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This is a list of [[city of China|cities]] in the [[People's Republic of China]]. |
This is a list of [[city of China|cities]] in the [[mainland China|mainland]] of the [[People's Republic of China]]. |
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For cities in [[Hong Kong]], [[Macao]] and Taiwan (The [[Republic of China]]), see [[List of cities and towns in Hong Kong]], [[List of cities and parishes in Macao]] and [[List of cities in the Republic of China (Taiwan)|List of cities in the Republic of China]]. |
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==Civic structure of cities in the PRC== |
==Civic structure of cities in the PRC== |
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Revision as of 10:07, 30 June 2005
This is a list of cities in the mainland of the People's Republic of China.
For cities in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan (The Republic of China), see List of cities and towns in Hong Kong, List of cities and parishes in Macao and List of cities in the Republic of China.
Civic structure of cities in the PRC
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.
Municipalities
(Municipalities are provincial-level divisions.)
- Beijing (Peking)
- Chongqing (Chungking)
- Shanghai
- Pudong (sub-provincial district, strictly speaking not a city, but given the power higher than an ordinary prefecture-level city)
- Tianjin (Tientsin)
Provinces
(Only perfecture-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
- Anqing
- Bengbu
- Bozhou
- Chaohu
- Chizhou
- Chuzhou
- Fuyang
- Hefei
- Huaibei
- Huainan
- Huangshan
- Lu'an
- Ma'anshan
- Suzhou
- Tongling
- Wuhu
- Xuancheng
Fujian
- Fuzhou
- Xiamen (Amoy) (Sub-provincial city)
Gansu
Guangdong
- Chaozhou (Teochew)
- Dongguan
- Foshan
- Guangzhou (Canton)
- Jiangmen
- Meizhou (Meixian, Moi-yen or Moi-yan)
- Shantou (Swatou)
- Shenzhen (Sub-provincial city)
- Xingning
- Zhanjiang
- Zhongshan
- Zhuhai
Guizhou
Hainan
Hebei
Heilongjiang
Henan
Hubei
Hunan
Jiangsu
- Nanjing (Nanking) (Sub-provincial city)
Jiangxi
Jilin
Liaoning
- Dalian (Lüda or Luta, including Lushun (Port Arthur)) (Sub-provincial city)
- Shenyang (Sub-provincial city)
Qinghai
Shaanxi
Shandong
- Jinan (Sub-provincial city)
- Qingdao (Tsingtao) (Sub-provincial city)
- Dongying
- Yantai
- Weihai
- Weifang
- Linyi
- Liaocheng
- Laiwu
- Rizhao
- Jining
- Binzhou
- Heze
- Zhibo
- Zaozhuang
- Tai'an
- Dezhou
Shanxi
Sichuan
Yunnan
Zhejiang
- Hangzhou (Hangchow) (Sub-provincial city)
- Ningbo (Sub-provincial city)
Autonomous regions
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
Nei Mongol Autonomous Region (Inner Mongolia)
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region
Xizang Autonomous Region (Tibet)
List of cities in Hong Kong
see List of cities and towns in Hong Kong
List of cities in Macau
see List of cities and parishes in Macao
10 most populous cities
- Shanghai - 13,278,500
- Beijing - 7,209,900
- Wuhan - 4,104,300
- Chengdu - 4,064,700
- Tianjin - 3,945,900
- Shenyang - 3,527,800
- Xian - 3,480,600
- Chongqing City - 3,378,900
- Guangzhou - 3,244,900
- Harbin - 3,129,300