Weihaiwei

When

Oct 1906 – Oct 1930

Kind

Territorial claim

Coordinates

37.50° N, 122.10° E

Region

5

Claim resolution

4

Claim violence

0

Significance

8

Significance index

3

Significance state1

5

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

British colony from 1898 to 1930

Weihaiwei or Wei-hai-wei, on the northeastern coast of China, was a leased territory of the United Kingdom from 1898 until 1930. The capital was Port Edward. The leased territory covered 288 square miles (750 km2) and included the walled city of Weihaiwei, Port Edward just to the north, Weihaiwei Bay, Liu-kung Island and a mainland area of 72 miles (116 km) of coastline running to a depth of 10 miles (16 km) inland,…

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