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The Chinese provinces

China is subdivided into 34 administrative units, 33 belonging to the People’s Republic of China (

Zhonghua renmin gongheguo

中華人民共和國

, abbrev. PRC), 1 to the Republic of China (

Zhonghua minguo

中華民國

, abbrev. ROC). There are 23 provinces (

sheng

省

), 5 autonomous regions (

zizhiqu

自治區

, abbrev. AR), 4 special municipalities(

zhixiashi

直轄市

), and 2 special administrative regions (

tebie xingzhengqu

特別行政區

, abbrev. SAR).

General information

Province Capital Status Remarks

Anhui

安徽

Hefei

合肥

Province landlockedBeijing

北京

—

Special Municipality landlocked; capital of the PRCChongqing

重慶

— Special Municipality landlocked; est. 1997Fujian

福建

Fuzhou

福州

Province coastalGansu

甘肅

Lanzhou

蘭州

Province landlocked; border provinceGuangdong

廣東

Guangzhou

廣州

Province coastalGuangxi

廣西

Nanning

南寧

Autonomous Region coastal; border provinceGuizhou

貴州

Guiyang

貴陽

Province landlockedHainan

海南

Haikou

海口

Province coastal; est. 1988Hebei

河北

Shijiazhuang

石家庄

Province coastalHeilongjiang

黑龍江

Harbin

哈爾濱

Province landlocked; border provinceHenan

河南

Zhengzhou

鄭州

Province landlockedHong Kong

香港

— Special Administrative Region (since 1997); coastalHubei

湖北

Wuhan

武漢

Province landlockedHunan

湖南

Changsha

長沙

Province landlockedInner Mongolia

內蒙古

Hohhot

呼和浩特

Autonomous Region landlocked; border province Jiangsu

江蘇

Nanjing

南京

Province coastal Jiangxi

江西

Nanchang

南昌

Province landlocked Jilin

吉林

Changchun

長春

Province landlocked; border provinceLiaoning

遼寧

Shenyang

瀋陽

Province coastal; border provinceMacau

澳門

— Special Administrative Region (since 1999); coastalNingxia

寧夏

Yinchuan

銀川

Autonomous Region landlockedQinghai

青海

Xining

西寧

Province landlockedShaanxi

陜西

Xi’an

西安

Province landlockedShandong

山東

Ji’nan

濟南

Province coastalShanghai

上海

— Special Municipality coastalShanxi

山西

Taiyuan

太原

Province landlockedSichuan

四川

Chengdu

成都

Province landlocked Taiwan

台灣

Taipei

台北

Province

(ROC since 1945)

coastal Tianjin

天津

— Special Municipality coastal Tibet

西藏

Lhasa

拉薩

Autonomous Region landlocked; border provinceXinjiang

新疆

Urumqi

烏魯木齊

Autonomous Region landlocked; border province Yunnan

雲南

Kunming

昆明

Province landlocked; border provinceZhejiang

浙江

Hangzhou

杭州

Province coastal

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Area and population

Province Area Pop. 1949 Pop. 1987 Pop. 2005 Pop. 2006 Pop. 2007 Pop. 2008

Anhui

安徽

139,400 km² 27.86 52.99 61.20 61.10 61.18 61.35Beijing

北京

16,807 km² 4.14 9.88 15.38 15.81 16.33 16.95Chongqing

重慶

82,300 km² NA 30.2277

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31.6916 28.08 28.16 28.39Fujian

福建

121,400 km² 11.88 28.06 35.35 35.58 35.81 36.04Gansu

甘肅

454,000 km² 9.68 21.16 25.94 26.06 26.17 26.28Guangdong

廣東

179,800 km² 30.04 58.32 91.94 93.04 94.49 95.44Guangxi

廣西

236,300 km² 18.42 40.23 46.60 47.19 47.68 48.16Guizhou

貴州

176,100 km² 14.16 30.73 37.30 37.57 37.62 37.93Hainan

海南

33,920 km² 2.2812

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6.15 8.28 8.36 8.45 8.54Hebei

河北

187,700 km² 30.86 57.1 68.51 68.98 69.43 69.89Heilongjiang

黑龍江

454,000 km² 10.14 33.57

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38.20 38.23 38.24 38.25Henan

河南

167,000 km² 41.74 79.69 93.80 93.92 93.60 94.29Hong Kong

香港

1104 km² 2.0

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5.6

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6.813 6.857 6.926 6.978Hubei

湖北

187,400 km² 25.36 51.2 57.10 56.93 56.99 57.11Hunan

湖南

210,000 km² 29.87 57.94 63.26 63.42 63.55 63.80Inner Mongolia

內蒙古

1,183,000 km² 5.15 21 23.86 23.97 24.05 24.14 Jiangsu

江蘇

102,600 km² 35.12 63.48 74.75 75.50 76.25 76.77 Jiangxi

江西

166,600 km² 12.68 35.58 43.11 43.39 43.68 44.00 Jilin

吉林

187,400 km² 10.09 23.46 27.16 27.23 27.30 27.34Liaoning

遼寧

145,900 km² 18.31 37 42.21 42.71 42.98 43.15Macau

澳門

29.2 km² 188,000

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426,000

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473,000 499,000 526,000 552,000Ningxia

寧夏

66,400 km² 1.2 4.35 5.96 6.04 6.10 6.18Qinghai

青海

721,000 km² 1.48 4.28 5.43 5.48 5.52 5.54Shaanxi

陜西

205,800 km² 13.17 30.89 37.20 37.35 37.48 37.62Shandong

山東

157,000 km² 45.49 79.58 92.48 93.09 93.67 94.17Shanghai

上海

6340 km² 5.03 12.5 17.78 18.15 18.58 18.88Shanxi

山西

156,000 km² 18.81 27 33.55 33.75 33.93 34.11Sichuan

四川

485,000 km² 62.3

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104.54 82.12 81.69 81.27 81.38 Taiwan

台灣

36,006 km² 9.1

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19.673 22.690 22.790 22.867 22.943 Tianjin

天津

11,900 km² 3.99 8.31 10.43 10.75 11.15 11.76 Tibet

西藏

1,220,000 km² 1.15

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2.08 2.77 2.81 2.84 2.87Xinjiang

新疆

1,660,000 km² 4.87

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14.24 20.10 20.50 20.95 21.31 Yunnan

雲南

394,000 km² 15.95 35.34 44.50 44.83 45.14 45.43Zhejiang

浙江

101,800 km² 20.83 41.17 48.98 49.80 50.60 51.20

PRC 9,560,000 km² 541.67 1008.99*1307.56 1314.48 1321.29 1.32802

Unit for population figures: million persons (except Macau: persons)

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Chongqing: 1996; Hainan: 1950; Heilongjiang: 1985; Hong Kong: 1950, 1988; Macau: 1950, 1986; Sichuan: 1953; Taiwan: 1952; Tibet: 1952; Xinjiang: 1953; PRC: 1982Please note that information on the area of Heilongjiang province is inconclusive. According to the website of Heilongjiang’s provincial government, Heilongjiang covers an area of 473,000 square kilometers. The website of thePRC’s central government says Heilongjiang covers 454,000 square kilometers. People’s Daily Online claims Heilong-jiang covers 469,000 square kilometers, and in several atlasses published in China (and likewise on Wikipedia, bothChinese and English) the information is 460,000 square kilometers. Macau’s land area grew from 28.2 km² in 2005 to28.6 km² in 2006 and 29.2 km² in 2007 due to land reclamation efforts.

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Annual data

Units

—Population density: persons per km²; total GRP: billion Yuan RMB / billion US$; per capita GRP: YuanRMB / US$;

exceptions

—PRC: GDP; Hong Kong: GDP (currencies: HK$/US$); Macau: GDP (currencies: M$/US$); Taiwan: GDP/per capita GNP (currencies: NT$/US$)

2005

Province Area (km²)Population (million)Population density Total GRP (bn. RMB)Per capita GRP (RMB)Total GRP (bn. US$)Per capita GRP (US$)

Anhui 139,400 61.20 442.03 537.5128782.87 65.523 1070.63Beijing 16,807 15.38 915.47 688.63144,774.4483.945 5458.06Chongqing 82,300 31.6916341.21 306.6929677.39 37.386 1179.69Fujian 121,400 35.35 291.18 656.89318,582.5480.076 2265.23Gansu 454,000 25.94 57.13 193.3987455.58 23.575 908.82Guangdong 179,800 91.94 511.34 2236.65424,327.32272.653 2965.55Guangxi 236,300 46.60 197.20 407.5758746.24 49.684 1066.18Guizhou 176,100 37.30 211.81 197.9065305.79 24.125 646.78Hainan 33,920 8.28 243.52 89.457 10,803.9810.905 1317.02Hebei 187,700 68.51 364.99 1009.61114,736.69123.073 1796.42Heilongjiang 454,000 38.20 84.14 551.15014,428.0167.186 1758.79Henan 167,000 93.80 561.67 1058.74211,287.22129.063 1375.93Hong Kong 1104 6.813 6171.191382.6 202,935.56 177.760 26,091.37Hubei 187,400 57.10 304.69 652.01411,418.8079.482 1391.97Hunan 210,000 63.26 301.23 651.13410,292.9879.374 1254.72Inner Mongolia 1,183,000 23.86 20.16 389.55516,326.6947.487 1990.23 Jiangsu 102,600 74.75 728.55 1830.56624,489.17223.150 2985.28 Jiangxi 166,600 43.11 258.76 405.6769410.25 49.452 1147.11 Jilin 187,400 27.16 144.93 362.02713,329.4144.131 1624.85Liaoning 145,900 42.21 289.30 786.08518,623.1995.825 2270.20Macau 28.2 0.473 16,538.4692.19 194,904.86 11.071 23,406.09Ningxia 66,400 5.96 89.75 60.626 10,172.147.390 1240.00Qinghai 721,000 5.43 7.53 54.332 10,005.896.623 1219.70Shaanxi 205,800 37.20 180.75 377.26910,141.6345.989 1236.28Shandong 157,000 92.48 589.04 1851.68720,022.56225.724 2440.78Shanghai 6340 17.78 2804.41916.41051,541.61111.712 6283.04Shanxi 156,000 33.55 215.06 417.95212,457.5850.949 1518.59Sichuan 485,000 82.12 169.31 738.5118993.07 90.026 1096.27 Taiwan 36,006 22.69 630.16 11,454.727518,511 358.958 16,113 Tianjin 11,900 10.43 876.47 369.76235,451.7745.074 4321.57 Tibet 1,220,000 2.77 2.27 25.021 9032.85 3.050 1101.12Xinjiang 1,660,000 20.10 12.10 260.41912,956.1631.745 1579.35 Yunnan 394,000 44.50 112.94 347.2897804.24 42.335 951.34Zhejiang 101,800 48.98 481.13 1343.78527,435.38163.810 3344.42

PRC 9,560,000 1307.56136.77 18,386.7914,061.902241.392 1714.17

2006

Province Area (km²)Population (million)Population density Total GRP (bn. RMB)Per capita GRP (RMB)Total GRP (bn. US$)Per capita GRP (US$)

Anhui 139,400 61.10 438.30 614.87310,063.3877.033 1260.77Beijing 16,807 15.81 940.67 787.02849,780.3998.601 6236.66Chongqing 82,300 28.08 341.19 349.15712,434.3643.743 1557.82Fujian 121,400 35.58 293.08 761.45521,401.2095.397 2681.21Gansu 454,000 26.06 57.40 227.6708736.37 28.523 1094.52Guangdong 179,800 93.04 517.46 2620.44728,164.73328.299 3528.57Guangxi 236,300 47.19 199.70 482.85110,232.0660.493 1281.90Guizhou 176,100 37.57 213.34 228.2006073.99 28.589 760.97

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