Szechuan, the largest province of China, lies in the W. between Thibet (NW.) and Yunnan (SW.); more than twice the size of Great Britain; a hilly country, rich in coal, iron, &c., and traversed by the Yangtse-kiang and large tributaries; Chingtu is the capital; two towns have been opened to foreign trade, opium, silk, tobacco, musk, white wax, &c., being chief exports.
Population (circa 1900) given as 71,000,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Syzygy * Szegedin