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===[[Special administrative region]]s===
===[[Special administrative region]]s===
====[[Hong Kong|Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China]]====
====[[Hong Kong|Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ]]====
''see'' [[List of cities and towns in Hong Kong]]
''see'' [[List of cities and towns in Hong Kong]]
====[[Macau|Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China]]====
====[[Macau|Macau Special Administrative Region ]]====
''see'' [[Municipalities of Macau]]
''see'' [[Municipalities of Macau]]


Revision as of 13:39, 3 December 2006

According to administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China, there are three level of cities, namely municipalities, prefecture-level cities, and county-level cities.

Sub-provincial cities are prefecture-level, and Sub-prefecture-level cities are county-level, but given higher degree of power than cities of the same level.

Largest cities

Beijing.
Tianjin.
Wuhan.
Hong Kong.

The PRC has dozens of major cities, including 3 of the 55 global cities.[1]

# City City population
estimate[2] (2002),
million people		 Administrative region Region
1. Shanghai 9,031,200 Shanghai Municipality East
2. Beijing 7,129,500 Beijing Municipality North
3. Hong Kong 7,012,738 Hong Kong SAR South
4. Tianjin 4,344,500 Tianjin Municipality North
5. Wuhan 3,957,500 Hubei Province Central
6. Shenyang 3,452,900 Liaoning Province Northeast
7. Guangzhou 3,433,700 Guangdong Province South
8. Harbin 2,765,400 Heilongjiang Province Northeast
9. Xi'an 2,656,500 Shaanxi Province Northwest
10. Chongqing 2,311,600 Chongqing Municipality Southwest
11. Kowloon 2,279,200 Hong Kong SAR South
12. Chengdu 1,927,100 Sichuan Province Southwest
13. Changchun 1,886,700 Jilin Province Northeast
14. Taiyuan 1,832,200 Shanxi Province North
15. Nanjing 1,800,000 Jiangsu Province East
16. Jinan 1,728,400 Shandong Province East
17. Dalian 1,657,500 Liaoning Province Northeast
18. Qingdao 1,449,500 Shandong Province East
19. Lanzhou 1,434,500 Gansu Province Northwest
20. Fushun 1,384,000 Liaoning Province Northeast
21. Zhengzhou 1,347,700 Henan Province Central

Municipalities

(Municipalities are provincial-level divisions.)

Provinces

(Only prefecture-level cities but not county-level cities are listed below, and only the major ones are listed, see the articles of the provinces for full lists.)

Anhui

Fujian

Gansu

Guangdong

Guizhou

Hainan

Hebei

Heilongjiang

Henan

Hubei

Hunan

Jiangsu

Jiangxi

Jilin

Liaoning

Qinghai

Shaanxi

Shandong

Shanxi

Sichuan

Yunnan

Zhejiang

Autonomous regions

Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

Nei Mongol Autonomous Region (Inner Mongolia)

Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region

Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region

Xizang Autonomous Region (Tibet)

Special administrative regions

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

see List of cities and towns in Hong Kong

Macau Special Administrative Region

see Municipalities of Macau

See also

External links

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  1. ^ All the Chinese given above in this section are in simplified Chinese characters, except for Kowloon, which is in traditional Chinese characters.
  2. ^ Butler, Rhett. Cities and urban areas in China with population over 100,000 (2003).
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