Chongqing to the southeast. The source of their fertility is a river system that drains into the Yangtze, which crosses Chongqing. The western half is the highly mountainous and rugged Hengduan Mountains, part of the Tibetan Plateau. It was formerly part of Tibet until reorganization by the PRC following its annexation of Tibet in 1950 broke up the former country into three separate regions: Tibet, southern Qinghai, and western Sichuan. Previously, the Chinese claimed the territory as part of the Xikang province, a status that is still maintained by the Republican government in Taiwan.\\
Sichuan's damp climate leads to the ubiquity of spiciness in its local food, known internationally as the Szechwan cuisine. Kung pao chicken (宫保鸡丁, ''Gōngbǎo jīdīng'') is a classic Chinese dish in the West, while mapo tofu (麻婆豆腐, ''mápó dòufu'') is a stereotypical "[[MasochistsMeal random spicy food]]" in Japanese pop culture.\\
In 1640s, the province witnessed an infamous massacre/[[GenocideFromTheInside autogenocide]] by Zhang Xianzhong, who led a peasant revolt against the Qing dynasty. It's believed that Sichuan was depopulated by as much as 75% by the time the Qing successfully put down the rebellion, with the city of Chengdu reputedly becoming a GhostCity frequented by tigers. The Qing settled the province with people from Northern China, which is why the population currently speak Mandarin, despite the region being technically Southern Chinese. In spite of this, though most Sichuanese are genetically northern, they are culturally southern and are thus treated as southerners.\\
Sichuan has five UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including the world's largest panda sanctuary and tallest premodern statue, the 71 meter-high Leshan Giant Buddha. The statue faces Mount Emei, one of the four sacred mountains in Chinese Buddhism. Another world heritage site, Mount Qingcheng, is one of the four sacred mountains in Taoism.\\
UsefulNotes/DengXiaoping, architect of [[UsefulNotes/ToGetRichIsGlorious modern China]], was from Guang'an, east of Chengdu.
!!UsefulNotes/{{Tibet}} (西藏, ''Xīzàng'')
->'''ISO Code:'''
'''Alternate name:'''
'''Type:''' Autonomous Region\\
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Lhasa (拉萨, ''Lāsà'' / ལྷ་ས [Tibetan])\\
'''Area:''' 1,228,400 square kilometers (474,300 square miles) [2nd of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 3,648,100 [32nd of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of name:''' "Western Tsang" (Xizang), "Palace of the Gods" (Lhasa)
!!Yunnan (云南, ''Yúnnán'')
->'''ISO Code:''' YN\\
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'''Capital (and largest city):''' Xi'an (西安, ''Xī'ān'', ''Sianfu'' [Postal])\\
'''Area:''' 205,800 square kilometers (79,500 square miles) [11th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 39,528,999 [16th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "West of the Shan [Pass]" (Shaanxi), "Western Peace" (Xi'an)
->The extremely ancient city of Xi'an (formerly Chang'an), located in the fertile Wei River valley, was historically the capital of some of the most defining and monumental empires in Chinese history. The Zhou dynasty's first capital, Fenghao, stood somewhere in the city's southwest, UsefulNotes/QinShiHuangdi based his newfound Qin Empire from Xianyang, immediately to the west of Chang'an, and since then, the dynasties of Han, Sui, and Tang all chose to center themselves in Chang'an. It marked the starting (or ending, for travelers from the west) point of the Silk Road. The mausoleum of Qin Shi Huangdi has the famous terracotta army, and is designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.\\
Today, the province has a growing industrial sector, with Xi'an being the home of two Fortune Global 500 companies that specialize in chemical, coal, and petroleum production.\\
As for its name, using the Pinyin romanization without diacritics could cause it to be easily confused with Shanxi, thus for the sake of disambiguation this province adopted its romanized name according to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwoyeu_Romatzyh Gwoyeu Romatzyh]], an obscure system that uses spelling variations based on the tone of the syllable (using the same scheme, Shanxi [Shānxī] would be romanized as "Shanshi").
!!UsefulNotes/{{Xinjiang}} (新疆, ''Xīnjiāng'')
->'''ISO Code:''' XJ\\
'''Alternate names:''' ''Sinkiang'' (Postal) / رايونى, ''Shinjang'' (Uyghur)\\
'''Type:''' Autonomous Region\\
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Ürümqi (乌鲁木齐, ''Wūlǔmùqí'', ''Urumtsi'' [Postal] / ئۈرۈمچى [Uyghur])\\
'''Other cities of note:''' Kashgar (喀什, ''Kāshí'' / قەشقەر, ''Qeshqer'' [Uyghur]), Hotan (和田市, ''Hétián'' / خوتەن, ''Xoten'' [Uyghur])\\
'''Area:''' 1,664,897 square kilometers (642,820 square miles) [1st of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 25,852,345 [21st of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "New Frontier" (Xinjiang), "Beautiful Pasture" (Ürümqi)
->Xinjiang is China's westernmost and largest province, and the only Turkic-majority one.\\\
'''Area:''' 205,800 square kilometers (79,500 square miles) [11th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 39,528,999 [16th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "West of the Shan [Pass]" (Shaanxi), "Western Peace" (Xi'an)
->The extremely ancient city of Xi'an (formerly Chang'an), located in the fertile Wei River valley, was historically the capital of some of the most defining and monumental empires in Chinese history. The Zhou dynasty's first capital, Fenghao, stood somewhere in the city's southwest, UsefulNotes/QinShiHuangdi based his newfound Qin Empire from Xianyang, immediately to the west of Chang'an, and since then, the dynasties of Han, Sui, and Tang all chose to center themselves in Chang'an. It marked the starting (or ending, for travelers from the west) point of the Silk Road. The mausoleum of Qin Shi Huangdi has the famous terracotta army, and is designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.\\
Today, the province has a growing industrial sector, with Xi'an being the home of two Fortune Global 500 companies that specialize in chemical, coal, and petroleum production.\\
As for its name, using the Pinyin romanization without diacritics could cause it to be easily confused with Shanxi, thus for the sake of disambiguation this province adopted its romanized name according to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwoyeu_Romatzyh Gwoyeu Romatzyh]], an obscure system that uses spelling variations based on the tone of the syllable (using the same scheme, Shanxi [Shānxī] would be romanized as "Shanshi").
!!UsefulNotes/{{Xinjiang}} (新疆, ''Xīnjiāng'')
->'''ISO Code:''' XJ\\
'''Alternate names:''' ''Sinkiang'' (Postal) / رايونى, ''Shinjang'' (Uyghur)\\
'''Type:''' Autonomous Region\\
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Ürümqi (乌鲁木齐, ''Wūlǔmùqí'', ''Urumtsi'' [Postal] / ئۈرۈمچى [Uyghur])\\
'''Other cities of note:''' Kashgar (喀什, ''Kāshí'' / قەشقەر, ''Qeshqer'' [Uyghur]), Hotan (和田市, ''Hétián'' / خوتەن, ''Xoten'' [Uyghur])\\
'''Area:''' 1,664,897 square kilometers (642,820 square miles) [1st of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 25,852,345 [21st of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "New Frontier" (Xinjiang), "Beautiful Pasture" (Ürümqi)
->Xinjiang is China's westernmost and largest province, and the only Turkic-majority one.\\\
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'''Capital (and largest city):''' Xi'an (西安, ''Xī'ān'', ''Sianfu'' [Postal])\\
Kunming (昆明, ''Kūnmíng'')\\
'''Area:'''205,800 394,000 square kilometers (79,500 (152,000 square miles) [11th [8th of 33]\\
'''Population:'''39,528,999 [16th 47,209,277 [12th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:'''"West "South of the Shan [Pass]" (Shaanxi), "Western Peace" (Xi'an)
->The extremely ancient city of Xi'an (formerly Chang'an), located in the fertile Wei River valley, was historically the capital of some of the most defining and monumental empires in Chinese history. The Zhou dynasty's first capital, Fenghao, stood somewhere in the city's southwest, UsefulNotes/QinShiHuangdi based his newfound Qin Empire from Xianyang, immediately to the west of Chang'an, and since then, the dynasties of Han, Sui, and Tang all chose to center themselves in Chang'an. It marked the starting (or ending, for travelers from the west) point of the Silk Road. The mausoleum of Qin Shi Huangdi has the famous terracotta army, and is designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.\\
Today, the province has a growing industrial sector, with Xi'an being the home of two Fortune Global 500 companies that specialize in chemical, coal, and petroleum production.\\
As for its name, using the Pinyin romanization without diacritics could cause it to be easily confused with Shanxi, thus for the sake of disambiguation this province adopted its romanized name according to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwoyeu_Romatzyh Gwoyeu Romatzyh]], an obscure system that uses spelling variations based on the tone of the syllable (using the same scheme, Shanxi [Shānxī] would be romanized as "Shanshi").
!!UsefulNotes/{{Xinjiang}} (新疆, ''Xīnjiāng'')
->'''ISO Code:''' XJ\\
'''Alternate names:''' ''Sinkiang'' (Postal) / رايونى, ''Shinjang'' (Uyghur)\\
'''Type:''' Autonomous Region\\
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Ürümqi (乌鲁木齐, ''Wūlǔmùqí'', ''Urumtsi'' [Postal] / ئۈرۈمچى [Uyghur])\\
'''Other cities of note:''' Kashgar (喀什, ''Kāshí'' / قەشقەر, ''Qeshqer'' [Uyghur]), Hotan (和田市, ''Hétián'' / خوتەن, ''Xoten'' [Uyghur])\\
'''Area:''' 1,664,897 square kilometers (642,820 square miles) [1st of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 25,852,345 [21st of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "New Frontier" (Xinjiang), "Beautiful Pasture" (Ürümqi)
->Xinjiang is China's westernmost and largest province, and the only Turkic-majority one.\\\Colorful Clouds" (Yunnan)
'''Area:'''
'''Population:'''
'''Literal meaning of names:'''
->The extremely ancient city of Xi'an (formerly Chang'an), located in the fertile Wei River valley, was historically the capital of some of the most defining and monumental empires in Chinese history. The Zhou dynasty's first capital, Fenghao, stood somewhere in the city's southwest, UsefulNotes/QinShiHuangdi based his newfound Qin Empire from Xianyang, immediately to the west of Chang'an, and since then, the dynasties of Han, Sui, and Tang all chose to center themselves in Chang'an. It marked the starting (or ending, for travelers from the west) point of the Silk Road. The mausoleum of Qin Shi Huangdi has the famous terracotta army, and is designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.\\
Today, the province has a growing industrial sector, with Xi'an being the home of two Fortune Global 500 companies that specialize in chemical, coal, and petroleum production.\\
As for its name, using the Pinyin romanization without diacritics could cause it to be easily confused with Shanxi, thus for the sake of disambiguation this province adopted its romanized name according to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwoyeu_Romatzyh Gwoyeu Romatzyh]], an obscure system that uses spelling variations based on the tone of the syllable (using the same scheme, Shanxi [Shānxī] would be romanized as "Shanshi").
!!UsefulNotes/{{Xinjiang}} (新疆, ''Xīnjiāng'')
->'''ISO Code:''' XJ\\
'''Alternate names:''' ''Sinkiang'' (Postal) / رايونى, ''Shinjang'' (Uyghur)\\
'''Type:''' Autonomous Region\\
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Ürümqi (乌鲁木齐, ''Wūlǔmùqí'', ''Urumtsi'' [Postal] / ئۈرۈمچى [Uyghur])\\
'''Other cities of note:''' Kashgar (喀什, ''Kāshí'' / قەشقەر, ''Qeshqer'' [Uyghur]), Hotan (和田市, ''Hétián'' / خوتەن, ''Xoten'' [Uyghur])\\
'''Area:''' 1,664,897 square kilometers (642,820 square miles) [1st of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 25,852,345 [21st of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "New Frontier" (Xinjiang), "Beautiful Pasture" (Ürümqi)
->Xinjiang is China's westernmost and largest province, and the only Turkic-majority one.\\\
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!!Chongqing (重庆, ''Chóngqìng'')
->'''ISO Code:''' CQ\\
'''Alternate name:''' ''Chungking'' (Postal)\\
'''Type:''' Municipality\\
'''Capital:''' (N/A, coterminous)\\
'''Area:''' 82,403 square kilometers (31,816 square miles) [26th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 32,054,159 [19th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of name:''' "Doubled Celebration"
->The hilly municipality of Chongqing was split off from the eastern border of Sichuan in 1997, and thus the two areas share a common cultural background (e.g., hot and numbingly-spicy cuisine). However, the city itself has had an interesting history, which includes being the backup capital of the Republic of China after Nanking/Nanjing fell to the Japanese in the UsefulNotes/SecondSinoJapaneseWar and for the rest of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
!!Guizhou (贵州, ''Guìzhōu'')
->'''ISO Code:''' GZ\\
'''Alternate name:''' ''Kewichow'' (Postal)\\
!!Chongqing (重庆, ''Chóngqìng'')
->'''ISO Code:''' CQ\\
'''Alternate name:''' ''Chungking'' (Postal)\\
'''Type:''' Municipality\\
'''Capital:''' (N/A, coterminous)\\
'''Area:''' 82,403 square kilometers (31,816 square miles) [26th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 32,054,159 [19th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of name:''' "Doubled Celebration"
->The hilly municipality of Chongqing was split off from the eastern border of Sichuan in 1997, and thus the two areas share a common cultural background (e.g., hot and numbingly-spicy cuisine). However, the city itself has had an interesting history, which includes being the backup capital of the Republic of China after Nanking/Nanjing fell to the Japanese in the UsefulNotes/SecondSinoJapaneseWar and for the rest of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
!!Guizhou (贵州, ''Guìzhōu'')
->'''ISO Code:''' GZ\\
'''Alternate name:''' ''Kewichow'' (Postal)\\
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!!Chongqing (重庆, ''Chóngqìng'')
!!Gansu (甘肃, ''Gānsù'')
->'''ISO Code:'''
'''Alternate name:''' ''Chungking'' (Postal)\\
'''Type:''' Municipality\\
'''Capital:''' (N/A, coterminous)\\
'''Area:''' 82,403 square kilometers (31,816 square miles) [26th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 32,054,159 [19th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of name:''' "Doubled Celebration"
->The hilly municipality of Chongqing was split off from the eastern border of Sichuan in 1997, and thus the two areas share a common cultural background (e.g., hot and numbingly-spicy cuisine). However, the city itself has had an interesting history, which includes being the backup capital of the Republic of China after Nanking/Nanjing fell to the Japanese in the UsefulNotes/SecondSinoJapaneseWar and for the rest of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
!!Guizhou (贵州, ''Guìzhōu'')
->'''ISO Code:''' GZ\\
'''Alternate name:''' ''Kewichow'' (Postal)\\
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'''Capital (and largest city):''' Guiyang (贵阳, ''Guìyáng'', ''Kweiyang'' [Postal])\\
'''Area:''' 176,167 square kilometers (68,018 square miles) [16th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 38,562,148 [19th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Gui [Mountains] Prefecture" (Guizhou), "Southern Slope of Gui [Mountain]" (Guiyang)
!!Sichuan (四川, ''Sìchuān'')
->'''ISO Code:''' SC\\
'''Alternate name:''' ''Szechwan'' (Postal)\\
'''Area:''' 176,167 square kilometers (68,018 square miles) [16th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 38,562,148 [19th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Gui [Mountains] Prefecture" (Guizhou), "Southern Slope of Gui [Mountain]" (Guiyang)
!!Sichuan (四川, ''Sìchuān'')
->'''ISO Code:''' SC\\
'''Alternate name:''' ''Szechwan'' (Postal)\\
to:
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Guiyang (贵阳, ''Guìyáng'', ''Kweiyang'' Lanzhou (兰州, ''Lánzhōu'', ''Lanchow'' [Postal])\\
'''Other city of note:''' Dunhuang (敦煌市, ''Dūnhuáng'', ''Tunhwang'' [Postal])\\
'''Area:'''176,167 453,700 square kilometers (68,018 (175,200 square miles) [16th [7th of 33]\\
'''Population:'''38,562,148 [19th 25,019,831 [22nd of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:'''"Gui [Mountains] "Gan[zhou] and Su[zhou]" (Gansu; a compound of the old names of the cities of, respectively, Zhangye and Jiuquan), "Orchid [Hills] Prefecture" (Guizhou), "Southern Slope (Lanzhou), "Shining Mound" (Dunhuang)
->A large province situated in the mid-west ofGui [Mountain]" (Guiyang)
!!Sichuan (四川, ''Sìchuān'')
the country, Gansu represented, for most of history, the western frontier of Chinese civilization. Although many Chinese states and empires were able to capture areas further west in Xinjiang, they never truly managed to Sinicize them until the twentieth century. China proper, as people knew it, stopped at the Jade Gate, the western end of the Great Wall, which is located not far away from Dunhuang, the westernmost city of Gansu.\\
The Hexi Corridor that gives Gansu its elongated diagonal shape was part of the historical Silk Road, linking China proper with Central Asia. The corridor consists of a network of oasis towns sandwiched between the Mongolian deserts to the north and the Tibetan highlands to the south. Buddhism came to China through Gansu, and fittingly, there are many Buddhist monasteries and grottoes dotting all along the Hexi Corridor. The most famous is the Mogao Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
!!Ningxia (宁夏, ''Níngxià'')
->'''ISO Code:'''SC\\
NX\\
'''Alternate name:'''''Szechwan'' ''Ningsia'' (Postal)\\
'''Type:''' Autonomous Region\\
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Yinchuan (银川, ''Yínchuān'', ''Yinchwan'' [Postal])\\
'''Other city of note:''' Shizuishan (石嘴山, ''Shízuǐshān'', ''Shetsuishan'' [Postal])\\
'''Area:''' 66,400 square kilometers (25,637 square miles) [27th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 7,202,654 [29th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Pacified [people of the] Xia" (Ningxia), "Silver River" (Yinchuan), "Stony Beak Mountain" (Shizuishan)
->An autonomous region reserved for the Hui people, Chinese-speaking Muslims, who make up 34% of the population. Its environment is mainly dry and desert-like, being located on the doorstep of the Gobi Desert. During TheHighMiddleAges, Yinchuan (then known as Xingqing) was the capital of Western Xia, a dynasty that ruled over northwestern China following the chaotic Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era, coexisting with the Han-dominated Song. The dynasty's ruling class were the Tanguts, a Sino-Tibetan people related to the indigenous people of Qinghai, who wrote with a strange script that looked similar to Hanzi but were incomprehensible to the Han. The Western Xia were, alongside the Khwarezmians, one of the notable victims of UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan's march across Asia, in that their attempt to flip off the Great Khan ended with their complete destruction as both a state and nation.
!!Qinghai (青海, ''Qīnghǎi'')
->'''ISO Code:''' QH\\
'''Alternate name:''' ''Tsinghai'' (Postal)\\
'''Other city of note:''' Dunhuang (敦煌市, ''Dūnhuáng'', ''Tunhwang'' [Postal])\\
'''Area:'''
'''Population:'''
'''Literal meaning of names:'''
->A large province situated in the mid-west of
!!Sichuan (四川, ''Sìchuān'')
The Hexi Corridor that gives Gansu its elongated diagonal shape was part of the historical Silk Road, linking China proper with Central Asia. The corridor consists of a network of oasis towns sandwiched between the Mongolian deserts to the north and the Tibetan highlands to the south. Buddhism came to China through Gansu, and fittingly, there are many Buddhist monasteries and grottoes dotting all along the Hexi Corridor. The most famous is the Mogao Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
!!Ningxia (宁夏, ''Níngxià'')
->'''ISO Code:'''
'''Alternate name:'''
'''Type:''' Autonomous Region\\
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Yinchuan (银川, ''Yínchuān'', ''Yinchwan'' [Postal])\\
'''Other city of note:''' Shizuishan (石嘴山, ''Shízuǐshān'', ''Shetsuishan'' [Postal])\\
'''Area:''' 66,400 square kilometers (25,637 square miles) [27th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 7,202,654 [29th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Pacified [people of the] Xia" (Ningxia), "Silver River" (Yinchuan), "Stony Beak Mountain" (Shizuishan)
->An autonomous region reserved for the Hui people, Chinese-speaking Muslims, who make up 34% of the population. Its environment is mainly dry and desert-like, being located on the doorstep of the Gobi Desert. During TheHighMiddleAges, Yinchuan (then known as Xingqing) was the capital of Western Xia, a dynasty that ruled over northwestern China following the chaotic Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era, coexisting with the Han-dominated Song. The dynasty's ruling class were the Tanguts, a Sino-Tibetan people related to the indigenous people of Qinghai, who wrote with a strange script that looked similar to Hanzi but were incomprehensible to the Han. The Western Xia were, alongside the Khwarezmians, one of the notable victims of UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan's march across Asia, in that their attempt to flip off the Great Khan ended with their complete destruction as both a state and nation.
!!Qinghai (青海, ''Qīnghǎi'')
->'''ISO Code:''' QH\\
'''Alternate name:''' ''Tsinghai'' (Postal)\\
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'''Capital (and largest city):''' Chengdu (成都, ''Chéngdū'', ''Chengtu'' [Postal])\\
'''Area:''' 485,500 square kilometers (187,000 square miles) [5th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 83,674,866 [4th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Four Plains" (Sichuan), "Established Capital" (Chengdu)
->The province's geography can be divided in two. The eastern half is made up of the Sichuan Basin, a highly fertile lowland barricaded by mountains on all sides, anchored by the cities of Chengdu to the west and Chongqing to the southeast. The source of their fertility is a river system that drains into the Yangtze, which crosses Chongqing. The western half is the highly mountainous and rugged Hengduan Mountains, part of the Tibetan Plateau. It was formerly part of Tibet until reorganization by the PRC following its annexation of Tibet in 1950 broke up the former country into three separate regions: Tibet, southern Qinghai, and western Sichuan. Previously, the Chinese claimed the territory as part of the Xikang province, a status that is still maintained by the Republican government in Taiwan.\\
Sichuan's damp climate leads to the ubiquity of spiciness in its local food, known internationally as the Szechwan cuisine. Kung pao chicken (宫保鸡丁, ''Gōngbǎo jīdīng'') is a classic Chinese dish in the West, while mapo tofu (麻婆豆腐, ''mápó dòufu'') is a stereotypical "[[MasochistsMeal random spicy food]]" in Japanese pop culture.\\
In 1640s, the province witnessed an infamous massacre/[[GenocideFromTheInside autogenocide]] by Zhang Xianzhong, who led a peasant revolt against the Qing dynasty. It's believed that Sichuan was depopulated by as much as 75% by the time the Qing successfully put down the rebellion, with the city of Chengdu reputedly becoming a GhostCity frequented by tigers. The Qing settled the province with people from Northern China, which is why the population currently speak Mandarin, despite the region being technically Southern Chinese. In spite of this, though most Sichuanese are genetically northern, they are culturally southern and are thus treated as southerners.\\
Sichuan has five UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including the world's largest panda sanctuary and tallest premodern statue, the 71 meter-high Leshan Giant Buddha. The statue faces Mount Emei, one of the four sacred mountains in Chinese Buddhism. Another world heritage site, Mount Qingcheng, is one of the four sacred mountains in Taoism.\\
UsefulNotes/DengXiaoping, architect of [[UsefulNotes/ToGetRichIsGlorious modern China]], was from Guang'an, east of Chengdu.
!!UsefulNotes/{{Tibet}} (西藏, ''Xīzàng'')
->'''ISO Code:''' XZ\\
'''Alternate name:''' བོད་, ''Bod'' (Tibetan)\\
'''Type:''' Autonomous Region\\
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Lhasa (拉萨, ''Lāsà'' / ལྷ་ས [Tibetan])\\
'''Area:''' 1,228,400 square kilometers (474,300 square miles) [2nd of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 3,648,100 [32nd of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of name:''' "Western Tsang" (Xizang), "Palace of the Gods" (Lhasa)
!!Yunnan (云南, ''Yúnnán'')
->'''ISO Code:''' YN\\
'''Area:''' 485,500 square kilometers (187,000 square miles) [5th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 83,674,866 [4th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Four Plains" (Sichuan), "Established Capital" (Chengdu)
->The province's geography can be divided in two. The eastern half is made up of the Sichuan Basin, a highly fertile lowland barricaded by mountains on all sides, anchored by the cities of Chengdu to the west and Chongqing to the southeast. The source of their fertility is a river system that drains into the Yangtze, which crosses Chongqing. The western half is the highly mountainous and rugged Hengduan Mountains, part of the Tibetan Plateau. It was formerly part of Tibet until reorganization by the PRC following its annexation of Tibet in 1950 broke up the former country into three separate regions: Tibet, southern Qinghai, and western Sichuan. Previously, the Chinese claimed the territory as part of the Xikang province, a status that is still maintained by the Republican government in Taiwan.\\
Sichuan's damp climate leads to the ubiquity of spiciness in its local food, known internationally as the Szechwan cuisine. Kung pao chicken (宫保鸡丁, ''Gōngbǎo jīdīng'') is a classic Chinese dish in the West, while mapo tofu (麻婆豆腐, ''mápó dòufu'') is a stereotypical "[[MasochistsMeal random spicy food]]" in Japanese pop culture.\\
In 1640s, the province witnessed an infamous massacre/[[GenocideFromTheInside autogenocide]] by Zhang Xianzhong, who led a peasant revolt against the Qing dynasty. It's believed that Sichuan was depopulated by as much as 75% by the time the Qing successfully put down the rebellion, with the city of Chengdu reputedly becoming a GhostCity frequented by tigers. The Qing settled the province with people from Northern China, which is why the population currently speak Mandarin, despite the region being technically Southern Chinese. In spite of this, though most Sichuanese are genetically northern, they are culturally southern and are thus treated as southerners.\\
Sichuan has five UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including the world's largest panda sanctuary and tallest premodern statue, the 71 meter-high Leshan Giant Buddha. The statue faces Mount Emei, one of the four sacred mountains in Chinese Buddhism. Another world heritage site, Mount Qingcheng, is one of the four sacred mountains in Taoism.\\
UsefulNotes/DengXiaoping, architect of [[UsefulNotes/ToGetRichIsGlorious modern China]], was from Guang'an, east of Chengdu.
!!UsefulNotes/{{Tibet}} (西藏, ''Xīzàng'')
->'''ISO Code:''' XZ\\
'''Alternate name:''' བོད་, ''Bod'' (Tibetan)\\
'''Type:''' Autonomous Region\\
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Lhasa (拉萨, ''Lāsà'' / ལྷ་ས [Tibetan])\\
'''Area:''' 1,228,400 square kilometers (474,300 square miles) [2nd of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 3,648,100 [32nd of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of name:''' "Western Tsang" (Xizang), "Palace of the Gods" (Lhasa)
!!Yunnan (云南, ''Yúnnán'')
->'''ISO Code:''' YN\\
to:
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Chengdu (成都, ''Chéngdū'', ''Chengtu'' Xining (西宁, ''Xīníng'', ''Sining'' [Postal])\\
'''Area:'''485,500 720,000 square kilometers (187,000 (280,000 square miles) [5th [4th of 33]\\
'''Population:'''83,674,866 [4th 5,923,957 [30th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:'''"Four Plains" (Sichuan), "Established Capital" (Chengdu)
->The province's geography can be divided in two. The eastern half is made up of the Sichuan Basin, a highly fertile lowland barricaded by mountains on all sides, anchored by the cities of Chengdu to the west and Chongqing to the southeast. The source of their fertility is a river system that drains into the Yangtze, which crosses Chongqing. The western half is the highly mountainous and rugged Hengduan Mountains, part of the Tibetan Plateau. It was formerly part of Tibet until reorganization by the PRC following its annexation of Tibet in 1950 broke up the former country into three separate regions: Tibet, southern Qinghai, and western Sichuan. Previously, the Chinese claimed the territory as part of the Xikang province, a status that is still maintained by the Republican government in Taiwan.\\
Sichuan's damp climate leads to the ubiquity of spiciness in its local food, known internationally as the Szechwan cuisine. Kung pao chicken (宫保鸡丁, ''Gōngbǎo jīdīng'') is a classic Chinese dish in the West, while mapo tofu (麻婆豆腐, ''mápó dòufu'') is a stereotypical "[[MasochistsMeal random spicy food]]" in Japanese pop culture.\\
In 1640s, the province witnessed an infamous massacre/[[GenocideFromTheInside autogenocide]] by Zhang Xianzhong, who led a peasant revolt against the Qing dynasty. It's believed that Sichuan was depopulated by as much as 75% by the time the Qing successfully put down the rebellion, with the city of Chengdu reputedly becoming a GhostCity frequented by tigers. The Qing settled the province with people from Northern China, which is why the population currently speak Mandarin, despite the region being technically Southern Chinese. In spite of this, though most Sichuanese are genetically northern, they are culturally southern and are thus treated as southerners.\\
Sichuan has five UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including the world's largest panda sanctuary and tallest premodern statue, the 71 meter-high Leshan Giant Buddha. The statue faces Mount Emei, one of the four sacred mountains in Chinese Buddhism. Another world heritage site, Mount Qingcheng, is one of the four sacred mountains in Taoism.\\
UsefulNotes/DengXiaoping, architect of [[UsefulNotes/ToGetRichIsGlorious modern China]], was from Guang'an, east of Chengdu.
!!UsefulNotes/{{Tibet}} (西藏, ''Xīzàng'')
"Qinghai [Lake]" (Qinghai), "Western Tranquility" (Xining)
!!Shaanxi (陕西, ''Shǎnxī'')
->'''ISO Code:'''XZ\\
SN\\
'''Alternate name:'''བོད་, ''Bod'' (Tibetan)\\
'''Type:''' Autonomous Region\\
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Lhasa (拉萨, ''Lāsà'' / ལྷ་ས [Tibetan])\\
'''Area:''' 1,228,400 square kilometers (474,300 square miles) [2nd of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 3,648,100 [32nd of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of name:''' "Western Tsang" (Xizang), "Palace of the Gods" (Lhasa)
!!Yunnan (云南, ''Yúnnán'')
->'''ISO Code:''' YN\\''Shensi'' (Postal)\\
'''Area:'''
'''Population:'''
'''Literal meaning of names:'''
->The province's geography can be divided in two. The eastern half is made up of the Sichuan Basin, a highly fertile lowland barricaded by mountains on all sides, anchored by the cities of Chengdu to the west and Chongqing to the southeast. The source of their fertility is a river system that drains into the Yangtze, which crosses Chongqing. The western half is the highly mountainous and rugged Hengduan Mountains, part of the Tibetan Plateau. It was formerly part of Tibet until reorganization by the PRC following its annexation of Tibet in 1950 broke up the former country into three separate regions: Tibet, southern Qinghai, and western Sichuan. Previously, the Chinese claimed the territory as part of the Xikang province, a status that is still maintained by the Republican government in Taiwan.\\
Sichuan's damp climate leads to the ubiquity of spiciness in its local food, known internationally as the Szechwan cuisine. Kung pao chicken (宫保鸡丁, ''Gōngbǎo jīdīng'') is a classic Chinese dish in the West, while mapo tofu (麻婆豆腐, ''mápó dòufu'') is a stereotypical "[[MasochistsMeal random spicy food]]" in Japanese pop culture.\\
In 1640s, the province witnessed an infamous massacre/[[GenocideFromTheInside autogenocide]] by Zhang Xianzhong, who led a peasant revolt against the Qing dynasty. It's believed that Sichuan was depopulated by as much as 75% by the time the Qing successfully put down the rebellion, with the city of Chengdu reputedly becoming a GhostCity frequented by tigers. The Qing settled the province with people from Northern China, which is why the population currently speak Mandarin, despite the region being technically Southern Chinese. In spite of this, though most Sichuanese are genetically northern, they are culturally southern and are thus treated as southerners.\\
Sichuan has five UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including the world's largest panda sanctuary and tallest premodern statue, the 71 meter-high Leshan Giant Buddha. The statue faces Mount Emei, one of the four sacred mountains in Chinese Buddhism. Another world heritage site, Mount Qingcheng, is one of the four sacred mountains in Taoism.\\
UsefulNotes/DengXiaoping, architect of [[UsefulNotes/ToGetRichIsGlorious modern China]], was from Guang'an, east of Chengdu.
!!UsefulNotes/{{Tibet}} (西藏, ''Xīzàng'')
!!Shaanxi (陕西, ''Shǎnxī'')
->'''ISO Code:'''
'''Alternate name:'''
'''Type:''' Autonomous Region\\
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Lhasa (拉萨, ''Lāsà'' / ལྷ་ས [Tibetan])\\
'''Area:''' 1,228,400 square kilometers (474,300 square miles) [2nd of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 3,648,100 [32nd of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of name:''' "Western Tsang" (Xizang), "Palace of the Gods" (Lhasa)
!!Yunnan (云南, ''Yúnnán'')
->'''ISO Code:''' YN\\
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'''Capital (and largest city):''' Kunming (昆明, ''Kūnmíng'')\\
'''Area:''' 394,000 square kilometers (152,000 square miles) [8th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 47,209,277 [12th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "South of the Colorful Clouds" (Yunnan)
'''Area:''' 394,000 square kilometers (152,000 square miles) [8th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 47,209,277 [12th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "South of the Colorful Clouds" (Yunnan)
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'''Capital (and largest city):''' Kunming (昆明, ''Kūnmíng'')\\
Xi'an (西安, ''Xī'ān'', ''Sianfu'' [Postal])\\
'''Area:'''394,000 205,800 square kilometers (152,000 (79,500 square miles) [8th [11th of 33]\\
'''Population:'''47,209,277 [12th 39,528,999 [16th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:'''"South "West of the Colorful Clouds" (Yunnan)Shan [Pass]" (Shaanxi), "Western Peace" (Xi'an)
->The extremely ancient city of Xi'an (formerly Chang'an), located in the fertile Wei River valley, was historically the capital of some of the most defining and monumental empires in Chinese history. The Zhou dynasty's first capital, Fenghao, stood somewhere in the city's southwest, UsefulNotes/QinShiHuangdi based his newfound Qin Empire from Xianyang, immediately to the west of Chang'an, and since then, the dynasties of Han, Sui, and Tang all chose to center themselves in Chang'an. It marked the starting (or ending, for travelers from the west) point of the Silk Road. The mausoleum of Qin Shi Huangdi has the famous terracotta army, and is designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.\\
Today, the province has a growing industrial sector, with Xi'an being the home of two Fortune Global 500 companies that specialize in chemical, coal, and petroleum production.\\
As for its name, using the Pinyin romanization without diacritics could cause it to be easily confused with Shanxi, thus for the sake of disambiguation this province adopted its romanized name according to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwoyeu_Romatzyh Gwoyeu Romatzyh]], an obscure system that uses spelling variations based on the tone of the syllable (using the same scheme, Shanxi [Shānxī] would be romanized as "Shanshi").
!!UsefulNotes/{{Xinjiang}} (新疆, ''Xīnjiāng'')
->'''ISO Code:''' XJ\\
'''Alternate names:''' ''Sinkiang'' (Postal) / رايونى, ''Shinjang'' (Uyghur)\\
'''Type:''' Autonomous Region\\
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Ürümqi (乌鲁木齐, ''Wūlǔmùqí'', ''Urumtsi'' [Postal] / ئۈرۈمچى [Uyghur])\\
'''Other cities of note:''' Kashgar (喀什, ''Kāshí'' / قەشقەر, ''Qeshqer'' [Uyghur]), Hotan (和田市, ''Hétián'' / خوتەن, ''Xoten'' [Uyghur])\\
'''Area:''' 1,664,897 square kilometers (642,820 square miles) [1st of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 25,852,345 [21st of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "New Frontier" (Xinjiang), "Beautiful Pasture" (Ürümqi)
->Xinjiang is China's westernmost and largest province, and the only Turkic-majority one.\\\
'''Area:'''
'''Population:'''
'''Literal meaning of names:'''
->The extremely ancient city of Xi'an (formerly Chang'an), located in the fertile Wei River valley, was historically the capital of some of the most defining and monumental empires in Chinese history. The Zhou dynasty's first capital, Fenghao, stood somewhere in the city's southwest, UsefulNotes/QinShiHuangdi based his newfound Qin Empire from Xianyang, immediately to the west of Chang'an, and since then, the dynasties of Han, Sui, and Tang all chose to center themselves in Chang'an. It marked the starting (or ending, for travelers from the west) point of the Silk Road. The mausoleum of Qin Shi Huangdi has the famous terracotta army, and is designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.\\
Today, the province has a growing industrial sector, with Xi'an being the home of two Fortune Global 500 companies that specialize in chemical, coal, and petroleum production.\\
As for its name, using the Pinyin romanization without diacritics could cause it to be easily confused with Shanxi, thus for the sake of disambiguation this province adopted its romanized name according to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwoyeu_Romatzyh Gwoyeu Romatzyh]], an obscure system that uses spelling variations based on the tone of the syllable (using the same scheme, Shanxi [Shānxī] would be romanized as "Shanshi").
!!UsefulNotes/{{Xinjiang}} (新疆, ''Xīnjiāng'')
->'''ISO Code:''' XJ\\
'''Alternate names:''' ''Sinkiang'' (Postal) / رايونى, ''Shinjang'' (Uyghur)\\
'''Type:''' Autonomous Region\\
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Ürümqi (乌鲁木齐, ''Wūlǔmùqí'', ''Urumtsi'' [Postal] / ئۈرۈمچى [Uyghur])\\
'''Other cities of note:''' Kashgar (喀什, ''Kāshí'' / قەشقەر, ''Qeshqer'' [Uyghur]), Hotan (和田市, ''Hétián'' / خوتەن, ''Xoten'' [Uyghur])\\
'''Area:''' 1,664,897 square kilometers (642,820 square miles) [1st of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 25,852,345 [21st of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "New Frontier" (Xinjiang), "Beautiful Pasture" (Ürümqi)
->Xinjiang is China's westernmost and largest province, and the only Turkic-majority one.\\\
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[[folder:Northeast China (东北, ''Dōngběi'')]]
Also known in the West as UsefulNotes/{{Manchuria}}, after the Manchu, the region's largest ethnic minority. Previously known as the Jurchens, the Manchus built the 12th century-era Jin dynasty, which managed to unite Northeast China for a century before the Mongol conquest. In the 17th century, they resurfaced again to create the Qing, the last Chinese dynasty. During their reign, the Manchus [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow_Palisade fenced off Manchuria from being settled by everyone else]], in an attempt to preserve their culture, but they eventually relaxed this rule. Today, virtually all Manchus have been assimilated to the Han Chinese, and their language (part of the Tungusic family that includes languages spoken by indigenous Siberians) is basically dead. From 1932 to 1945, the Japanese ruled the region through the puppet state of Manchukuo, with Puyi, the last Qing emperor, as figurehead.\\
\\
Most of the PRC's 1.8 million ethnic Koreans live here. Northeast China is very important in Korean historiography because many ancient Korean states were based there, and Koreans were still ruling parts of the region by the 10th century, when they were deposed by the Khitans (a nomadic people related to the Mongols). [[PatrioticFervor Some Korean ultranationalists]] have tried to use this fact to justify their claim over the region.
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!!Heilongjiang (黑龙, ''Hēilóngjiāng'')
->'''ISO Code:''' HL\\
'''Alternate name:''' ''Heilungkiang'' (Postal)\\
Also known in the West as UsefulNotes/{{Manchuria}}, after the Manchu, the region's largest ethnic minority. Previously known as the Jurchens, the Manchus built the 12th century-era Jin dynasty, which managed to unite Northeast China for a century before the Mongol conquest. In the 17th century, they resurfaced again to create the Qing, the last Chinese dynasty. During their reign, the Manchus [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow_Palisade fenced off Manchuria from being settled by everyone else]], in an attempt to preserve their culture, but they eventually relaxed this rule. Today, virtually all Manchus have been assimilated to the Han Chinese, and their language (part of the Tungusic family that includes languages spoken by indigenous Siberians) is basically dead. From 1932 to 1945, the Japanese ruled the region through the puppet state of Manchukuo, with Puyi, the last Qing emperor, as figurehead.\\
\\
Most of the PRC's 1.8 million ethnic Koreans live here. Northeast China is very important in Korean historiography because many ancient Korean states were based there, and Koreans were still ruling parts of the region by the 10th century, when they were deposed by the Khitans (a nomadic people related to the Mongols). [[PatrioticFervor Some Korean ultranationalists]] have tried to use this fact to justify their claim over the region.
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!!Heilongjiang (黑龙, ''Hēilóngjiāng'')
->'''ISO Code:''' HL\\
'''Alternate name:''' ''Heilungkiang'' (Postal)\\
to:
Also known in the West as UsefulNotes/{{Manchuria}}, after the Manchu, the region's largest ethnic minority. Previously known as the Jurchens, the Manchus built the 12th century-era Jin dynasty, which managed to unite Northeast China for a century before the Mongol conquest. In the 17th century, they resurfaced again to create the Qing, the last Chinese dynasty. During their reign, the Manchus [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow_Palisade fenced off Manchuria from being settled by everyone else]], in an attempt to preserve their culture, but they eventually relaxed this rule. Today, virtually all Manchus have been assimilated to the Han Chinese, and their language (part of the Tungusic family that includes languages spoken by indigenous Siberians) is basically dead. From 1932 to 1945, the Japanese ruled the region through the puppet state of Manchukuo, with Puyi, the last Qing emperor, as figurehead.\\
\\
Most of the PRC's 1.8 million ethnic Koreans live here. Northeast China is very important in Korean historiography because many ancient Korean states were based there, and Koreans were still ruling parts of the region by the 10th century, when they were deposed by the Khitans (a nomadic people related to the Mongols). [[PatrioticFervor Some Korean ultranationalists]] have tried to use this fact to justify their claim over the region.
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!!Heilongjiang (黑龙, ''Hēilóngjiāng'')
!!Anhui (安徽, ''Ānhuī'')
->'''ISO Code:'''
'''Alternate name:'''
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'''Capital (and largest city):''' Harbin (哈尔滨, ''Hā'ěrbīn''\\
'''Other cities of note:''' Qiqihar (齐齐哈尔, ''Qíqíhā'ěr'', ''Tsitsihar'' [Postal]), Jixi (鸡西, ''Jīxī'')\\
'''Area:''' 454,800 square kilometers (175,600 square miles) [6th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 31,850,088 [15th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Black Dragon [i.e., Amur] River" (Heilongjiang), "Place for Drying Fishing Nets" (Harbin), "Defense of the Qiqi [River]" (Qiqihar)
->Heilongjiang is China's northernmost and easternmost province. The capital Harbin is famous for hosting a month-long ice and snow sculpture festival every January, the largest of its kind in the world.
!!Jilin (吉林, ''Jílín'')
->'''ISO Code:''' JL\\
'''Alternate name:''' ''Kirin'' (Postal)\\
'''Other cities of note:''' Qiqihar (齐齐哈尔, ''Qíqíhā'ěr'', ''Tsitsihar'' [Postal]), Jixi (鸡西, ''Jīxī'')\\
'''Area:''' 454,800 square kilometers (175,600 square miles) [6th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 31,850,088 [15th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Black Dragon [i.e., Amur] River" (Heilongjiang), "Place for Drying Fishing Nets" (Harbin), "Defense of the Qiqi [River]" (Qiqihar)
->Heilongjiang is China's northernmost and easternmost province. The capital Harbin is famous for hosting a month-long ice and snow sculpture festival every January, the largest of its kind in the world.
!!Jilin (吉林, ''Jílín'')
->'''ISO Code:''' JL\\
'''Alternate name:''' ''Kirin'' (Postal)\\
to:
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Harbin (哈尔滨, ''Hā'ěrbīn''\\
'''Other cities of note:''' Qiqihar (齐齐哈尔, ''Qíqíhā'ěr'', ''Tsitsihar'' [Postal]), Jixi (鸡西, ''Jīxī'')\\
Hefei (合肥, ''Héféi'', ''Hofei'' [Postal])\\
'''Area:'''454,800 140,200 square kilometers (175,600 (54,100 square miles) [6th [22nd of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 31,850,088 [15th Population: 61,027,171 [8th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:'''"Black Dragon [i.e., Amur] River" (Heilongjiang), "Place "An[qing] and Hui[zhou]" (Anhui; the latter is an old name for Drying Fishing Nets" (Harbin), "Defense Huangshan), "Junction of the Qiqi [River]" (Qiqihar)
->Heilongjiang is China's northernmost and easternmost province. The capital Harbin is famous for hosting a month-long ice and snow sculpture festival every January, the largest of its kind in the world.
!!Jilin (吉林, ''Jílín'')
Fei [Rivers]" (Hefei)
!!Fujian (福建, ''Fújiàn'')
->'''ISO Code:'''JL\\
FJ\\
'''Alternatename:''' ''Kirin'' (Postal)\\names:''' ''Hók-gióng'' (Fuzhounese), ''Hok-kiàn'' (Hokkien)\\
'''Other cities of note:''' Qiqihar (齐齐哈尔, ''Qíqíhā'ěr'', ''Tsitsihar'' [Postal]), Jixi (鸡西, ''Jīxī'')\\
'''Area:'''
'''Literal meaning of names:'''
->Heilongjiang is China's northernmost and easternmost province. The capital Harbin is famous for hosting a month-long ice and snow sculpture festival every January, the largest of its kind in the world.
!!Jilin (吉林, ''Jílín'')
!!Fujian (福建, ''Fújiàn'')
->'''ISO Code:'''
'''Alternate
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'''Capital (and largest city):''' Changchun (长春, ''Chángchūn'', ''Ch'angch'un'' [Postal])\\
'''Other city of note:''' Jilin (吉林)\\
'''Area:''' 191,126 square kilometers (73,794 square miles) [14th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 24,073,453 [21st of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Along the River" (Jilin), "Long Spring" (Changchun)
->At 1.1 million people, Jilin has the largest ethnic Korean population in China. Mount Baekdu (or Changbai in Chinese), the holiest mountain in Myth/KoreanMythology, is located on the border of Jilin and UsefulNotes/NorthKorea's Ryanggang province. For understandable reasons, it is usually climbed from the Chinese side. The capital, Changchun, is host to FAW Group, one of China's Big Four automakers and a Fortune Global 500 company.
!!Liaoning (辽宁, ''Liáoníng'')
->'''ISO Code:''' LN\\
'''Other city of note:''' Jilin (吉林)\\
'''Area:''' 191,126 square kilometers (73,794 square miles) [14th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 24,073,453 [21st of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Along the River" (Jilin), "Long Spring" (Changchun)
->At 1.1 million people, Jilin has the largest ethnic Korean population in China. Mount Baekdu (or Changbai in Chinese), the holiest mountain in Myth/KoreanMythology, is located on the border of Jilin and UsefulNotes/NorthKorea's Ryanggang province. For understandable reasons, it is usually climbed from the Chinese side. The capital, Changchun, is host to FAW Group, one of China's Big Four automakers and a Fortune Global 500 company.
!!Liaoning (辽宁, ''Liáoníng'')
->'''ISO Code:''' LN\\
to:
'''Largest city:''' Quanzhou (泉州, ''Quánzhōu'', ''Chinchew'' [Postal], ''Choân-chiu'' [Hokkien])\\
'''Other city of note:'''
'''Area:'''
'''Population:'''
'''Literal meaning of names:'''
->At 1.1 million people, Jilin has
->A hilly province nestled in the
Quanzhou, together with Xiamen and Zhangzhou, form the nucleus of the Hoklo homeland. Some 70% of Taiwan's population
Aside from the
!!Liaoning (辽宁, ''Liáoníng'')
!!Jiangsu (江苏, ''Jiāngsū'')
->'''ISO Code:'''
'''Alternate names:''' ''Kiangsu'' (Postal), ''Kaon-sou'' (Suzhounese)\\
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'''Capital (and largest city):''' Shenyang (沈阳, ''Shěnyáng'' / ᠮᡠᡴ᠋ᡩᡝᠨ, ''Mukden'' [Manchu and Postal])\\
'''Other city of note:''' Dalian (大连, ''Dàlián'', ''Dairen'' [Postal])\\
'''Area:''' 145,900 square kilometers (56,300 square miles) [21st of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 42,591,407 [14th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Pacified [People] of the Liao [River]" (Liaoning), "North Bank of the Shen [River]" (Shenyang), "Great Connection" (Dalian)
->The port city of Dalian (more specifically the Lushunkou district, historically known as Port Arthur) was contested in the early 20th century between the Japanese and Russians, a catalyst to the UsefulNotes/RussoJapaneseWar. Meanwhile, Anshan is known for its steel industry, with Ansteel Group being a Fortune Global 500 company.
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[[folder:East China (华东, ''Huádōng'')]]
!!Anhui (安徽, ''Ānhuī'')
->'''ISO Code:''' AH\\
'''Alternate name:''' ''Anhuei'' (Lower Yangtze Mandarin)\\
'''Other city of note:''' Dalian (大连, ''Dàlián'', ''Dairen'' [Postal])\\
'''Area:''' 145,900 square kilometers (56,300 square miles) [21st of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 42,591,407 [14th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Pacified [People] of the Liao [River]" (Liaoning), "North Bank of the Shen [River]" (Shenyang), "Great Connection" (Dalian)
->The port city of Dalian (more specifically the Lushunkou district, historically known as Port Arthur) was contested in the early 20th century between the Japanese and Russians, a catalyst to the UsefulNotes/RussoJapaneseWar. Meanwhile, Anshan is known for its steel industry, with Ansteel Group being a Fortune Global 500 company.
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[[folder:East China (华东, ''Huádōng'')]]
!!Anhui (安徽, ''Ānhuī'')
->'''ISO Code:''' AH\\
'''Alternate name:''' ''Anhuei'' (Lower Yangtze Mandarin)\\
to:
'''Other city of note:''' Dalian (大连, ''Dàlián'', ''Dairen''
'''Largest city:''' Suzhou (苏州, ''Sūzhōu'', ''Soochow'' [Postal], ''Sou-tseü'' (Suzhounese))\\
'''Area:'''
'''Population:'''
'''Literal meaning of names:'''
->The port city of Dalian (more specifically the Lushunkou district, historically known as Port Arthur) was contested in the early 20th century between the Japanese
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[[folder:East China (华东, ''Huádōng'')]]
!!Anhui (安徽, ''Ānhuī'')
!!Jiangxi (江西, ''Jiāngxī'')
->'''ISO Code:'''
'''Alternate
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'''Capital (and largest city):''' Hefei (合肥, ''Héféi'', ''Hofei'' [Postal])\\
'''Area:''' 140,200 square kilometers (54,100 square miles) [22nd of 33]\\
Population: 61,027,171 [8th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "An[qing] and Hui[zhou]" (Anhui; the latter is an old name for Huangshan), "Junction of the Fei [Rivers]" (Hefei)
!!Fujian (福建, ''Fújiàn'')
->'''ISO Code:''' FJ\\
'''Alternate names:''' ''Hók-gióng'' (Fuzhounese), ''Hok-kiàn'' (Hokkien)\\
'''Area:''' 140,200 square kilometers (54,100 square miles) [22nd of 33]\\
Population: 61,027,171 [8th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "An[qing] and Hui[zhou]" (Anhui; the latter is an old name for Huangshan), "Junction of the Fei [Rivers]" (Hefei)
!!Fujian (福建, ''Fújiàn'')
->'''ISO Code:''' FJ\\
'''Alternate names:''' ''Hók-gióng'' (Fuzhounese), ''Hok-kiàn'' (Hokkien)\\
to:
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Hefei (合肥, ''Héféi'', ''Hofei'' [Postal])\\
Nanchang (南昌, ''Nánchāng'')\\
'''Area:'''140,200 166,919 square kilometers (54,100 (64,448 square miles) [22nd [18th of 33]\\
Population: 61,027,171 [8th '''Population:''' 45,188,635 [13th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:'''"An[qing] and Hui[zhou]" (Anhui; the latter is an old name for Huangshan), "Junction "Western Jiang[nan]" (Jiangxi; "Jiangnan" historically refers to lands south of the Fei [Rivers]" (Hefei)
!!Fujian (福建, ''Fújiàn'')
Yangtze River), "Southern Prosperity" (Nanchang)
!!Shandong (山东, ''Shāndōng'')
->'''ISO Code:'''FJ\\
'''Alternate names:''' ''Hók-gióng'' (Fuzhounese), ''Hok-kiàn'' (Hokkien)\\SD\\
'''Area:'''
'''Literal meaning of names:'''
!!Fujian (福建, ''Fújiàn'')
!!Shandong (山东, ''Shāndōng'')
->'''ISO Code:'''
'''Alternate names:''' ''Hók-gióng'' (Fuzhounese), ''Hok-kiàn'' (Hokkien)\\
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'''Capital:''' Fuzhou (福州, ''Fúzhōu'', ''Foochow'' [Postal], ''Hók-ciŭ'' [Fuzhounese], ''Hok-chiu'' [Hokkien])\\
'''Largest city:''' Quanzhou (泉州, ''Quánzhōu'', ''Chinchew'' [Postal], ''Choân-chiu'' [Hokkien])\\
'''Other city of note:''' Xiamen (厦门, ''Xiàmén'', ''Amoy'' [Postal], ''Ē-mûi'' [Hokkien])\\
'''Area:''' 121,400 square kilometers (46,900 square miles) [23rd of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 41,540,086 [17th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Fu[zhou] and Jian[zhou]" (Fujian, the latter being an old name for Nanping), "Blessed Prefecture" (Fuzhou), "Spring Prefecture" (Quanzhou)
->A hilly province nestled in the southeast across Taiwan, Fujian is the most linguistically diverse region of China. It is the ''urheimat'' of Min Chinese, a complex group of Chinese languages descended from Old Chinese (last spoken c. 3rd century CE), setting it apart from other Sinitic languages that are descended from Middle Chinese (last spoken c. 13th century CE). Combined with the harsh geography, this means that not only Min languages are mutually unintelligible with non-Min Chinese speakers, they aren't even mutually intelligible with each other. Hokkien, the most widely spoken Min language, is difficult to understand by Teochew speakers from Chaoshou. And that's just the coastal area; inland Fujian is even more diverse, with reports of people being unable to comprehend the language of another town that's just several kilometers away.\\
Quanzhou, together with Xiamen and Zhangzhou, form the nucleus of the Hoklo homeland. Some 70% of Taiwan's population are descended from Hoklo immigrants during the Qing dynasty. While Overseas Chinese in the West are disproportionately represented by the Cantonese, the situation is more even in the diaspora in Southeast Asia, where Cantonese and Hoklo people have a more equal distribution.\\
Aside from the Min, the western parts of the province are inhabited by the Hakka, whose circular-shaped rural dwellings (''tulou''), built to accommodate the mountainous terrain, are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Off the coast of Xiamen is a historic, pedestrian-only island, Gulangyu, that was occupied by foreigners in the early 20th century, and is also a World Heritage Site.
!!Jiangsu (江苏, ''Jiāngsū'')
->'''ISO Code:''' JS\\
'''Alternate names:''' ''Kiangsu'' (Postal), ''Kaon-sou'' (Suzhounese)\\
'''Type:''' Province\\
'''Capital:''' Nanjing (南京, ''Nánjīng'', ''Nanking'' [Postal])\\
'''Largest city:''' Suzhou (苏州, ''Sūzhōu'', ''Soochow'' [Postal], ''Sou-tseü'' (Suzhounese))\\
'''Area:''' 102,600 square kilometers (39,600 square miles) [25th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 84,748,016 [5th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Jiang[ning] and Su[zhou]" (Jiangsu; "Jiangning" is an old name for Nanjing), "Southern Capital" (Nanjing), "Su Prefecture" (Suzhou)
!!Jiangxi (江西, ''Jiāngxī'')
->'''ISO Code:''' JX\\
'''Alternate names:''' ''Kiangsi'' (Postal), ''Kongsi'' (Gan), ''Gongsi'' (Hakka)\\
'''Type:''' Province\\
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Nanchang (南昌, ''Nánchāng'')\\
'''Area:''' 166,919 square kilometers (64,448 square miles) [18th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 45,188,635 [13th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Western Jiang[nan]" (Jiangxi; "Jiangnan" historically refers to lands south of the Yangtze River), "Southern Prosperity" (Nanchang)
!!Shandong (山东, ''Shāndōng'')
->'''ISO Code:''' SD\\
'''Type:''' Province\\
'''Largest city:''' Quanzhou (泉州, ''Quánzhōu'', ''Chinchew'' [Postal], ''Choân-chiu'' [Hokkien])\\
'''Other city of note:''' Xiamen (厦门, ''Xiàmén'', ''Amoy'' [Postal], ''Ē-mûi'' [Hokkien])\\
'''Area:''' 121,400 square kilometers (46,900 square miles) [23rd of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 41,540,086 [17th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Fu[zhou] and Jian[zhou]" (Fujian, the latter being an old name for Nanping), "Blessed Prefecture" (Fuzhou), "Spring Prefecture" (Quanzhou)
->A hilly province nestled in the southeast across Taiwan, Fujian is the most linguistically diverse region of China. It is the ''urheimat'' of Min Chinese, a complex group of Chinese languages descended from Old Chinese (last spoken c. 3rd century CE), setting it apart from other Sinitic languages that are descended from Middle Chinese (last spoken c. 13th century CE). Combined with the harsh geography, this means that not only Min languages are mutually unintelligible with non-Min Chinese speakers, they aren't even mutually intelligible with each other. Hokkien, the most widely spoken Min language, is difficult to understand by Teochew speakers from Chaoshou. And that's just the coastal area; inland Fujian is even more diverse, with reports of people being unable to comprehend the language of another town that's just several kilometers away.\\
Quanzhou, together with Xiamen and Zhangzhou, form the nucleus of the Hoklo homeland. Some 70% of Taiwan's population are descended from Hoklo immigrants during the Qing dynasty. While Overseas Chinese in the West are disproportionately represented by the Cantonese, the situation is more even in the diaspora in Southeast Asia, where Cantonese and Hoklo people have a more equal distribution.\\
Aside from the Min, the western parts of the province are inhabited by the Hakka, whose circular-shaped rural dwellings (''tulou''), built to accommodate the mountainous terrain, are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Off the coast of Xiamen is a historic, pedestrian-only island, Gulangyu, that was occupied by foreigners in the early 20th century, and is also a World Heritage Site.
!!Jiangsu (江苏, ''Jiāngsū'')
->'''ISO Code:''' JS\\
'''Alternate names:''' ''Kiangsu'' (Postal), ''Kaon-sou'' (Suzhounese)\\
'''Type:''' Province\\
'''Capital:''' Nanjing (南京, ''Nánjīng'', ''Nanking'' [Postal])\\
'''Largest city:''' Suzhou (苏州, ''Sūzhōu'', ''Soochow'' [Postal], ''Sou-tseü'' (Suzhounese))\\
'''Area:''' 102,600 square kilometers (39,600 square miles) [25th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 84,748,016 [5th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Jiang[ning] and Su[zhou]" (Jiangsu; "Jiangning" is an old name for Nanjing), "Southern Capital" (Nanjing), "Su Prefecture" (Suzhou)
!!Jiangxi (江西, ''Jiāngxī'')
->'''ISO Code:''' JX\\
'''Alternate names:''' ''Kiangsi'' (Postal), ''Kongsi'' (Gan), ''Gongsi'' (Hakka)\\
'''Type:''' Province\\
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Nanchang (南昌, ''Nánchāng'')\\
'''Area:''' 166,919 square kilometers (64,448 square miles) [18th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 45,188,635 [13th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Western Jiang[nan]" (Jiangxi; "Jiangnan" historically refers to lands south of the Yangtze River), "Southern Prosperity" (Nanchang)
!!Shandong (山东, ''Shāndōng'')
->'''ISO Code:''' SD\\
'''Type:''' Province\\
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!!Chongqing (重庆, ''Chóngqìng'')
->'''ISO Code:''' CQ\\
'''Alternate name:''' ''Chungking'' (Postal)\\
'''Type:''' Municipality\\
'''Capital:''' (N/A, coterminous)\\
'''Area:''' 82,403 square kilometers (31,816 square miles) [26th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 32,054,159 [19th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of name:''' "Doubled Celebration"
->The hilly municipality of Chongqing was split off from the eastern border of Sichuan in 1997, and thus the two areas share a common cultural background (e.g., hot and numbingly-spicy cuisine). However, the city itself has had an interesting history, which includes being the backup capital of the Republic of China after Nanking/Nanjing fell to the Japanese in the UsefulNotes/SecondSinoJapaneseWar and for the rest of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
!!Guizhou (贵州, ''Guìzhōu'')
->'''ISO Code:''' GZ\\
'''Alternate name:''' ''Kewichow'' (Postal)\\
!!Chongqing (重庆, ''Chóngqìng'')
->'''ISO Code:''' CQ\\
'''Alternate name:''' ''Chungking'' (Postal)\\
'''Type:''' Municipality\\
'''Capital:''' (N/A, coterminous)\\
'''Area:''' 82,403 square kilometers (31,816 square miles) [26th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 32,054,159 [19th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of name:''' "Doubled Celebration"
->The hilly municipality of Chongqing was split off from the eastern border of Sichuan in 1997, and thus the two areas share a common cultural background (e.g., hot and numbingly-spicy cuisine). However, the city itself has had an interesting history, which includes being the backup capital of the Republic of China after Nanking/Nanjing fell to the Japanese in the UsefulNotes/SecondSinoJapaneseWar and for the rest of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
!!Guizhou (贵州, ''Guìzhōu'')
->'''ISO Code:''' GZ\\
'''Alternate name:''' ''Kewichow'' (Postal)\\
to:
!!Chongqing (重庆, ''Chóngqìng'')
!!Gansu (甘肃, ''Gānsù'')
->'''ISO Code:'''
'''Alternate name:''' ''Chungking'' (Postal)\\
'''Type:''' Municipality\\
'''Capital:''' (N/A, coterminous)\\
'''Area:''' 82,403 square kilometers (31,816 square miles) [26th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 32,054,159 [19th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of name:''' "Doubled Celebration"
->The hilly municipality of Chongqing was split off from the eastern border of Sichuan in 1997, and thus the two areas share a common cultural background (e.g., hot and numbingly-spicy cuisine). However, the city itself has had an interesting history, which includes being the backup capital of the Republic of China after Nanking/Nanjing fell to the Japanese in the UsefulNotes/SecondSinoJapaneseWar and for the rest of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
!!Guizhou (贵州, ''Guìzhōu'')
->'''ISO Code:''' GZ\\
'''Alternate name:''' ''Kewichow'' (Postal)\\
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'''Capital (and largest city):''' Guiyang (贵阳, ''Guìyáng'', ''Kweiyang'' [Postal])\\
'''Area:''' 176,167 square kilometers (68,018 square miles) [16th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 38,562,148 [19th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Gui [Mountains] Prefecture" (Guizhou), "Southern Slope of Gui [Mountain]" (Guiyang)
!!Sichuan (四川, ''Sìchuān'')
->'''ISO Code:''' SC\\
'''Alternate name:''' ''Szechwan'' (Postal)\\
'''Area:''' 176,167 square kilometers (68,018 square miles) [16th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 38,562,148 [19th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Gui [Mountains] Prefecture" (Guizhou), "Southern Slope of Gui [Mountain]" (Guiyang)
!!Sichuan (四川, ''Sìchuān'')
->'''ISO Code:''' SC\\
'''Alternate name:''' ''Szechwan'' (Postal)\\
to:
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Guiyang (贵阳, ''Guìyáng'', ''Kweiyang'' Lanzhou (兰州, ''Lánzhōu'', ''Lanchow'' [Postal])\\
'''Other city of note:''' Dunhuang (敦煌市, ''Dūnhuáng'', ''Tunhwang'' [Postal])\\
'''Area:'''176,167 453,700 square kilometers (68,018 (175,200 square miles) [16th [7th of 33]\\
'''Population:'''38,562,148 [19th 25,019,831 [22nd of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:'''"Gui [Mountains] "Gan[zhou] and Su[zhou]" (Gansu; a compound of the old names of the cities of, respectively, Zhangye and Jiuquan), "Orchid [Hills] Prefecture" (Guizhou), "Southern Slope (Lanzhou), "Shining Mound" (Dunhuang)
->A large province situated in the mid-west ofGui [Mountain]" (Guiyang)
!!Sichuan (四川, ''Sìchuān'')
the country, Gansu represented, for most of history, the western frontier of Chinese civilization. Although many Chinese states and empires were able to capture areas further west in Xinjiang, they never truly managed to Sinicize them until the twentieth century. China proper, as people knew it, stopped at the Jade Gate, the western end of the Great Wall, which is located not far away from Dunhuang, the westernmost city of Gansu.\\
The Hexi Corridor that gives Gansu its elongated diagonal shape was part of the historical Silk Road, linking China proper with Central Asia. The corridor consists of a network of oasis towns sandwiched between the Mongolian deserts to the north and the Tibetan highlands to the south. Buddhism came to China through Gansu, and fittingly, there are many Buddhist monasteries and grottoes dotting all along the Hexi Corridor. The most famous is the Mogao Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
!!Ningxia (宁夏, ''Níngxià'')
->'''ISO Code:'''SC\\
NX\\
'''Alternate name:'''''Szechwan'' ''Ningsia'' (Postal)\\
'''Type:''' Autonomous Region\\
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Yinchuan (银川, ''Yínchuān'', ''Yinchwan'' [Postal])\\
'''Other city of note:''' Shizuishan (石嘴山, ''Shízuǐshān'', ''Shetsuishan'' [Postal])\\
'''Area:''' 66,400 square kilometers (25,637 square miles) [27th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 7,202,654 [29th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Pacified [people of the] Xia" (Ningxia), "Silver River" (Yinchuan), "Stony Beak Mountain" (Shizuishan)
->An autonomous region reserved for the Hui people, Chinese-speaking Muslims, who make up 34% of the population. Its environment is mainly dry and desert-like, being located on the doorstep of the Gobi Desert. During TheHighMiddleAges, Yinchuan (then known as Xingqing) was the capital of Western Xia, a dynasty that ruled over northwestern China following the chaotic Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era, coexisting with the Han-dominated Song. The dynasty's ruling class were the Tanguts, a Sino-Tibetan people related to the indigenous people of Qinghai, who wrote with a strange script that looked similar to Hanzi but were incomprehensible to the Han. The Western Xia were, alongside the Khwarezmians, one of the notable victims of UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan's march across Asia, in that their attempt to flip off the Great Khan ended with their complete destruction as both a state and nation.
!!Qinghai (青海, ''Qīnghǎi'')
->'''ISO Code:''' QH\\
'''Alternate name:''' ''Tsinghai'' (Postal)\\
'''Other city of note:''' Dunhuang (敦煌市, ''Dūnhuáng'', ''Tunhwang'' [Postal])\\
'''Area:'''
'''Population:'''
'''Literal meaning of names:'''
->A large province situated in the mid-west of
!!Sichuan (四川, ''Sìchuān'')
The Hexi Corridor that gives Gansu its elongated diagonal shape was part of the historical Silk Road, linking China proper with Central Asia. The corridor consists of a network of oasis towns sandwiched between the Mongolian deserts to the north and the Tibetan highlands to the south. Buddhism came to China through Gansu, and fittingly, there are many Buddhist monasteries and grottoes dotting all along the Hexi Corridor. The most famous is the Mogao Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
!!Ningxia (宁夏, ''Níngxià'')
->'''ISO Code:'''
'''Alternate name:'''
'''Type:''' Autonomous Region\\
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Yinchuan (银川, ''Yínchuān'', ''Yinchwan'' [Postal])\\
'''Other city of note:''' Shizuishan (石嘴山, ''Shízuǐshān'', ''Shetsuishan'' [Postal])\\
'''Area:''' 66,400 square kilometers (25,637 square miles) [27th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 7,202,654 [29th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Pacified [people of the] Xia" (Ningxia), "Silver River" (Yinchuan), "Stony Beak Mountain" (Shizuishan)
->An autonomous region reserved for the Hui people, Chinese-speaking Muslims, who make up 34% of the population. Its environment is mainly dry and desert-like, being located on the doorstep of the Gobi Desert. During TheHighMiddleAges, Yinchuan (then known as Xingqing) was the capital of Western Xia, a dynasty that ruled over northwestern China following the chaotic Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era, coexisting with the Han-dominated Song. The dynasty's ruling class were the Tanguts, a Sino-Tibetan people related to the indigenous people of Qinghai, who wrote with a strange script that looked similar to Hanzi but were incomprehensible to the Han. The Western Xia were, alongside the Khwarezmians, one of the notable victims of UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan's march across Asia, in that their attempt to flip off the Great Khan ended with their complete destruction as both a state and nation.
!!Qinghai (青海, ''Qīnghǎi'')
->'''ISO Code:''' QH\\
'''Alternate name:''' ''Tsinghai'' (Postal)\\
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'''Capital (and largest city):''' Chengdu (成都, ''Chéngdū'', ''Chengtu'' [Postal])\\
'''Area:''' 485,500 square kilometers (187,000 square miles) [5th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 83,674,866 [4th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Four Plains" (Sichuan), "Established Capital" (Chengdu)
->The province's geography can be divided in two. The eastern half is made up of the Sichuan Basin, a highly fertile lowland barricaded by mountains on all sides, anchored by the cities of Chengdu to the west and Chongqing to the southeast. The source of their fertility is a river system that drains into the Yangtze, which crosses Chongqing. The western half is the highly mountainous and rugged Hengduan Mountains, part of the Tibetan Plateau. It was formerly part of Tibet until reorganization by the PRC following its annexation of Tibet in 1950 broke up the former country into three separate regions: Tibet, southern Qinghai, and western Sichuan. Previously, the Chinese claimed the territory as part of the Xikang province, a status that is still maintained by the Republican government in Taiwan.\\
Sichuan's damp climate leads to the ubiquity of spiciness in its local food, known internationally as the Szechwan cuisine. Kung pao chicken (宫保鸡丁, ''Gōngbǎo jīdīng'') is a classic Chinese dish in the West, while mapo tofu (麻婆豆腐, ''mápó dòufu'') is a stereotypical "[[MasochistsMeal random spicy food]]" in Japanese pop culture.\\
In 1640s, the province witnessed an infamous massacre/[[GenocideFromTheInside autogenocide]] by Zhang Xianzhong, who led a peasant revolt against the Qing dynasty. It's believed that Sichuan was depopulated by as much as 75% by the time the Qing successfully put down the rebellion, with the city of Chengdu reputedly becoming a GhostCity frequented by tigers. The Qing settled the province with people from Northern China, which is why the population currently speak Mandarin, despite the region being technically Southern Chinese. In spite of this, though most Sichuanese are genetically northern, they are culturally southern and are thus treated as southerners.\\
Sichuan has five UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including the world's largest panda sanctuary and tallest premodern statue, the 71 meter-high Leshan Giant Buddha. The statue faces Mount Emei, one of the four sacred mountains in Chinese Buddhism. Another world heritage site, Mount Qingcheng, is one of the four sacred mountains in Taoism.\\
UsefulNotes/DengXiaoping, architect of [[UsefulNotes/ToGetRichIsGlorious modern China]], was from Guang'an, east of Chengdu.
!!UsefulNotes/{{Tibet}} (西藏, ''Xīzàng'')
->'''ISO Code:''' XZ\\
'''Alternate name:''' བོད་, ''Bod'' (Tibetan)\\
'''Type:''' Autonomous Region\\
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Lhasa (拉萨, ''Lāsà'' / ལྷ་ས [Tibetan])\\
'''Area:''' 1,228,400 square kilometers (474,300 square miles) [2nd of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 3,648,100 [32nd of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of name:''' "Western Tsang" (Xizang), "Palace of the Gods" (Lhasa)
!!Yunnan (云南, ''Yúnnán'')
->'''ISO Code:''' YN\\
'''Area:''' 485,500 square kilometers (187,000 square miles) [5th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 83,674,866 [4th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Four Plains" (Sichuan), "Established Capital" (Chengdu)
->The province's geography can be divided in two. The eastern half is made up of the Sichuan Basin, a highly fertile lowland barricaded by mountains on all sides, anchored by the cities of Chengdu to the west and Chongqing to the southeast. The source of their fertility is a river system that drains into the Yangtze, which crosses Chongqing. The western half is the highly mountainous and rugged Hengduan Mountains, part of the Tibetan Plateau. It was formerly part of Tibet until reorganization by the PRC following its annexation of Tibet in 1950 broke up the former country into three separate regions: Tibet, southern Qinghai, and western Sichuan. Previously, the Chinese claimed the territory as part of the Xikang province, a status that is still maintained by the Republican government in Taiwan.\\
Sichuan's damp climate leads to the ubiquity of spiciness in its local food, known internationally as the Szechwan cuisine. Kung pao chicken (宫保鸡丁, ''Gōngbǎo jīdīng'') is a classic Chinese dish in the West, while mapo tofu (麻婆豆腐, ''mápó dòufu'') is a stereotypical "[[MasochistsMeal random spicy food]]" in Japanese pop culture.\\
In 1640s, the province witnessed an infamous massacre/[[GenocideFromTheInside autogenocide]] by Zhang Xianzhong, who led a peasant revolt against the Qing dynasty. It's believed that Sichuan was depopulated by as much as 75% by the time the Qing successfully put down the rebellion, with the city of Chengdu reputedly becoming a GhostCity frequented by tigers. The Qing settled the province with people from Northern China, which is why the population currently speak Mandarin, despite the region being technically Southern Chinese. In spite of this, though most Sichuanese are genetically northern, they are culturally southern and are thus treated as southerners.\\
Sichuan has five UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including the world's largest panda sanctuary and tallest premodern statue, the 71 meter-high Leshan Giant Buddha. The statue faces Mount Emei, one of the four sacred mountains in Chinese Buddhism. Another world heritage site, Mount Qingcheng, is one of the four sacred mountains in Taoism.\\
UsefulNotes/DengXiaoping, architect of [[UsefulNotes/ToGetRichIsGlorious modern China]], was from Guang'an, east of Chengdu.
!!UsefulNotes/{{Tibet}} (西藏, ''Xīzàng'')
->'''ISO Code:''' XZ\\
'''Alternate name:''' བོད་, ''Bod'' (Tibetan)\\
'''Type:''' Autonomous Region\\
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Lhasa (拉萨, ''Lāsà'' / ལྷ་ས [Tibetan])\\
'''Area:''' 1,228,400 square kilometers (474,300 square miles) [2nd of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 3,648,100 [32nd of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of name:''' "Western Tsang" (Xizang), "Palace of the Gods" (Lhasa)
!!Yunnan (云南, ''Yúnnán'')
->'''ISO Code:''' YN\\
to:
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Chengdu (成都, ''Chéngdū'', ''Chengtu'' Xining (西宁, ''Xīníng'', ''Sining'' [Postal])\\
'''Area:'''485,500 720,000 square kilometers (187,000 (280,000 square miles) [5th [4th of 33]\\
'''Population:'''83,674,866 [4th 5,923,957 [30th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:'''"Four Plains" (Sichuan), "Established Capital" (Chengdu)
->The province's geography can be divided in two. The eastern half is made up of the Sichuan Basin, a highly fertile lowland barricaded by mountains on all sides, anchored by the cities of Chengdu to the west and Chongqing to the southeast. The source of their fertility is a river system that drains into the Yangtze, which crosses Chongqing. The western half is the highly mountainous and rugged Hengduan Mountains, part of the Tibetan Plateau. It was formerly part of Tibet until reorganization by the PRC following its annexation of Tibet in 1950 broke up the former country into three separate regions: Tibet, southern Qinghai, and western Sichuan. Previously, the Chinese claimed the territory as part of the Xikang province, a status that is still maintained by the Republican government in Taiwan.\\
Sichuan's damp climate leads to the ubiquity of spiciness in its local food, known internationally as the Szechwan cuisine. Kung pao chicken (宫保鸡丁, ''Gōngbǎo jīdīng'') is a classic Chinese dish in the West, while mapo tofu (麻婆豆腐, ''mápó dòufu'') is a stereotypical "[[MasochistsMeal random spicy food]]" in Japanese pop culture.\\
In 1640s, the province witnessed an infamous massacre/[[GenocideFromTheInside autogenocide]] by Zhang Xianzhong, who led a peasant revolt against the Qing dynasty. It's believed that Sichuan was depopulated by as much as 75% by the time the Qing successfully put down the rebellion, with the city of Chengdu reputedly becoming a GhostCity frequented by tigers. The Qing settled the province with people from Northern China, which is why the population currently speak Mandarin, despite the region being technically Southern Chinese. In spite of this, though most Sichuanese are genetically northern, they are culturally southern and are thus treated as southerners.\\
Sichuan has five UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including the world's largest panda sanctuary and tallest premodern statue, the 71 meter-high Leshan Giant Buddha. The statue faces Mount Emei, one of the four sacred mountains in Chinese Buddhism. Another world heritage site, Mount Qingcheng, is one of the four sacred mountains in Taoism.\\
UsefulNotes/DengXiaoping, architect of [[UsefulNotes/ToGetRichIsGlorious modern China]], was from Guang'an, east of Chengdu.
!!UsefulNotes/{{Tibet}} (西藏, ''Xīzàng'')
"Qinghai [Lake]" (Qinghai), "Western Tranquility" (Xining)
!!Shaanxi (陕西, ''Shǎnxī'')
->'''ISO Code:'''XZ\\
SN\\
'''Alternate name:'''བོད་, ''Bod'' (Tibetan)\\
'''Type:''' Autonomous Region\\
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Lhasa (拉萨, ''Lāsà'' / ལྷ་ས [Tibetan])\\
'''Area:''' 1,228,400 square kilometers (474,300 square miles) [2nd of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 3,648,100 [32nd of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of name:''' "Western Tsang" (Xizang), "Palace of the Gods" (Lhasa)
!!Yunnan (云南, ''Yúnnán'')
->'''ISO Code:''' YN\\''Shensi'' (Postal)\\
'''Area:'''
'''Population:'''
'''Literal meaning of names:'''
->The province's geography can be divided in two. The eastern half is made up of the Sichuan Basin, a highly fertile lowland barricaded by mountains on all sides, anchored by the cities of Chengdu to the west and Chongqing to the southeast. The source of their fertility is a river system that drains into the Yangtze, which crosses Chongqing. The western half is the highly mountainous and rugged Hengduan Mountains, part of the Tibetan Plateau. It was formerly part of Tibet until reorganization by the PRC following its annexation of Tibet in 1950 broke up the former country into three separate regions: Tibet, southern Qinghai, and western Sichuan. Previously, the Chinese claimed the territory as part of the Xikang province, a status that is still maintained by the Republican government in Taiwan.\\
Sichuan's damp climate leads to the ubiquity of spiciness in its local food, known internationally as the Szechwan cuisine. Kung pao chicken (宫保鸡丁, ''Gōngbǎo jīdīng'') is a classic Chinese dish in the West, while mapo tofu (麻婆豆腐, ''mápó dòufu'') is a stereotypical "[[MasochistsMeal random spicy food]]" in Japanese pop culture.\\
In 1640s, the province witnessed an infamous massacre/[[GenocideFromTheInside autogenocide]] by Zhang Xianzhong, who led a peasant revolt against the Qing dynasty. It's believed that Sichuan was depopulated by as much as 75% by the time the Qing successfully put down the rebellion, with the city of Chengdu reputedly becoming a GhostCity frequented by tigers. The Qing settled the province with people from Northern China, which is why the population currently speak Mandarin, despite the region being technically Southern Chinese. In spite of this, though most Sichuanese are genetically northern, they are culturally southern and are thus treated as southerners.\\
Sichuan has five UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including the world's largest panda sanctuary and tallest premodern statue, the 71 meter-high Leshan Giant Buddha. The statue faces Mount Emei, one of the four sacred mountains in Chinese Buddhism. Another world heritage site, Mount Qingcheng, is one of the four sacred mountains in Taoism.\\
UsefulNotes/DengXiaoping, architect of [[UsefulNotes/ToGetRichIsGlorious modern China]], was from Guang'an, east of Chengdu.
!!UsefulNotes/{{Tibet}} (西藏, ''Xīzàng'')
!!Shaanxi (陕西, ''Shǎnxī'')
->'''ISO Code:'''
'''Alternate name:'''
'''Type:''' Autonomous Region\\
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Lhasa (拉萨, ''Lāsà'' / ལྷ་ས [Tibetan])\\
'''Area:''' 1,228,400 square kilometers (474,300 square miles) [2nd of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 3,648,100 [32nd of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of name:''' "Western Tsang" (Xizang), "Palace of the Gods" (Lhasa)
!!Yunnan (云南, ''Yúnnán'')
->'''ISO Code:''' YN\\
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'''Capital (and largest city):''' Kunming (昆明, ''Kūnmíng'')\\
'''Area:''' 394,000 square kilometers (152,000 square miles) [8th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 47,209,277 [12th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "South of the Colorful Clouds" (Yunnan)
'''Area:''' 394,000 square kilometers (152,000 square miles) [8th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 47,209,277 [12th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "South of the Colorful Clouds" (Yunnan)
to:
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Kunming (昆明, ''Kūnmíng'')\\
Xi'an (西安, ''Xī'ān'', ''Sianfu'' [Postal])\\
'''Area:'''394,000 205,800 square kilometers (152,000 (79,500 square miles) [8th [11th of 33]\\
'''Population:'''47,209,277 [12th 39,528,999 [16th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:'''"South "West of the Colorful Clouds" (Yunnan)Shan [Pass]" (Shaanxi), "Western Peace" (Xi'an)
->The extremely ancient city of Xi'an (formerly Chang'an), located in the fertile Wei River valley, was historically the capital of some of the most defining and monumental empires in Chinese history. The Zhou dynasty's first capital, Fenghao, stood somewhere in the city's southwest, UsefulNotes/QinShiHuangdi based his newfound Qin Empire from Xianyang, immediately to the west of Chang'an, and since then, the dynasties of Han, Sui, and Tang all chose to center themselves in Chang'an. It marked the starting (or ending, for travelers from the west) point of the Silk Road. The mausoleum of Qin Shi Huangdi has the famous terracotta army, and is designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.\\
Today, the province has a growing industrial sector, with Xi'an being the home of two Fortune Global 500 companies that specialize in chemical, coal, and petroleum production.\\
As for its name, using the Pinyin romanization without diacritics could cause it to be easily confused with Shanxi, thus for the sake of disambiguation this province adopted its romanized name according to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwoyeu_Romatzyh Gwoyeu Romatzyh]], an obscure system that uses spelling variations based on the tone of the syllable (using the same scheme, Shanxi [Shānxī] would be romanized as "Shanshi").
!!UsefulNotes/{{Xinjiang}} (新疆, ''Xīnjiāng'')
->'''ISO Code:''' XJ\\
'''Alternate names:''' ''Sinkiang'' (Postal) / رايونى, ''Shinjang'' (Uyghur)\\
'''Type:''' Autonomous Region\\
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Ürümqi (乌鲁木齐, ''Wūlǔmùqí'', ''Urumtsi'' [Postal] / ئۈرۈمچى [Uyghur])\\
'''Other cities of note:''' Kashgar (喀什, ''Kāshí'' / قەشقەر, ''Qeshqer'' [Uyghur]), Hotan (和田市, ''Hétián'' / خوتەن, ''Xoten'' [Uyghur])\\
'''Area:''' 1,664,897 square kilometers (642,820 square miles) [1st of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 25,852,345 [21st of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "New Frontier" (Xinjiang), "Beautiful Pasture" (Ürümqi)
->Xinjiang is China's westernmost and largest province, and the only Turkic-majority one.\\\
'''Area:'''
'''Population:'''
'''Literal meaning of names:'''
->The extremely ancient city of Xi'an (formerly Chang'an), located in the fertile Wei River valley, was historically the capital of some of the most defining and monumental empires in Chinese history. The Zhou dynasty's first capital, Fenghao, stood somewhere in the city's southwest, UsefulNotes/QinShiHuangdi based his newfound Qin Empire from Xianyang, immediately to the west of Chang'an, and since then, the dynasties of Han, Sui, and Tang all chose to center themselves in Chang'an. It marked the starting (or ending, for travelers from the west) point of the Silk Road. The mausoleum of Qin Shi Huangdi has the famous terracotta army, and is designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.\\
Today, the province has a growing industrial sector, with Xi'an being the home of two Fortune Global 500 companies that specialize in chemical, coal, and petroleum production.\\
As for its name, using the Pinyin romanization without diacritics could cause it to be easily confused with Shanxi, thus for the sake of disambiguation this province adopted its romanized name according to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwoyeu_Romatzyh Gwoyeu Romatzyh]], an obscure system that uses spelling variations based on the tone of the syllable (using the same scheme, Shanxi [Shānxī] would be romanized as "Shanshi").
!!UsefulNotes/{{Xinjiang}} (新疆, ''Xīnjiāng'')
->'''ISO Code:''' XJ\\
'''Alternate names:''' ''Sinkiang'' (Postal) / رايونى, ''Shinjang'' (Uyghur)\\
'''Type:''' Autonomous Region\\
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Ürümqi (乌鲁木齐, ''Wūlǔmùqí'', ''Urumtsi'' [Postal] / ئۈرۈمچى [Uyghur])\\
'''Other cities of note:''' Kashgar (喀什, ''Kāshí'' / قەشقەر, ''Qeshqer'' [Uyghur]), Hotan (和田市, ''Hétián'' / خوتەن, ''Xoten'' [Uyghur])\\
'''Area:''' 1,664,897 square kilometers (642,820 square miles) [1st of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 25,852,345 [21st of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "New Frontier" (Xinjiang), "Beautiful Pasture" (Ürümqi)
->Xinjiang is China's westernmost and largest province, and the only Turkic-majority one.\\\
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[[folder:Northwest China (西北, ''Xīběi'')]]
!!Gansu (甘肃, ''Gānsù'')
->'''ISO Code:''' GS\\
!!Gansu (甘肃, ''Gānsù'')
->'''ISO Code:''' GS\\
to:
!!Gansu (甘肃, ''Gānsù'')
!!Chongqing (重庆, ''Chóngqìng'')
->'''ISO Code:'''
'''Alternate name:''' ''Chungking'' (Postal)\\
'''Type:''' Municipality\\
'''Capital:''' (N/A, coterminous)\\
'''Area:''' 82,403 square kilometers (31,816 square miles) [26th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 32,054,159 [19th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of name:''' "Doubled Celebration"
->The hilly municipality of Chongqing was split off from the eastern border of Sichuan in 1997, and thus the two areas share a common cultural background (e.g., hot and numbingly-spicy cuisine). However, the city itself has had an interesting history, which includes being the backup capital of the Republic of China after Nanking/Nanjing fell to the Japanese in the UsefulNotes/SecondSinoJapaneseWar and for the rest of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
!!Guizhou (贵州, ''Guìzhōu'')
->'''ISO Code:''' GZ\\
'''Alternate name:''' ''Kewichow'' (Postal)\\
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'''Capital (and largest city):''' Lanzhou (兰州, ''Lánzhōu'', ''Lanchow'' [Postal])\\
'''Other city of note:''' Dunhuang (敦煌市, ''Dūnhuáng'', ''Tunhwang'' [Postal])\\
'''Area:''' 453,700 square kilometers (175,200 square miles) [7th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 25,019,831 [22nd of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Gan[zhou] and Su[zhou]" (Gansu; a compound of the old names of the cities of, respectively, Zhangye and Jiuquan), "Orchid [Hills] Prefecture" (Lanzhou), "Shining Mound" (Dunhuang)
->A large province situated in the mid-west of the country, Gansu represented, for most of history, the western frontier of Chinese civilization. Although many Chinese states and empires were able to capture areas further west in Xinjiang, they never truly managed to Sinicize them until the twentieth century. China proper, as people knew it, stopped at the Jade Gate, the western end of the Great Wall, which is located not far away from Dunhuang, the westernmost city of Gansu.\\
The Hexi Corridor that gives Gansu its elongated diagonal shape was part of the historical Silk Road, linking China proper with Central Asia. The corridor consists of a network of oasis towns sandwiched between the Mongolian deserts to the north and the Tibetan highlands to the south. Buddhism came to China through Gansu, and fittingly, there are many Buddhist monasteries and grottoes dotting all along the Hexi Corridor. The most famous is the Mogao Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
!!Ningxia (宁夏, ''Níngxià'')
->'''ISO Code:''' NX\\
'''Alternate name:''' ''Ningsia'' (Postal)\\
'''Type:''' Autonomous Region\\
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Yinchuan (银川, ''Yínchuān'', ''Yinchwan'' [Postal])\\
'''Other city of note:''' Shizuishan (石嘴山, ''Shízuǐshān'', ''Shetsuishan'' [Postal])\\
'''Area:''' 66,400 square kilometers (25,637 square miles) [27th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 7,202,654 [29th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Pacified [people of the] Xia" (Ningxia), "Silver River" (Yinchuan), "Stony Beak Mountain" (Shizuishan)
->An autonomous region reserved for the Hui people, Chinese-speaking Muslims, who make up 34% of the population. Its environment is mainly dry and desert-like, being located on the doorstep of the Gobi Desert. During TheHighMiddleAges, Yinchuan (then known as Xingqing) was the capital of Western Xia, a dynasty that ruled over northwestern China following the chaotic Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era, coexisting with the Han-dominated Song. The dynasty's ruling class were the Tanguts, a Sino-Tibetan people related to the indigenous people of Qinghai, who wrote with a strange script that looked similar to Hanzi but were incomprehensible to the Han. The Western Xia were, alongside the Khwarezmians, one of the notable victims of UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan's march across Asia, in that their attempt to flip off the Great Khan ended with their complete destruction as both a state and nation.
!!Qinghai (青海, ''Qīnghǎi'')
->'''ISO Code:''' QH\\
'''Alternate name:''' ''Tsinghai'' (Postal)\\
'''Other city of note:''' Dunhuang (敦煌市, ''Dūnhuáng'', ''Tunhwang'' [Postal])\\
'''Area:''' 453,700 square kilometers (175,200 square miles) [7th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 25,019,831 [22nd of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Gan[zhou] and Su[zhou]" (Gansu; a compound of the old names of the cities of, respectively, Zhangye and Jiuquan), "Orchid [Hills] Prefecture" (Lanzhou), "Shining Mound" (Dunhuang)
->A large province situated in the mid-west of the country, Gansu represented, for most of history, the western frontier of Chinese civilization. Although many Chinese states and empires were able to capture areas further west in Xinjiang, they never truly managed to Sinicize them until the twentieth century. China proper, as people knew it, stopped at the Jade Gate, the western end of the Great Wall, which is located not far away from Dunhuang, the westernmost city of Gansu.\\
The Hexi Corridor that gives Gansu its elongated diagonal shape was part of the historical Silk Road, linking China proper with Central Asia. The corridor consists of a network of oasis towns sandwiched between the Mongolian deserts to the north and the Tibetan highlands to the south. Buddhism came to China through Gansu, and fittingly, there are many Buddhist monasteries and grottoes dotting all along the Hexi Corridor. The most famous is the Mogao Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
!!Ningxia (宁夏, ''Níngxià'')
->'''ISO Code:''' NX\\
'''Alternate name:''' ''Ningsia'' (Postal)\\
'''Type:''' Autonomous Region\\
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Yinchuan (银川, ''Yínchuān'', ''Yinchwan'' [Postal])\\
'''Other city of note:''' Shizuishan (石嘴山, ''Shízuǐshān'', ''Shetsuishan'' [Postal])\\
'''Area:''' 66,400 square kilometers (25,637 square miles) [27th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 7,202,654 [29th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Pacified [people of the] Xia" (Ningxia), "Silver River" (Yinchuan), "Stony Beak Mountain" (Shizuishan)
->An autonomous region reserved for the Hui people, Chinese-speaking Muslims, who make up 34% of the population. Its environment is mainly dry and desert-like, being located on the doorstep of the Gobi Desert. During TheHighMiddleAges, Yinchuan (then known as Xingqing) was the capital of Western Xia, a dynasty that ruled over northwestern China following the chaotic Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era, coexisting with the Han-dominated Song. The dynasty's ruling class were the Tanguts, a Sino-Tibetan people related to the indigenous people of Qinghai, who wrote with a strange script that looked similar to Hanzi but were incomprehensible to the Han. The Western Xia were, alongside the Khwarezmians, one of the notable victims of UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan's march across Asia, in that their attempt to flip off the Great Khan ended with their complete destruction as both a state and nation.
!!Qinghai (青海, ''Qīnghǎi'')
->'''ISO Code:''' QH\\
'''Alternate name:''' ''Tsinghai'' (Postal)\\
to:
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Lanzhou (兰州, ''Lánzhōu'', ''Lanchow'' [Postal])\\
'''Other city of note:''' Dunhuang (敦煌市, ''Dūnhuáng'', ''Tunhwang''Guiyang (贵阳, ''Guìyáng'', ''Kweiyang'' [Postal])\\
'''Area:'''453,700 176,167 square kilometers (175,200 (68,018 square miles) [7th [16th of 33]\\
'''Population:'''25,019,831 [22nd 38,562,148 [19th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:'''"Gan[zhou] and Su[zhou]" (Gansu; a compound of the old names of the cities of, respectively, Zhangye and Jiuquan), "Orchid [Hills] "Gui [Mountains] Prefecture" (Lanzhou), "Shining Mound" (Dunhuang)
->A large province situated in the mid-west(Guizhou), "Southern Slope of the country, Gansu represented, for most of history, the western frontier of Chinese civilization. Although many Chinese states and empires were able to capture areas further west in Xinjiang, they never truly managed to Sinicize them until the twentieth century. China proper, as people knew it, stopped at the Jade Gate, the western end of the Great Wall, which is located not far away from Dunhuang, the westernmost city of Gansu.\\
The Hexi Corridor that gives Gansu its elongated diagonal shape was part of the historical Silk Road, linking China proper with Central Asia. The corridor consists of a network of oasis towns sandwiched between the Mongolian deserts to the north and the Tibetan highlands to the south. Buddhism came to China through Gansu, and fittingly, there are many Buddhist monasteries and grottoes dotting all along the Hexi Corridor. The most famous is the Mogao Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
!!Ningxia (宁夏, ''Níngxià'')
Gui [Mountain]" (Guiyang)
!!Sichuan (四川, ''Sìchuān'')
->'''ISO Code:'''NX\\
SC\\
'''Alternate name:'''''Ningsia'' (Postal)\\
'''Type:''' Autonomous Region\\
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Yinchuan (银川, ''Yínchuān'', ''Yinchwan'' [Postal])\\
'''Other city of note:''' Shizuishan (石嘴山, ''Shízuǐshān'', ''Shetsuishan'' [Postal])\\
'''Area:''' 66,400 square kilometers (25,637 square miles) [27th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 7,202,654 [29th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Pacified [people of the] Xia" (Ningxia), "Silver River" (Yinchuan), "Stony Beak Mountain" (Shizuishan)
->An autonomous region reserved for the Hui people, Chinese-speaking Muslims, who make up 34% of the population. Its environment is mainly dry and desert-like, being located on the doorstep of the Gobi Desert. During TheHighMiddleAges, Yinchuan (then known as Xingqing) was the capital of Western Xia, a dynasty that ruled over northwestern China following the chaotic Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era, coexisting with the Han-dominated Song. The dynasty's ruling class were the Tanguts, a Sino-Tibetan people related to the indigenous people of Qinghai, who wrote with a strange script that looked similar to Hanzi but were incomprehensible to the Han. The Western Xia were, alongside the Khwarezmians, one of the notable victims of UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan's march across Asia, in that their attempt to flip off the Great Khan ended with their complete destruction as both a state and nation.
!!Qinghai (青海, ''Qīnghǎi'')
->'''ISO Code:''' QH\\
'''Alternate name:''' ''Tsinghai''''Szechwan'' (Postal)\\
'''Other city of note:''' Dunhuang (敦煌市, ''Dūnhuáng'', ''Tunhwang''
'''Area:'''
'''Population:'''
'''Literal meaning of names:'''
->A large province situated in the mid-west
The Hexi Corridor that gives Gansu its elongated diagonal shape was part of the historical Silk Road, linking China proper with Central Asia. The corridor consists of a network of oasis towns sandwiched between the Mongolian deserts to the north and the Tibetan highlands to the south. Buddhism came to China through Gansu, and fittingly, there are many Buddhist monasteries and grottoes dotting all along the Hexi Corridor. The most famous is the Mogao Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
!!Ningxia (宁夏, ''Níngxià'')
!!Sichuan (四川, ''Sìchuān'')
->'''ISO Code:'''
'''Alternate name:'''
'''Type:''' Autonomous Region\\
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Yinchuan (银川, ''Yínchuān'', ''Yinchwan'' [Postal])\\
'''Other city of note:''' Shizuishan (石嘴山, ''Shízuǐshān'', ''Shetsuishan'' [Postal])\\
'''Area:''' 66,400 square kilometers (25,637 square miles) [27th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 7,202,654 [29th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Pacified [people of the] Xia" (Ningxia), "Silver River" (Yinchuan), "Stony Beak Mountain" (Shizuishan)
->An autonomous region reserved for the Hui people, Chinese-speaking Muslims, who make up 34% of the population. Its environment is mainly dry and desert-like, being located on the doorstep of the Gobi Desert. During TheHighMiddleAges, Yinchuan (then known as Xingqing) was the capital of Western Xia, a dynasty that ruled over northwestern China following the chaotic Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era, coexisting with the Han-dominated Song. The dynasty's ruling class were the Tanguts, a Sino-Tibetan people related to the indigenous people of Qinghai, who wrote with a strange script that looked similar to Hanzi but were incomprehensible to the Han. The Western Xia were, alongside the Khwarezmians, one of the notable victims of UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan's march across Asia, in that their attempt to flip off the Great Khan ended with their complete destruction as both a state and nation.
!!Qinghai (青海, ''Qīnghǎi'')
->'''ISO Code:''' QH\\
'''Alternate name:''' ''Tsinghai''
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'''Capital (and largest city):''' Xining (西宁, ''Xīníng'', ''Sining'' [Postal])\\
'''Area:''' 720,000 square kilometers (280,000 square miles) [4th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 5,923,957 [30th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Qinghai [Lake]" (Qinghai), "Western Tranquility" (Xining)
!!Shaanxi (陕西, ''Shǎnxī'')
->'''ISO Code:''' SN\\
'''Alternate name:''' ''Shensi'' (Postal)\\
'''Area:''' 720,000 square kilometers (280,000 square miles) [4th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 5,923,957 [30th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Qinghai [Lake]" (Qinghai), "Western Tranquility" (Xining)
!!Shaanxi (陕西, ''Shǎnxī'')
->'''ISO Code:''' SN\\
'''Alternate name:''' ''Shensi'' (Postal)\\
to:
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Xining (西宁, ''Xīníng'', ''Sining'' Chengdu (成都, ''Chéngdū'', ''Chengtu'' [Postal])\\
'''Area:'''720,000 485,500 square kilometers (280,000 (187,000 square miles) [4th [5th of 33]\\
'''Population:'''5,923,957 [30th 83,674,866 [4th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:'''"Qinghai [Lake]" (Qinghai), "Western Tranquility" (Xining)
!!Shaanxi (陕西, ''Shǎnxī'')
"Four Plains" (Sichuan), "Established Capital" (Chengdu)
->The province's geography can be divided in two. The eastern half is made up of the Sichuan Basin, a highly fertile lowland barricaded by mountains on all sides, anchored by the cities of Chengdu to the west and Chongqing to the southeast. The source of their fertility is a river system that drains into the Yangtze, which crosses Chongqing. The western half is the highly mountainous and rugged Hengduan Mountains, part of the Tibetan Plateau. It was formerly part of Tibet until reorganization by the PRC following its annexation of Tibet in 1950 broke up the former country into three separate regions: Tibet, southern Qinghai, and western Sichuan. Previously, the Chinese claimed the territory as part of the Xikang province, a status that is still maintained by the Republican government in Taiwan.\\
Sichuan's damp climate leads to the ubiquity of spiciness in its local food, known internationally as the Szechwan cuisine. Kung pao chicken (宫保鸡丁, ''Gōngbǎo jīdīng'') is a classic Chinese dish in the West, while mapo tofu (麻婆豆腐, ''mápó dòufu'') is a stereotypical "[[MasochistsMeal random spicy food]]" in Japanese pop culture.\\
In 1640s, the province witnessed an infamous massacre/[[GenocideFromTheInside autogenocide]] by Zhang Xianzhong, who led a peasant revolt against the Qing dynasty. It's believed that Sichuan was depopulated by as much as 75% by the time the Qing successfully put down the rebellion, with the city of Chengdu reputedly becoming a GhostCity frequented by tigers. The Qing settled the province with people from Northern China, which is why the population currently speak Mandarin, despite the region being technically Southern Chinese. In spite of this, though most Sichuanese are genetically northern, they are culturally southern and are thus treated as southerners.\\
Sichuan has five UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including the world's largest panda sanctuary and tallest premodern statue, the 71 meter-high Leshan Giant Buddha. The statue faces Mount Emei, one of the four sacred mountains in Chinese Buddhism. Another world heritage site, Mount Qingcheng, is one of the four sacred mountains in Taoism.\\
UsefulNotes/DengXiaoping, architect of [[UsefulNotes/ToGetRichIsGlorious modern China]], was from Guang'an, east of Chengdu.
!!UsefulNotes/{{Tibet}} (西藏, ''Xīzàng'')
->'''ISO Code:'''SN\\
XZ\\
'''Alternate name:'''''Shensi'' (Postal)\\བོད་, ''Bod'' (Tibetan)\\
'''Type:''' Autonomous Region\\
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Lhasa (拉萨, ''Lāsà'' / ལྷ་ས [Tibetan])\\
'''Area:''' 1,228,400 square kilometers (474,300 square miles) [2nd of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 3,648,100 [32nd of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of name:''' "Western Tsang" (Xizang), "Palace of the Gods" (Lhasa)
!!Yunnan (云南, ''Yúnnán'')
->'''ISO Code:''' YN\\
'''Area:'''
'''Population:'''
'''Literal meaning of names:'''
!!Shaanxi (陕西, ''Shǎnxī'')
->The province's geography can be divided in two. The eastern half is made up of the Sichuan Basin, a highly fertile lowland barricaded by mountains on all sides, anchored by the cities of Chengdu to the west and Chongqing to the southeast. The source of their fertility is a river system that drains into the Yangtze, which crosses Chongqing. The western half is the highly mountainous and rugged Hengduan Mountains, part of the Tibetan Plateau. It was formerly part of Tibet until reorganization by the PRC following its annexation of Tibet in 1950 broke up the former country into three separate regions: Tibet, southern Qinghai, and western Sichuan. Previously, the Chinese claimed the territory as part of the Xikang province, a status that is still maintained by the Republican government in Taiwan.\\
Sichuan's damp climate leads to the ubiquity of spiciness in its local food, known internationally as the Szechwan cuisine. Kung pao chicken (宫保鸡丁, ''Gōngbǎo jīdīng'') is a classic Chinese dish in the West, while mapo tofu (麻婆豆腐, ''mápó dòufu'') is a stereotypical "[[MasochistsMeal random spicy food]]" in Japanese pop culture.\\
In 1640s, the province witnessed an infamous massacre/[[GenocideFromTheInside autogenocide]] by Zhang Xianzhong, who led a peasant revolt against the Qing dynasty. It's believed that Sichuan was depopulated by as much as 75% by the time the Qing successfully put down the rebellion, with the city of Chengdu reputedly becoming a GhostCity frequented by tigers. The Qing settled the province with people from Northern China, which is why the population currently speak Mandarin, despite the region being technically Southern Chinese. In spite of this, though most Sichuanese are genetically northern, they are culturally southern and are thus treated as southerners.\\
Sichuan has five UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including the world's largest panda sanctuary and tallest premodern statue, the 71 meter-high Leshan Giant Buddha. The statue faces Mount Emei, one of the four sacred mountains in Chinese Buddhism. Another world heritage site, Mount Qingcheng, is one of the four sacred mountains in Taoism.\\
UsefulNotes/DengXiaoping, architect of [[UsefulNotes/ToGetRichIsGlorious modern China]], was from Guang'an, east of Chengdu.
!!UsefulNotes/{{Tibet}} (西藏, ''Xīzàng'')
->'''ISO Code:'''
'''Alternate name:'''
'''Type:''' Autonomous Region\\
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Lhasa (拉萨, ''Lāsà'' / ལྷ་ས [Tibetan])\\
'''Area:''' 1,228,400 square kilometers (474,300 square miles) [2nd of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 3,648,100 [32nd of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of name:''' "Western Tsang" (Xizang), "Palace of the Gods" (Lhasa)
!!Yunnan (云南, ''Yúnnán'')
->'''ISO Code:''' YN\\
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'''Capital (and largest city):''' Xi'an (西安, ''Xī'ān'', ''Sianfu'' [Postal])\\
'''Area:''' 205,800 square kilometers (79,500 square miles) [11th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 39,528,999 [16th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "West of the Shan [Pass]" (Shaanxi), "Western Peace" (Xi'an)
->The extremely ancient city of Xi'an (formerly Chang'an), located in the fertile Wei River valley, was historically the capital of some of the most defining and monumental empires in Chinese history. The Zhou dynasty's first capital, Fenghao, stood somewhere in the city's southwest, UsefulNotes/QinShiHuangdi based his newfound Qin Empire from Xianyang, immediately to the west of Chang'an, and since then, the dynasties of Han, Sui, and Tang all chose to center themselves in Chang'an. It marked the starting (or ending, for travelers from the west) point of the Silk Road. The mausoleum of Qin Shi Huangdi has the famous terracotta army, and is designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.\\
Today, the province has a growing industrial sector, with Xi'an being the home of two Fortune Global 500 companies that specialize in chemical, coal, and petroleum production.\\
As for its name, using the Pinyin romanization without diacritics could cause it to be easily confused with Shanxi, thus for the sake of disambiguation this province adopted its romanized name according to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwoyeu_Romatzyh Gwoyeu Romatzyh]], an obscure system that uses spelling variations based on the tone of the syllable (using the same scheme, Shanxi [Shānxī] would be romanized as "Shanshi").
!!UsefulNotes/{{Xinjiang}} (新疆, ''Xīnjiāng'')
->'''ISO Code:''' XJ\\
'''Alternate names:''' ''Sinkiang'' (Postal) / رايونى, ''Shinjang'' (Uyghur)\\
'''Type:''' Autonomous Region\\
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Ürümqi (乌鲁木齐, ''Wūlǔmùqí'', ''Urumtsi'' [Postal] / ئۈرۈمچى [Uyghur])\\
'''Other cities of note:''' Kashgar (喀什, ''Kāshí'' / قەشقەر, ''Qeshqer'' [Uyghur]), Hotan (和田市, ''Hétián'' / خوتەن, ''Xoten'' [Uyghur])\\
'''Area:''' 1,664,897 square kilometers (642,820 square miles) [1st of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 25,852,345 [21st of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "New Frontier" (Xinjiang), "Beautiful Pasture" (Ürümqi)
->Xinjiang is China's westernmost and largest province, and the only Turkic-majority one.\\\
'''Area:''' 205,800 square kilometers (79,500 square miles) [11th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 39,528,999 [16th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "West of the Shan [Pass]" (Shaanxi), "Western Peace" (Xi'an)
->The extremely ancient city of Xi'an (formerly Chang'an), located in the fertile Wei River valley, was historically the capital of some of the most defining and monumental empires in Chinese history. The Zhou dynasty's first capital, Fenghao, stood somewhere in the city's southwest, UsefulNotes/QinShiHuangdi based his newfound Qin Empire from Xianyang, immediately to the west of Chang'an, and since then, the dynasties of Han, Sui, and Tang all chose to center themselves in Chang'an. It marked the starting (or ending, for travelers from the west) point of the Silk Road. The mausoleum of Qin Shi Huangdi has the famous terracotta army, and is designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.\\
Today, the province has a growing industrial sector, with Xi'an being the home of two Fortune Global 500 companies that specialize in chemical, coal, and petroleum production.\\
As for its name, using the Pinyin romanization without diacritics could cause it to be easily confused with Shanxi, thus for the sake of disambiguation this province adopted its romanized name according to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwoyeu_Romatzyh Gwoyeu Romatzyh]], an obscure system that uses spelling variations based on the tone of the syllable (using the same scheme, Shanxi [Shānxī] would be romanized as "Shanshi").
!!UsefulNotes/{{Xinjiang}} (新疆, ''Xīnjiāng'')
->'''ISO Code:''' XJ\\
'''Alternate names:''' ''Sinkiang'' (Postal) / رايونى, ''Shinjang'' (Uyghur)\\
'''Type:''' Autonomous Region\\
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Ürümqi (乌鲁木齐, ''Wūlǔmùqí'', ''Urumtsi'' [Postal] / ئۈرۈمچى [Uyghur])\\
'''Other cities of note:''' Kashgar (喀什, ''Kāshí'' / قەشقەر, ''Qeshqer'' [Uyghur]), Hotan (和田市, ''Hétián'' / خوتەن, ''Xoten'' [Uyghur])\\
'''Area:''' 1,664,897 square kilometers (642,820 square miles) [1st of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 25,852,345 [21st of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "New Frontier" (Xinjiang), "Beautiful Pasture" (Ürümqi)
->Xinjiang is China's westernmost and largest province, and the only Turkic-majority one.\\\
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'''Capital (and largest city):''' Xi'an (西安, ''Xī'ān'', ''Sianfu'' [Postal])\\
Kunming (昆明, ''Kūnmíng'')\\
'''Area:'''205,800 394,000 square kilometers (79,500 (152,000 square miles) [11th [8th of 33]\\
'''Population:'''39,528,999 [16th 47,209,277 [12th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:'''"West "South of the Shan [Pass]" (Shaanxi), "Western Peace" (Xi'an)
->The extremely ancient city of Xi'an (formerly Chang'an), locatedColorful Clouds" (Yunnan)
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Also known in thefertile Wei River valley, was historically West as UsefulNotes/{{Manchuria}}, after the capital of some of Manchu, the most defining and monumental empires in region's largest ethnic minority. Previously known as the Jurchens, the Manchus built the 12th century-era Jin dynasty, which managed to unite Northeast China for a century before the Mongol conquest. In the 17th century, they resurfaced again to create the Qing, the last Chinese history. The Zhou dynasty's first capital, Fenghao, stood somewhere in dynasty. During their reign, the city's southwest, UsefulNotes/QinShiHuangdi based his newfound Qin Empire from Xianyang, immediately to the west of Chang'an, and since then, the dynasties of Han, Sui, and Tang all chose to center themselves in Chang'an. It marked the starting (or ending, for travelers from the west) point of the Silk Road. The mausoleum of Qin Shi Huangdi has the famous terracotta army, and is designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.\\
Today, the province has a growing industrial sector, with Xi'an being the home of two Fortune Global 500 companies that specialize in chemical, coal, and petroleum production.\\
As for its name, using the Pinyin romanization without diacritics could cause it to be easily confused with Shanxi, thus for the sake of disambiguation this province adopted its romanized name according toManchus [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwoyeu_Romatzyh Gwoyeu Romatzyh]], org/wiki/Willow_Palisade fenced off Manchuria from being settled by everyone else]], in an obscure system that uses spelling variations based on attempt to preserve their culture, but they eventually relaxed this rule. Today, virtually all Manchus have been assimilated to the tone Han Chinese, and their language (part of the syllable (using Tungusic family that includes languages spoken by indigenous Siberians) is basically dead. From 1932 to 1945, the same scheme, Shanxi [Shānxī] would be romanized Japanese ruled the region through the puppet state of Manchukuo, with Puyi, the last Qing emperor, as "Shanshi").
!!UsefulNotes/{{Xinjiang}} (新疆, ''Xīnjiāng'')
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Most of the PRC's 1.8 million ethnic Koreans live here. Northeast China is very important in Korean historiography because many ancient Korean states were based there, and Koreans were still ruling parts of the region by the 10th century, when they were deposed by the Khitans (a nomadic people related to the Mongols). [[PatrioticFervor Some Korean ultranationalists]] have tried to use this fact to justify their claim over the region.
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!!Heilongjiang (黑龙, ''Hēilóngjiāng'')
->'''ISO Code:'''XJ\\
HL\\
'''Alternatenames:''' ''Sinkiang'' (Postal) / رايونى, ''Shinjang'' (Uyghur)\\
name:''' ''Heilungkiang'' (Postal)\\
'''Type:'''Autonomous Region\\
Province\\
'''Capital (and largest city):'''Ürümqi (乌鲁木齐, ''Wūlǔmùqí'', ''Urumtsi'' [Postal] / ئۈرۈمچى [Uyghur])\\
Harbin (哈尔滨, ''Hā'ěrbīn''\\
'''Other cities of note:'''Kashgar (喀什, ''Kāshí'' / قەشقەر, ''Qeshqer'' [Uyghur]), Hotan (和田市, ''Hétián'' / خوتەن, ''Xoten'' [Uyghur])\\
Qiqihar (齐齐哈尔, ''Qíqíhā'ěr'', ''Tsitsihar'' [Postal]), Jixi (鸡西, ''Jīxī'')\\
'''Area:'''1,664,897 454,800 square kilometers (642,820 (175,600 square miles) [1st [6th of 33]\\
'''Population:'''25,852,345 31,850,088 [15th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Black Dragon [i.e., Amur] River" (Heilongjiang), "Place for Drying Fishing Nets" (Harbin), "Defense of the Qiqi [River]" (Qiqihar)
->Heilongjiang is China's northernmost and easternmost province. The capital Harbin is famous for hosting a month-long ice and snow sculpture festival every January, the largest of its kind in the world.
!!Jilin (吉林, ''Jílín'')
->'''ISO Code:''' JL\\
'''Alternate name:''' ''Kirin'' (Postal)\\
'''Type:''' Province\\
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Changchun (长春, ''Chángchūn'', ''Ch'angch'un'' [Postal])\\
'''Other city of note:''' Jilin (吉林)\\
'''Area:''' 191,126 square kilometers (73,794 square miles) [14th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 24,073,453 [21st of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:'''"New Frontier" (Xinjiang), "Beautiful Pasture" (Ürümqi)
->Xinjiang"Along the River" (Jilin), "Long Spring" (Changchun)
->At 1.1 million people, Jilin has the largest ethnic Korean population in China. Mount Baekdu (or Changbai in Chinese), the holiest mountain in Myth/KoreanMythology, is located on the border of Jilin and UsefulNotes/NorthKorea's Ryanggang province. For understandable reasons, it is usually climbed from the Chinese side. The capital, Changchun, is host to FAW Group, one of China'swesternmost Big Four automakers and a Fortune Global 500 company.
!!Liaoning (辽宁, ''Liáoníng'')
->'''ISO Code:''' LN\\
'''Type:''' Province\\
'''Capital (and largestprovince, city):''' Shenyang (沈阳, ''Shěnyáng'' / ᠮᡠᡴ᠋ᡩᡝᠨ, ''Mukden'' [Manchu and Postal])\\
'''Other city of note:''' Dalian (大连, ''Dàlián'', ''Dairen'' [Postal])\\
'''Area:''' 145,900 square kilometers (56,300 square miles) [21st of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 42,591,407 [14th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Pacified [People] of theonly Turkic-majority one.\\\Liao [River]" (Liaoning), "North Bank of the Shen [River]" (Shenyang), "Great Connection" (Dalian)
->The port city of Dalian (more specifically the Lushunkou district, historically known as Port Arthur) was contested in the early 20th century between the Japanese and Russians, a catalyst to the UsefulNotes/RussoJapaneseWar. Meanwhile, Anshan is known for its steel industry, with Ansteel Group being a Fortune Global 500 company.
'''Area:'''
'''Population:'''
'''Literal meaning of names:'''
->The extremely ancient city of Xi'an (formerly Chang'an), located
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[[folder:Northeast China (东北, ''Dōngběi'')]]
Also known in the
Today, the province has a growing industrial sector, with Xi'an being the home of two Fortune Global 500 companies that specialize in chemical, coal, and petroleum production.\\
As for its name, using the Pinyin romanization without diacritics could cause it to be easily confused with Shanxi, thus for the sake of disambiguation this province adopted its romanized name according to
!!UsefulNotes/{{Xinjiang}} (新疆, ''Xīnjiāng'')
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Most of the PRC's 1.8 million ethnic Koreans live here. Northeast China is very important in Korean historiography because many ancient Korean states were based there, and Koreans were still ruling parts of the region by the 10th century, when they were deposed by the Khitans (a nomadic people related to the Mongols). [[PatrioticFervor Some Korean ultranationalists]] have tried to use this fact to justify their claim over the region.
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!!Heilongjiang (黑龙, ''Hēilóngjiāng'')
->'''ISO Code:'''
'''Alternate
'''Type:'''
'''Capital (and largest city):'''
'''Other cities of note:'''
'''Area:'''
'''Population:'''
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Black Dragon [i.e., Amur] River" (Heilongjiang), "Place for Drying Fishing Nets" (Harbin), "Defense of the Qiqi [River]" (Qiqihar)
->Heilongjiang is China's northernmost and easternmost province. The capital Harbin is famous for hosting a month-long ice and snow sculpture festival every January, the largest of its kind in the world.
!!Jilin (吉林, ''Jílín'')
->'''ISO Code:''' JL\\
'''Alternate name:''' ''Kirin'' (Postal)\\
'''Type:''' Province\\
'''Capital (and largest city):''' Changchun (长春, ''Chángchūn'', ''Ch'angch'un'' [Postal])\\
'''Other city of note:''' Jilin (吉林)\\
'''Area:''' 191,126 square kilometers (73,794 square miles) [14th of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 24,073,453 [21st of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:'''
->Xinjiang
->At 1.1 million people, Jilin has the largest ethnic Korean population in China. Mount Baekdu (or Changbai in Chinese), the holiest mountain in Myth/KoreanMythology, is located on the border of Jilin and UsefulNotes/NorthKorea's Ryanggang province. For understandable reasons, it is usually climbed from the Chinese side. The capital, Changchun, is host to FAW Group, one of China's
!!Liaoning (辽宁, ''Liáoníng'')
->'''ISO Code:''' LN\\
'''Type:''' Province\\
'''Capital (and largest
'''Other city of note:''' Dalian (大连, ''Dàlián'', ''Dairen'' [Postal])\\
'''Area:''' 145,900 square kilometers (56,300 square miles) [21st of 33]\\
'''Population:''' 42,591,407 [14th of 33]\\
'''Literal meaning of names:''' "Pacified [People] of the
->The port city of Dalian (more specifically the Lushunkou district, historically known as Port Arthur) was contested in the early 20th century between the Japanese and Russians, a catalyst to the UsefulNotes/RussoJapaneseWar. Meanwhile, Anshan is known for its steel industry, with Ansteel Group being a Fortune Global 500 company.
