List of City Name Changes - People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

  • Amoy† → Hsia-men† → Xiamen
  • Ji → Yanjing → Zhongdu → Dadu → Jingshi → Khanbalik (as Mongol capital) → Peking † → Peiping → Beijing
  • Canton† → Guangzhou
  • Chang'an → Xi'an
  • Chinchow† → Jinzhou
  • Chungking† → Chongqing
  • Jinling → Nanking† → Nanjing
  • Kirin† → Jilin
  • Bianliang → Bianjing → Kaifeng
  • Lin'an → Hangchow† → Hangzhou
  • Soochow† - Suzhou
  • Yinxu → Anyang
  • Tan-tung† → Andong → Dandong
  • Tientsin† → Tianjin
  • Shenyang → Shengjing → Fengtianfu → Mukden → Fengtian → Shenyang
  • Ch'ing-ni-wa† → Lüshunkou (aka Port Arthur) → Dalnyi → Dairen; Ryojun → Luda → Dalian
  • Swatow† → Shan-t'ou → Shantou
  • Tsinan† → Chi-nan → Jinan

†Name change in English due to replacement of outdated romanization methods such as the Chinese Postal Map Romanization method with the Pinyin method. Chinese name unchanged.

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