Yunnan Province, Republic of China
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Yunnan is a de jure province in the Republic of China according to the ROC law, as the ROC government formally claims to be the legitimate government of the whole China. It was one of the 22 provinces set up during the Qing dynasty. As one of the 6 provinces in South China, the territory it administers was slightly larger than the present-day Yunnan.
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Yunnan Province 雲南省 | |||||||||
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Province of the Republic of China (1912–1951) | |||||||||
1912–1951 | |||||||||
Yunnan Province (red) in the de jure territory of the Republic of China | |||||||||
Capital | Kunming (1912–1949, de jure) Bangkok, Thailand (in exile) (1950–1951) | ||||||||
Area | |||||||||
• 1947 | 420,465 km2 (162,342 sq mi) | ||||||||
Population | |||||||||
• 1947 | 9,066,000 | ||||||||
Historical era | 20th century | ||||||||
• Established | 1912 | ||||||||
• Defection of the Provincial Government | 9 December 1949 | ||||||||
• PRC establishes full control of Yunnan | 1951 | ||||||||
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Today part of | China Myanmar |
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As the ROC does not recognize changes in administrative divisions made by the PRC, including this province, official maps of the ROC government shows Yunnan in its pre-1949 boundaries.