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List of current and former capitals of subnational entities of China

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This is a list of the current and former capitals of subnational entities of China. Due to the long history of China, this chart will only cover capitals after the completion of the Mongol conquest of China, in 1279.

The place and date of the various locations for the national capital are also given.



See also historical capital of China

This covers all capitals of dynasties, governments, regimes, etc., regardless of the legitimacy or illegitimacy aocorded to them by historians.

| prettytable
! Government !! Capital !! When
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| Yuan Dynasty || Khanbaliq (Beijing) || 1264—1368
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| rowspan=2 | Ming Dynasty || Nanjing || 1368—1420
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| Beijing || 1420—1644
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| rowspan=2 | Qing Dynasty || Shenyang || 1625—1644
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| Beijing || 1644—1911
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| rowspan=5 | Republic of China || Beijing || 1912—1928
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| Nanjing || 1928—1937
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| Chongqing (wartime) || 1937—1945
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| Nanjing || 1945—1949
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| Taipei || 1949—present
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| People's Republic of China || Beijing || 1949—present
|




| prettytable
! Province (or equivalent) !! Capital !! When
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| rowspan = 6 | Anhui || (part of Nanzhili) || 1368—1644
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| (part of Jiangnan Province|Jiangnan) || 1644—1667
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| Anqing || 1667—1946
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| Hefei || 1946—1949
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| (disbanded) || 1949—1952
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| Hefei || 1952—present
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| rowspan = 2 | Fujian || Fuzhou || 1368—present
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| Quemoy (Republic of China) || 1949—present
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| rowspan = 3 | Gansu || Zhangye || 1286—1368
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| (part of Shaanxi) || 1368—1644
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| Lanzhou || 1663—present
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| Guangdong || Guangzhou || 1369—present
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| rowspan = 4 | Guangxi || Guilin || 1363—1912
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| Nanning || 1912—1936
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| Guilin || 1936—1950
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| Nanning || 1950—present
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| Guizhou || Guiyang || 1413—present
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| Hainan || Haikou || 1988—present
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| rowspan = 7 | Hebei (Beizhili; Zhili) || Baoding || 1669—1902
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| Tianjin || 1902—1928
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| Beijing || 1928—1930
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| Tianjin || 1930—1935
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| Baoding || 1935—1958
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| Tianjin || 1958—1968
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| Shijiazhuang || 1968—present
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| rowspan = 3 | Heilongjiang<br/>(Manchu military district) || Aigun || 1683&mdash;1690
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| Nenjiang || 1690&mdash;1699
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| Qiqihar || 1699&mdash;1907
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| rowspan = 5 | Heilongjiang<br/>(province) || Qiqihar || 1907&mdash;1931
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| (part of Manchukuo) || 1931&mdash;1945
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| Bei'an || 1945&mdash;1949
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| Qiqihar || 1949&mdash;1954
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| Harbin || 1954&mdash;present
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| rowspan = 2 | Henan || Kaifeng || 1291&mdash;1954
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| Zhengzhou || 1954&mdash;present
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| rowspan = 3 | Hubei || (part of Huguang) || 1277&mdash;1664
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| Wuchang || 1664&mdash;1927
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| Wuhan || 1927&mdash;present
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| rowspan = 2 | Hunan || (part of Huguang) || 1277&mdash;1664
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| Changsha || 1664&mdash;present
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| rowspan = 3 | Inner Mongolia || Ulaanhot || 1947&mdash;1950
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| Zhangjiakou || 1950&mdash;1952
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| Hohhot || 1952&mdash;present
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| rowspan = 7 | Jiangsu || (part of Nanzhili) || 1368&mdash;1644
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| (part of Jiangnan Province|Jiangnan) || 1644&mdash;1667
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| Suzhou || 1667&mdash;?
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| Nanjing || ?&mdash;1928
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| Zhenjiang || 1928&mdash;1949
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| (disbanded) || 1949&mdash;1952
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| Nanjing || 1952&mdash;present
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| Jiangxi || Nanchang || 1277&mdash;present
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| rowspan = 2 | Jilin<br/>(Manchu military district) || Ningguta || 1653&mdash;1757
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| Jilin City || 1757&mdash;1907
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| rowspan = 4 | Jilin<br/>(province) || Jilin City || 1907&mdash;1931
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| (part of Manchukuo) || 1931&mdash;1945
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| Jilin City || 1945&mdash;1954
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| Changchun || 1954&mdash;present
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| rowspan = 4 | Liaoning<br/>also Shengjing; Fengtian) || Shenyang || 1907&mdash;1931
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| (part of Manchukuo) || 1931&mdash;1945
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| (disbanded) || 1945&mdash;1954
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| Shenyang || 1954&mdash;present
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| rowspan = 2 | Ningxia || (part of Shaanxi; Gansu) || 1260&mdash;1928
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| Yinchuan || 1928&mdash;present
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| Qinghai || Xining || 1928&mdash;present
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| Shaanxi || Xi'an || 1286&mdash;present
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| rowspan = 2 | Shandong || Qingzhou || 1368&mdash;1377
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| Jinan || 1377&mdash;present
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| Shanxi || Taiyuan || 1368&mdash;present
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| Sichuan || Chengdu || 1286&mdash;present
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| rowspan = 5 | Taiwan Province|Taiwan || (part of Fujian) || 1683&mdash;1887
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| Taipei || 1887&mdash;1895
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| (Japanese rule) || 1895&mdash;1945
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| Taipei || 1945&mdash;1957
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| Jhongsing Village || 1957&mdash;present
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| Tibet<br/>(Dalai Lama's realm) || Lhasa || 1642&mdash;1959
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| Tibet Autonomous Region|Tibet<br/>(autonomous region || Lhasa || 1965&mdash;present
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| Xinjiang || Urumqi || 1883&mdash;present
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| Yunnan || Kunming || 1275&mdash;present
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| Zhejiang || Hangzhou || 1368&mdash;present
|

<table border=1 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 "border-collapse: collapse;">
<th cccccc>Capital<th cccccc>Political divisions of China|Political division
<tr><td>Beijing<td>Beijing
<tr><td>Changchun<td>Jilin
<tr><td>Changsha<td>Hunan
<tr><td>Chengdu<td>Sichuan
<tr><td>Chongqing<td>Chongqing
<tr><td>Fuzhou<td>Fujian
<tr><td>Guangzhou<td>Guangdong
<tr><td>Guiyang<td>Guizhou
<tr><td>Haikou<td>Hainan
<tr><td>Hangzhou<td>Zhejiang
<tr><td>Harbin<td>Heilongjiang
<tr><td>Hefei<td>Anhui
<tr><td>Hohhot<td>Inner Mongolia
<tr><td>Hong Kong<td>Hong Kong
<tr><td>Jinan<td>Shandong
<tr><td>Kunming<td>Yunnan
<tr><td>Lanzhou<td>Gansu
<tr><td>Lhasa<td>Tibetan Autonomous Region|Tibet
<tr><td>Macau<td>Macau
<tr><td>Nanchang<td>Jiangxi
<tr><td>Nanjing<td>Jiangsu
<tr><td>Nanning<td>Guangxi
<tr><td>Shanghai<td>Shanghai
<tr><td>Shenyang<td>Liaoning
<tr><td>Shijiazhuang<td>Hebei
<tr><td>Taiyuan<td>Shanxi
<tr><td>Tianjin<td>Tianjin
<tr><td>Urumqi<td>Xinjiang
<tr><td>Wuhan<td>Hubei
<tr><td>Xi'an<td>Shaanxi
<tr><td>Xining<td>Qinghai
<tr><td>Yinchuan<td>Ningxia
<tr><td>Zhengzhou<td>Henan
</table>

Republic of China:
<table border=1 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 "border-collapse: collapse;">
<th cccccc>Capital<th cccccc>Political divisions of the Republic of China|Political division
<tr><td>Quemoy#Townships|Jincheng<td>Fujian|Fuchien or Fukien
<tr><td>Jhongsing Village<td>Taiwan Province|Taiwan
<tr><td>Kaohsiung<td>Kaohsiung
<tr><td>Taipei<td>Taipei
</table>



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