Provinces of China

Anhui Province

Capital: Hefei
Area: 139,000 square km
Population: 60.70 million
Major Cities:

Huangshan

Bengbu

Tongling

Ma'anshan            

Beijing (China's Capital, Municipality)

Area: 16,800 square km
Population: 13.82 million (2001)
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Chongqing (Promoted as Municipality in 1997)

Area: 82,000 square km
Population: 30.90 million (2001)
 

Fujian Province

Capital: Fuzhou
Area: 120,000 square km
Population: 32.61 million
Major Cities:

Xiamen

Zhangzhou

Gansu Province

Capital: Lanzhou
Area: 450,000 square km
Population: 24.67 million

Major Cities:

Dunhuang

Jiayuguan

Guangdong Province

Capital: Guangzhou
Area: 186,000 square km
Population: 69.61 million

Major Cities:

Guangzhou (Population: 10.15 million)

Chaozhou

Dongguan

Shantou

Shenzhen (Population: 4.05 million)

Shunde

Zhuhai

Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

Capital: Nanning
Area: 236,300 square km
Population: 45.89 million

Major Cities:

Beihai

Guilin

Liuzhou

Guizhou Province

Capital: Guiyang
Area: 176,100 square km
Population: 36.576 million

Major Cities:

Anshun

Zunyi

Hainan Province

Capital: Haikou
Area: 34,000 square km
Population: 7.34 million

Major Cities:

Sanya                                                

Hebei Province

Capital: Shijiazhuang
Area: 190,000 square km
Population: 64.84 million

Major Cities:

Cangzhou

Chengde

Qinhuangdao (Including Beidaihe and Shanhaiguan)

Tangshan

Baoding

Zhangjiakou

Heilongjiang Province

Capital: Harbin
Area: 469,000 square km
Population: 37.28 million

Major Cities:

Hailaer

Mohe

Mudanjiang

Qiqihar

Suifenhe

Henan Province

Capital: Zhengzhou
Area: 167,000 square km
Population: 92.56 million (2001)

Major Cities:

Anyang

Kaifeng

Luoyang

Sanmenxia

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR)

Area: 1,092 square km
Population: 6.86 million (2001)
(re-controlled by China in July of 1997)                       

Hubei Province

Capital: Wuhan
Area: 187,400 square km
Population: 58.25 million

Major Cities:

Huangshi

Shiyan

Shashi

Xiangfan

Yichang

Hunan Province

Capital: Changsha
Area: 210,000 square km
Population: 64.28 million

Major Cities:

Changde

Dayong

Hengyang

Xiangtan

Zhangjiajie

Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

Capital: Hohhot
Area: 1,183,000 square km
Population: 23.07 million

Major Cities:

Baotou

Chifeng

Wuhai

Jiangsu Province (Nanjing)

Area: 102,600 square km
Population: 71.10 million

Major Cities:

Nanjing

Lianyungang

Suzhou

Wuxi

Zhenjiang

Jiangxi Province

Capital: Nanchang
Area: 166,600 square km
Population: 41.05 million

Major Cities:

Jiujiang

Lushan

Jian

Jinggangshan

Jilin Province

Capital: Changchun
Area: 187,000 square km
Population: 26.10 million

Major Cities:

Jilin

Tuman

Yanji

Liaoning Province

Capital: Shenyang
Area: 145,700 square km
Population: 41.16 million

Major Cities:

Shenyang

Dalian

Dandong

Anshan

Wafangdian

Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR)

Area: 23.5 square km
Population: 137,455
(re-controlled by China in December of 1999)    

Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region

Capital: Yinchuan
Area: 66,400 square km
Population: 5.21 million

Major Cities:

Shizuishan

Qinghai Province

Capital: Xining
Area: 720,000 square km
Population: 4.88 millions

Major Cities:

Shaanxi Province

Capital: Xi'an
Area: 205,000 square km
Population: 35.43 million

Major Cities:

Xianyang

Baoji

Hanzhong

Shandong Province

Capital: Jinan
Area: 153,000 square km
Population: 90.79 million (2001)

Major Cities:

Weihai (Population: 2.462 million)

Dezhou

Linyi

Qingdao

Qufu

Tai'an

Yantai

Shanghai (Municipality)

Area: 6,200 square km
Population: 16.74 million (2001)

Shanxi Province

Capital: Taiyuan
Area: 156,000 square km
Population: 31.09 million

Major Cities:

Datong

Linfen

Yangquan

Sichuan Province

Capital: Chengdu
Area: 488,000 square km
Population: 84.28 million

Major Cities:

Chengdu (Population: 9.97 million)

Emeishan

Zigong

Daxianshi

Tianjin (Municipality)

Area: 11,300 square km
Population: 10.01 million (2001)
 

Tibet (Xizang) Autonomous Region

Capital: Lhasa
Area: 1,220,000 square km
Population: 2.62 million (2001)

Major Cities:

Xigaze

Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

Capital: Urumqi
Area: 1,600,000 square km
Population: 16.89 million

Major Cities:

Kashgar

Turfan

Yunnan Province

Capital: Kunming
Area: 394,000 square km
Population: 40.42 million

Major Cities:

Kunming

Dali

Simao

Xishuangbanna       

Zhejiang Province

Capital: Hangzhou
Area: 101,800 square km
Population: 43.43 million

Major Cities:

Hangzhou

Jiaxing

Ningbo

Shaoxing

Wenzhou