Sichuan (Yuan province)
Province of the Yuan Empire, established 1294
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Sichuan Province was a province of the Yuan dynasty. It was established in 1294, after being split off from Shaanxi Province.[1]
| Sichuan province 四川行省 | |||||||||
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| Province of the Yuan dynasty | |||||||||
| 1294–1368 | |||||||||
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| Capital | Chengdu | ||||||||
| • Type | Yuan hierarchy | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1294 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1368 | ||||||||
| 1387 | |||||||||
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The area had previously been part of the Northern Song dynasty circuits Chengdufu, Zizhou, and Kuizhou.
The province was significantly smaller than today's Sichuan, although it includes portions of Chongqing Municipality, which would not be split off until 1997.