<Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> Great Qing </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> 大 清 ᡩᠠᡳ᠌ᠴᡳᠩ ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1636--1912 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> Top: Flag (1862--1889) Bottom: Flag (1889--1911) Imperial Seal </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> Anthem 《 鞏 金甌 》 "Gong Jin'ou" ("Cup of Solid Gold") </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> Qing Empire, 1765 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Capital </Td> <Td> Shengjing (Fengtian prefecture) (1636--1644) Peking (Shuntian Prefecture) (1644--1912) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Languages </Td> <Td> Mandarin, Manchu, Mongolian, Tibetan, Chagatai, numerous regional languages and varieties of Chinese </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Religion </Td> <Td> Heaven worship, Buddhism, Chinese folk religion, Confucianism, Taoism, Islam, Shamanism, Christianity, others </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Government </Td> <Td> Monarchy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Emperor </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1636--1643 </Td> <Td> Hong Taiji (founder) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1644--1661 </Td> <Td> Fulin (first in Peking) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1908--1912 </Td> <Td> Puyi (last) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Regent </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1643--1650 </Td> <Td> Dorgon </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1908--1912 </Td> <Td> Zaifeng </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Prime Minister </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1911 </Td> <Td> Yikuang </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1911--1912 </Td> <Td> Yuan Shikai </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Historical era </Td> <Td> Imperial era </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Later Jin rule </Td> <Td> 1616--1636 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dynasty established </Td> <Td> 1636 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Qing conquest of Beijing </Td> <Td> 1644 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> First Opium War </Td> <Td> 1839--1842 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Second Opium War </Td> <Td> 1856--1860 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sino - Japanese War </Td> <Td> 1 August 1894--17 April 1895 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Xinhai Revolution </Td> <Td> 10 October 1911 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Abdication of Puyi </Td> <Td> 12 February 1912 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> Area </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1790 </Td> <Td> 13,100,000 km (5,100,000 sq mi) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1880 </Td> <Td> 11,500,000 km (4,400,000 sq mi) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> Population </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1740 est . </Td> <Td> 140,000,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1790 est . </Td> <Td> 301,000,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1898 est . </Td> <Td> 395,918,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Currency </Td> <Td> Cash (wén) <P> Tael (liǎng) </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> Preceded by </Td> <Td> Succeeded by </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Later Jin </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Shun </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Southern Ming </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dzungar </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> <Td> <Table> <Tr> <Td> Republic of China </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> Great Qing </Td> </Tr>

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