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Kaifeng
City (pop., 1990: 508,000), N Henan province, China. In the 4th cent. BC it became the capital of the Wei dynasty, and the first of its canals was built. It was destroyed by the Qin dynasty in the late 3rd cent. BC, and until the 5th cent. AD it was only a market town. It became an important commercial center in the 7th cent., enriched by traffic along the Grand Canal, and it was the capital of the Five Dynasties and the Song dynasty. Kaifeng was the site of China's only large Jewish community (12th-15th cent.).
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