Northwestern China

{{Unreferenced stub|auto=yes|date=December 2009}} [[Image:Xibei China.png|thumb|right|200px|Northwestern China]] '''Northwestern [[China]]''' (西北, Xīběi) includes the [[Autonomous regions of China|autonomous regions]] of [[Xinjiang]] and [[Ningxia]] and the provinces of [[Shaanxi]], [[Gansu]], and [[Qinghai]]. ==Administrative divisions== Provinces {| border=1 cellpadding=3 style="border-collapse: collapse;" |-bgcolor=cccccc ! Name !! Chinese ([[Simplified Chinese|S]]) !! [[pinyin]] !! Abbreviation !! Provincial capital !! Chinese !! pinyin !! List of county-level divisions |- |[[Gansu]]||甘肃||Gānsù||甘 gān ''or'' 陇 lǒng||[[Lanzhou]]||兰州||Lánzhōu||[[List of administrative divisions of Gansu|List of county-level divisions]] |- |[[Qinghai]]||青海||Qīnghǎi||青 qīng||[[Xining]]||西宁||Xīníng||[[List of administrative divisions of Qinghai|List of county-level divisions]] |- |[[Shaanxi]]||陕西||Shǎnxī||陕 shǎn ''or'' 秦 qín||[[Xi'an]]||西安||Xī'ān||[[List of administrative divisions of Shaanxi|List of county-level divisions]] |} Autonomous Regions {| border=1 cellpadding=3 style="border-collapse: collapse;" |-bgcolor=cccccc ! Name !! Chinese ([[Simplified Chinese|S]]) !! [[pinyin]] !! Local name !! Abbreviation !! Provincial capital !! Chinese !! pinyin !! Local name !! List of county-level divisions |- |[[Ningxia]]||宁夏||Níngxià||نٍ شيَا خُوِ ذُوْ ذِ جِ ثُوْ||宁 níng||[[Yinchuan]]||银川||Yínchuān||ىٍ ﭼُﻮًا ||[[List of administrative divisions of Ningxia|List of county-level divisions]] |- |[[Xinjiang]]||新疆||Xīnjiāng||شىنجاڭ ئۇيغۇر ئاپتونوم رايونى||新 xīn||[[Ürümqi]]||烏魯木齊||Wūlǔmùqí||ئۈرۈمچى شەھەرى||[[List of administrative divisions of Xinjiang|List of county-level divisions]] |} ==Outer Northwest China== [[File:Nguaisaibeik.png|thumb|300px|Outer Northwest China highlighted next to a map of China.]] '''Outer Northwest China''' ({{zh|c=外西北|p=Wài Xīběi}}) is a term used to describe the territories ceded from [[Qing Dynasty|Qing China]] to [[Russian Empire]] in the [[Convention of Peking]], [[Sino-Russian North West Frontier Treaty]], [[Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1881)]] and other [[Unequal Treaties]]. The territories are former parts of far western [[Xinjiang]] and northern [[Outer Mongolia]]. Historically, Outer Northwest China was part of [[Dzungaria]] but was obtained by the [[Manchus]] after their defeat of the [[Dzungar people|Dzungars]] in the 18th century. Following the [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union]], the territories are separated and governed by four successors of [[Soviet Union]]: [[Kazakhstan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Tajikistan]] and [[Russia]]. ==See also== *[[Ma clique]] *[[Tangut people|Tangut]] *[[List of regions of China]] {{People's Republic of China topics}} {{Coord missing|People's Republic of China}}