Nansong
Nansong ནན་སོང (Byasanese) 南宋省 (Monsilvan) | |
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Autonomous province | |
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 Map of Byasa with Nansong highlighted | |
| Country |  Byasa |
| Organized | 1991 |
| Capital | Donsila |
| Government | |
| • Body | Government |
| • Provincial governor | Yu Chen |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 1,430,000 |
| Time zone | AMT+12 (BYT) |
| ISO 3166 code | BY-NSG |
Nansong (Byasanese: ནན་སོང; Monsilvan: 南宋省), officially the Autonomous Province of Nansong (Byasanese: ནན་སོང་རང་སྐྱོང་ཞིང་ཆེན; Monsilvan: 南宋自治省), is a province in northern Byasa. The province has a population of around 1.4 million people, with the majority living in the capital Donsila. Nansong lies on the border with Monsilva, specifically the Monsilvan states of Xishanjia and Wuzhong, and Baltanla. It also borders the provinces of Sarasde Rigsa to the south-east, Tsaportse and Chamdo to the south and Nagstsal Dkarpo to the west. Nansong has a hot, tropical climate with rainforests dominating the southern edges of the province and rocky mountains lining the province's border with Monsilva.
Nansong was established as a province in 1991, but has been important in Byasanese history for hundreds of years as the country's richest region and having the largest population of Monsilvans and Monsilvan speakers. Its large Monsilvan population is thanks to Nansong's history under the Zhou dynasty from 1330 to 1470. While this period is relatively short compared to Byasa's entire history, the effects of the period can be found over 550 years after the dynasty's administration ended. Nansong is also considered one of the five principal regions of Buddhism where the religion initially established itself.
