| Huguang | |||||||
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 Huguang in a 1682 Italian map of China | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 湖廣 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 湖广 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | The Lake Expanse The Broad Lake Provinces | ||||||
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Huguang[a] was a province of China during the Yuan and Ming dynasties.[2] It was founded by the Yuan dynasty in 1274.[3] During the Yuan dynasty it included the areas of modern Hubei south of the Yangtze river, Hunan, Guizhou, and Guangxi. During the Ming dynasty it came to include just the modern provinces of Hubei and Hunan, in the process adding areas north of the Yangtze. It was partitioned in 1644 by the newly established Qing dynasty, becoming the provinces of Hubei and Hunan, which were administered by the viceroy of Lianghu ("The Two Lake Provinces").
- ^ EB (1878), Vol. V, "China".
- ^ "Modern Day Location of Huguang" (in Chinese). Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved December 1, 2010.
- ^ Yuan shi, 91:2305-7
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