Kouang-Tchéou-Wan 廣州灣 | |||||||||
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| 1898–1945 | |||||||||
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 Location of Kwangchow Wan and French Indochina | |||||||||
| Status | Leased territory of France | ||||||||
| Capital | Fort-Bayard | ||||||||
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| Historical era | New Imperialism | ||||||||
• French occupation | 22 April 1898 | ||||||||
• Leased by France | 29 May 1898 | ||||||||
• Administered by French Indochina | 5 January 1900 | ||||||||
• Occupied by Japan | 21 February 1943 | ||||||||
• Returned by France | 18 August 1945 | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| 1,300 km2 (500 sq mi) | |||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1911 | 189,000 | ||||||||
• 1935 | 209,000 | ||||||||
| Currency | French Indochinese piastre | ||||||||
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| Leased Territory of Guangzhouwan | |||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 廣州灣 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 广州湾 | ||||||||||||||
| Cantonese Yale | gwóng dzàu wāan | ||||||||||||||
| Jyutping | Gwong2 Zau1 Waan1 | ||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Guangzhou Bay | ||||||||||||||
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| French | Kouang-Tchéou-Wan | ||||||||||||||
The Leased Territory of Guangzhouwan,[citation needed] officially the Territoire de Kouang-Tchéou-Wan,[nb 1] was a territory on the coast of present-day Zhanjiang in China leased to France and administered by French Indochina.[1] The capital of the territory was Fort-Bayard, present-day Zhanjiang.[nb 2]
The Japanese occupied the territory in February 1943. In 1945, following the surrender of Japan, France formally relinquished Guangzhouwan to the Republic of China. The territory did not experience the rapid growth in population that other parts of coastal China experienced, rising from 189,000 in the early 20th century[2] to just 209,000 in 1935.[3] Industries included shipping and coal mining.
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- ^ Gale 1970, p. 201.
- ^ Chisholm 1911.
- ^ Priestly 1967, p. 441.