Guangzhouwan

Also known as Kwangchowan, French Guangdong, French Zhanjiang, Kuang-chou-wan, Guangzhou Wan

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.

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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Encyclopedic overview

13 sections

Contents

Geography
History
French occupation and early development
World War II
Cession to China
French culture
Gallery
See also
Notes
References
Citations
Sources
External links

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Guangzhouwan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.