Xinjiang Province, Republic of China

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Xinjiang Province (Chinese: 新疆省; pinyin: Xīnjiāng Shěng) or Sinkiang Province was a province of the Republic of China (ROC) from 1912 to 1992. Its existence was nominal after the ROC's defeat in the Chinese Civil War and the subsequent incorporation of Xinjiang into the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1949. The provincial government relocated to Taipei and was reorganized as the Sinkiang Provincial Government Office (新疆省政府辦事處), but it was without administrative function. In the PRC, Xinjiang Province was replaced by the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in 1955.

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