Kwang-Chou-Wan

E49256

colonial enclave former French colony leased territory

Kwang-Chou-Wan was a small leased territory in southern China that served as a French colonial enclave administered as part of French Indochina in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Aliases (1)

Kouang-Tchéou-Wan ×1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial enclave → former French colony → leased territory →
administeredBy	French Indochina →
area	approximately 130 square miles → approximately 340 square kilometers →
borderedBy	South China Sea →
capital	Fort-Bayard →
colonialAdministrationCenter	Fort-Bayard →
colonialLanguage	French →
colonialPower	Third French Republic →
country	France →
geopoliticalRole	French foothold in southern China →
historicalEra	Age of Imperialism → early 20th century → late 19th century →
leasedFrom	Qing dynasty China →
leasedTo	France →
leaseEnd	1945 →
leaseStart	1898 →
localLanguage	Cantonese → Chinese →
locatedIn	Guangdong Province → Qinzhou Bay → southern China →
locatedOn	Leizhou Peninsula coast →
majorSettlement	Fort-Bayard →
nameInChinese	廣州灣 →
nameInFrench	Kouang-Tchéou-Wan →
partOf	French Indochina → French colonial empire →
regionToday	Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region →
relatedTo	Treaty ports in China → foreign concessions in China →
returnedTo	China →
sovereignState	Qing dynasty →
status	defunct territorial entity →
strategicUse	coaling station → commercial port → naval base →
successorState	People's Republic of China → Republic of China →
typeOfAdministration	concession →
usedBy	French Navy →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Governor-General of French Indochina →	appliesToTerritory
Kwang-Chou-Wan ("Kouang-Tchéou-Wan") →	nameInFrench