Western Capital
| Western Capital | |||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 西京 | ||||||||||||
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| Vietnamese alphabet | Tây Kinh | ||||||||||||
| Chữ Hán | 西京 | ||||||||||||
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| Hangul | 서경 | ||||||||||||
| Hanja | 西京 | ||||||||||||
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| Kanji | 西京 | ||||||||||||
| Kana | さいきょう さいけい | ||||||||||||
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Western Capital may refer to:
China
- The former name of Xi'an, called Xijing during the Han, Sui and Tang dynasties
- The former name of Luoyang, called Xijing during the Later Jin of the Five Dynasties period
- The former name of Datong, called Xijing during the (Khitan) Liao and (Jurchen) Jin dynasties
- The former name of Lingwu
- The former name of Fengxiang
- The former name of Linjiang
- The former name of Chengdu, called Xijing by a short-lived successor state to the Ming
Japan
- Another name of Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi, by contrast with Kyoto "Capital"
- Another name of Kyoto, by contrast with Tokyo "Eastern capital"
- Nishikyō-ku, Kyoto, a ward located in western Kyoto
Korean peninsula
- Pyongyang, was changed to "Seogyeong" by Wang's Goryeo on the Korean peninsula
- Cheongju, was one of the five small capitals of Unified Silla on the Korean peninsula
Vietnam
- Ho Chi Minh City, formerly called "Saigon"
- Thanh Hóa, western capital of Lê dynasty
See also
- Beijing (disambiguation) — Beijing means "Northern Capital".
- Nanjing (disambiguation) — Nanjing means "Southern Capital".
- Dongjing (disambiguation) — Dongjing means "Eastern Capital".
- Shangjing (disambiguation) — Shangjing means "Supreme Capital".