Western Capital

Western Capital
Chinese name
Chinese	西京
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xījīng Bopomofo ㄒㄧ ㄐㄧㄥ Yue: Cantonese Jyutping sai1 ging1
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabet	Tây Kinh
Chữ Hán	西京
Korean name
Hangul	서경
Hanja	西京
Transcriptions Revised Romanization Seogyeong McCune–Reischauer Sŏgyŏng
Japanese name
Kanji	西京
Kana	さいきょう さいけい
Transcriptions Romanization Saikyō Saikei

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 Liao dynasty
• 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".