↑During the Yuan Dynasty, modern Anhui was split between the Secretariat (中書省) of the central government, the province of Jianghuai, and (from 1291) the province of Henanjiangbei.
↑ ۲.۰۲.۱As part of Zhili up to 1421; as part of Nanzhili after 1421. Administered directly by the central government, instead of a province.
↑ ۳.۰۳.۱Part of Jiangnan Province, formed out of former Nanzhili in 1645. Split into Jiangsu and Anhui in 1661.
↑Nanjing is now the capital of neighbouring جیانگسو.
↑As Heilongjiang Province (northwestern part of modern Heilongjiang)
↑As Hejiang Province (northeastern part of modern Heilongjiang)
↑As Nenjiang Province (southwestern part of modern Heilongjiang)
↑As Songjiang Province (southeastern part of modern Heilongjiang)
↑As Heilongjiang Province (western part of modern Heilongjiang)
↑As Songjiang Province (eastern part of modern Heilongjiang)
↑New Heilongjiang formed from Songjiang + old Heilongjiang in 1954
↑Administered by the Secretariat (中書省) of the central government for the most part before 1291.
↑Initially as Henanjiangbei Province, which included parts of modern Jiangsu, Anhui, Hubei provinces. Given approximately modern borders and modern name in 1368.
↑Before 1356, modern Jiangsu was split between the Secretariat (中書省) of the central government, the province of Jianghuai, (from 1291) the province of Henanjiangbei, and (from 1354) the province of Huainanjiangbei.
↑As North Jiangsu and South Jiangsu administrative regions.
↑Area of control of the General of Ningguta (up to 1757) or the General of Jilin (from 1757). Became Jilin Province in 1907.
↑Partially under Shandong province during the Ming Dynasty, until Manchu conquest c. 1618.
↑Area of control of the General of Shengjing. Became Fengtian Province in 1907.
↑Fengtian Province from 1907 to 1929; Liaoning Province from 1929 onwards.
↑As Liaoning Province (central part of modern Liaoning)
↑As Andong Province (eastern part of modern Liaoning; southern part of modern Jilin)
↑As Liaobei Province (northern part of modern Liaoning; western part of modern Jilin)
↑As Liaoxi Province (western part of modern Liaoning)
↑As Liaodong Province (eastern part of modern Liaoning; southern part of modern Jilin). Dandong was then known as "Andong"
↑Mostly part of Gansu Province (up to c. 1370); part of Shaanxi Province (up to 1667); part of Gansu Province (1667 onwards)
↑Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region split out of Gansu in 1958.
↑Historically Oyirad Mongols in the north, Amdo and Kham Tibetans in the south. Overseen by commissioner stationed at شینینگ (then part of گانسو Province) during چنگ خاندان, early تائیوان (up to 1928).
↑From 1260 to 1286, Shaanxi Province (and in some cases, a combined Shaanxi-Sichuan Province) was established and disbanded several times.
↑Administered by the Secretariat (中書省) of the central government before c. 1357.
↑Administered by the Secretariat (中書省) of the central government before 1368.
↑From 1260 to 1286, Sichuan Province (and in some cases, a combined Shaanxi-Sichuan Province) was established and disbanded several times.
↑As North Sichuan, South Sichuan, East Sichuan and West Sichuan administrative regions.
↑Part of یوآن خاندان up to fourteenth century; struggle between Sakyapa, Kagyüpa, later Gelukpa schools of Tibetan Buddhism up to seventeenth century, when Gelukpa becomes dominant.
↑The دلائی لاماs (Gelukpa school) ruled over Ü-Tsang (or more) from Lhasa from 1642 onwards. Qing China began to assert control over Tibet in the 1720s until its fall in 1912; from 1912 to 1951 Tibet was self-ruling but recognized internationally as a part of China. Planning Committee for تبت خود مختار علاقہ (TAR) from 1955 to 1965; TAR established in 1965.
↑Ruled by خانیت چغتائی from thirteenth to fifteenth century; fragmented until eighteenth century when Qing China conquered the region. See History section of سنکیانگ.
↑General of Ili, based in Yining, held administrative powers until 1888; central control lapsed during Yakub Beg's revolt from 1865, until his forces were defeated in 1881.
↑Xinjiang Province until 1955; Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region from 1955.
↑Converted from the directly administered Nanzhili region in 1645; split into Jiangsu and Anhui provinces in 1661. See also remarks at Jiangsu, Anhui entries.
↑A province was established in the region in 1276; its seat was moved around and it was renamed several times, until settling upon Jiangzhe Province with seat at Hangzhou in 1289. Split into Zhejiang, Fujian Provinces by Ming Dynasty.
↑Established in the جزیرہ نما شانڈونگ; does not appear to have outlasted the end of the Yuan Dynasty.
↑"Liaoyang" was the final name of the province after several changes between 1264–1287. Lasted until the end of Yuan Dynasty (c. 1368); found today mostly in لیاؤننگ, جیلن, ہیلونگجیانگ.
↑Split out of Hebei, Shandong, Henan provinces in 1949; distributed into Henan, Shandong provinces in 1952.
↑Rehe Special Administrative Region until 1928; province from 1928.
↑Disbanded in 1955, distributed into Hebei Province, Liaoning Province, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
↑Suiyuan Special Administrative Region until 1928; province from 1928.
↑Merged into Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in 1954.
↑Chuanbian Special Region created in 1914, from western Sichuan and territory formerly ruled from Lhasa; it is roughly equivalent to southern Kham and southern Amdo. Converted into Xikang Province established in 1939; merged into Sichuan province in 1955. See also remarks at entries for Tibet, Sichuan.
↑After the end of Manchukuo at the end of World War II, Xing'an Province was created from the northwestern part of Manchuria, which was administered by Heilongjiang province before the war. The region was superseded by اندرونی منگولیا Autonomous Region.
↑Regions directly administered by the central government, not part of any province. "Zhili" (modern Jiangsu and Anhui) from 1366 to 1421; "Beizhili" (modern Hebei) and "Nanzhili" (modern Jiangsu, Anhui) from 1421 to 1645; "Zhili" (modern Hebei) from 1645 to 1669. Name kept for "Zhili Province" (modern Hebei) from 1669 to 1927. See also remarks at Hebei, Jiangsu, Anhui entries.