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| The country is
divided into provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly
under the Central Government;
A province or an
autonomous region is subdivided into autonomous prefectures, counties,
autonomous counties and /or cities;
A county or an
autonomous county is subdivided into townships, ethnic townships and/or
towns.
Municipalities
directly under the Central Government and large cities are subdivided into
districts and counties; autonomous prefectures are subdivided into
counties, autonomous counties and cities. Autonomous regions, autonomous
prefectures and autonomous counties are all ethnic autonomous
areas.
The Constitution
specifically empowers the state to establish special administrative
regions when necessary. A special administrative region is a local
administrative area directly under the Central Government.
At the moment,
China is divided into 23 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, 4 municipalities
directly under the Central Government and 2 special administrative regions
(see the following table).
China's
Provinces, Autonomous Regions, Centrally Administered Municipalities and
Special Administrative Regions.
|
| Name |
Seat of Government |
Area
(10,000 sq km)
|
Population*
(10,000 persons) |
| Beijing Municipality |
Beijing |
1.68 |
1,383 |
| Tianjin Municipality |
Tianjin |
1.13 |
1,004 |
| Hebei
Province |
Shijiazhuang |
19.00 |
6,699 |
| Shanxi Province |
Taiyuan |
15.60 |
3,272 |
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
|
Hohhot |
118.30 |
2,377 |
| Liaoning Province |
Shenyang |
14.57 |
4,194 |
| Jilin Province |
Changchun |
18.70 |
2,691 |
| Heilongjiang Province |
Harbin |
46.90 |
3,811 |
| Shanghai Municipality |
Shanghai |
0.62 |
1,614 |
| Jiangsu Province |
Nanjing |
10.26 |
7,355 |
| Zhejiang Province |
Hangzhou |
10.18 |
4,613 |
| Anhui Province |
Hefei |
13.90 |
6,328 |
| Fujian Province |
Fuzhou |
12.00 |
3,440 |
| Jiangxi
Province |
Nanchang |
16.66 |
4,186 |
| Shandong Province |
Jinan |
15.30 |
9,041 |
| Henan Province |
Zhengzhou |
16.70 |
9,555 |
| Hubei Province |
Wuhan |
18.74 |
5,975 |
| Hunan Province |
Changsha |
21.00 |
6,596 |
| Guangdong Province |
Guangzhou |
18.60 |
7,783 |
Guangxi Zhuang
Autonomous Region
|
Nanning |
23.63 |
4,788 |
| Hainan Province |
Haikou |
3.40 |
796 |
| Chongqing Municipality |
Chongqing |
8.20 |
3,097 |
| Sichuan Province |
Chengdu |
48.80 |
8,640 |
| Guizhou Province |
Guiyang |
17.00 |
3,799 |
| Yunnan Province |
Kunming |
39.40 |
4,287 |
| Tibet Autonomous Region |
Lhasa |
122.00 |
263 |
| Shaanxi Province |
Xi'an |
20.50 |
3,659 |
| Gansu Province |
Lanzhou |
45.00 |
2,575 |
| Qinghai Province |
Xining |
72.00 |
523 |
| Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region |
Yinchuan |
6.64 |
563 |
| Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region |
Urumqi |
160.00 |
1,876 |
| Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region |
Hong
Kong |
0.1092 |
667(mid
2000) |
| Macao Special
Administrative Region |
Macao |
0.0024 |
44(mid 2000)
|
| Taiwan Province |
| 3.60 |
2,228(at the end of 2000)
|
*At the end of year
2001 |
|