Guangzhouwan
Sign in to saveThe Leased Territory of Guangzhouwan, officially the ' and historically known in English as Kwangchowan or Kwangchow Wan', was a coastal territory in the Guangdong province of China, leased to France and administered by French Indochina. The capital of the territory was Fort Bayard, now Zhanjiang.
Key facts
- Country.conventional_long_name
- Kouang-Tchéou-Wan
- Country.common_name
- Kwangchow Wan
- Country.status
- Leased Territory
- Country.empire
- France
- Country.status_text
- Leased territory of France
- Country.life_span
- 1898–1945
- Country.event_pre
- French occupation
- Country.date_pre
- April 22, 1898
- Country.event_start
- Leased by France
- Country.date_start
- May 29, 1898
- Country.event1
- Administered by French Indochina
- Country.date_event1
- January 5, 1900
- Country.event2
- Occupied by Japan
- Country.date_end
- August 18, 1945
- Country.p1
- Zhanjiang
- Country.flag_p1
- Flag of the Qing Dynasty (1889-1912).svg
- Country.s1
- Zhanjiang
- Country.flag_s1
- Flag of the Republic of China.svg
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The Leased Territory of Guangzhouwan, officially the ' and historically known in English as Kwangchowan or Kwangchow Wan', was a coastal territory in the Guangdong province of China, leased to France and administered by French Indochina. The capital of the territory was Fort Bayard, now Zhanjiang.
The Empire of Japan occupied the territory in February 1943; following the surrender of Japan in 1945, France formally relinquished the territory 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 to just 209,000 in 1935.