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How many cities in Chinese history have been capitals?

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There are traditionally four major historical capitals of China referred to as the "Four Great Ancient Capitals of China"
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There are so many cities in China that have been capitals. Which city has done so the most? Imperial capital Beijing? The old capital Nanjing? The old capital Luoyang? Or the abandoned capital Xi'an? It can’t be Chengdu. For the convenience of comparison, we exclude cities like Zibo, Handan, Dali, and Zhangye, which are occasionally capitals or the capitals of remote barbarians, and list the cities with more capitals. There are probably as many as this. A: Xianyang, Shangqiu, Anyang, Zhengzhou, Luoyang, Xuchang, Kaifeng, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Linzhang, Beijing, Xi'an, Nanjing.

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