North Zhili
Beizhili, formerly romanized as, Pechili, Peichili, etc. and also known as North or Northern Zhili or Chih-li, was a history of the [administrative divisions of China before 1912|historical] province of the Ming dynasty. Its capital was Beijing, from which it is also sometimes known as Beijing or Peking Province. Beizhili mostly covered the area of the Yuan Yuan Empire|province] of Zhongshuthe "Central Administration"and took its own nameChinese 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 of [China |Republic of China] Zhili was renamed Hopei and then relieved of the newly-created municipalities of China|municipalities] of Peiping and Tientsin. The borders were modified by the People's Republic of China, and small parts of what was once Beizhili were also ceded to Henan and Shandong.