Guangzhouwan
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 | April 22, 1898 | ||||||||
• Leased by France | May 29, 1898 | ||||||||
• Administered by French Indochina | January 5, 1900 | ||||||||
• Occupied by Japan | February 21, 1943 | ||||||||
• Returned by France | August 18, 1945 | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| 1,300 km2 (500 sq mi) | |||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1911 | 189,000 | ||||||||
• 1935 | 209,000 | ||||||||
| Currency | piaster | ||||||||
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| 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, officially the Territoire de Kouang-Tchéou-Wan and historically known in English as Kwangchowan or Kwangchow Wan, was a coastal territory of Zhanjiang, China leased to France and administered by French Indochina. The capital of the territory was Fort Bayard, now Zhanjiang.
The Japanese occupied the territory in February 1943; following Japanese surrender 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.