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- Dictionaryprovince/ˈprɒvɪns/
noun
- 1. a principal administrative division of a country or empire: "Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province" Similar
- 2. the whole of a country outside the capital, especially when regarded as lacking in sophistication or culture: British "I made my way home to the dreary provinces by train" Similar
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2 days ago · Fujian [a] is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capital is Fuzhou and its largest city by population is Quanzhou, other notable cities include the port city of Xiamen and Zhangzhou.
1 day ago · Xi'an is the capital of Shaanxi Province. A sub-provincial city on the Guanzhong Plain, the city is the third most populous city in Western China, after Chongqing and Chengdu, as well as the most populous city in Northwest China. Its total population was 12,952,907 as of the 2020 census. The total urban population was 9.28 million.
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2 days ago · The Region of Palestine, [i] or Historic Palestine, [1] [2] [3] is a geographical area in West Asia. It includes modern-day Israel and the State of Palestine, as well as parts of northwestern Jordan in some definitions. Other names for the region include Canaan, the Promised Land, the Land of Israel, or the Holy Land .
5 days ago · Beijing, city, province-level shi (municipality), and capital of the People’s Republic of China. The city has been an integral part of China’s history over the past eight centuries. Redolent with historical, cultural, and political significance, it is one of the world’s great cities.
- The residents of Beijing speak a dialect of Mandarin Chinese that forms the basis of Modern Standard Chinese (Guoyu), or putonghua (“common languag...
- The Forbidden City is an imperial palace complex at the heart of Beijing, designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1987 in recognition of its imp...
- The former name of Beijing is Beiping (Pei-p’ing; “Northern Peace”). The third Ming emperor gave it the new name of Beijing (“Northern Capital”) du...
- Beijing has been the capital of China since the early 15th century, except for a brief period during the 20th.
- Beijing hosted the Summer Olympics for the first time in 2008.
1 day ago · Country Facts. Capital, Population, Government... Each of the commanderies consisted of some 10 or 20 prefectures, the size of which corresponded to that of English counties.
4 days ago · Sichuan, sheng (province) of China. It is located in the upper Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) valley in the southwestern part of the country. Sichuan is the second largest of the Chinese provinces. It is bordered by the provinces of Gansu and Shaanxi to the north, the territory of Chongqing.
