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Beizhili, formerly romanizedasPei-chih-li, Pechili, Peichili, etc. and also known as NorthorNorthern ZhiliorChih-li, was a historical province of the Ming Empire. Its capital was Beijing, from which it is also sometimes known as BeijingorPeking Province. Beizhili mostly covered the area of the Yuan provinceofZhongshu—the "Central Administration"—and took its own name—Chinese for "Northern Directly Administered Area"—from Beijing's status as the Ming's national capital following the Yongle Emperor move there from Nanjing, which oversaw Nanzhili or the Southern Directly Administered Area. In 1645, at the beginning of the Qing dynasty, the name of Beizhili was changed to Zhili. Under the Republic and People's Republic of China, it was divided into Hebei and the provincial-level municipalitiesofBeijing and Tianjin. (Small parts of what was once Beizhili were also ceded to Henan and Shandong.)
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The Great Wall, largely constructed in its present form as protection against the Northern Yuan when the Ming administered the area around it as Beizhili
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| Traditional Chinese | 北直隸 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 北直隶 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Northern Directly Ruled [Province] Northern Directly Administered [Area] | ||||||||
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| Chinese | 北京省 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Province of the Northern Capital | ||||||||
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