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Also known as Dong Wu, Sun Wu, San guo Wu, Three Kingdoms Wu, Wu Kingdom

one of the Three Kingdoms of China (222-280)

Key facts

238
2,567,000 (disputed)
280
2,535,000 (disputed)
Capital
Wuchang , (222–229, 265–266) , Jianye , (229–265, 266–280)
Common languages
Eastern Han Chinese , Old Jiangdong Chinese, Proto-Wu Chinese
Religion
Taoism Confucianism Chinese folk religion
Government
Monarchy
Nov 222 may 252
Sun Quan
May 252 nov 258
Sun Liang
Nov 258 sep 264
Sun Xiu
Sep 264 may 280
Sun Hao
Historical era
Three Kingdoms
Conquest of wu by jin
31 May 280 AD
Currency
Chinese coin , Chinese cash

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Religion
Taoism
Continent
Asia
Capital
Nanjing
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replaces
Eastern Han
topic's main category
Category:Eastern Wu
inception
0198-00-00
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
0280-00-00
Commons category
Eastern Wu
time period
Three Kingdoms
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Encyclopedic overview

Today part of China Vietnam

Tanner (2009) estimates the Wu population to be about one-sixth of the Han population. This would be much more than the numbers given in 238 and 280, and could be because of census methods used in ancient China.

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