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Administrative
Division System ...
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China's administrative units are currently based on a three-level
system dividing the nation into provinces, counties, and townships:
-- Thee 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,
national minority 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
autonomous national minority 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 present, China was divided into 23 provinces, 5 autonomous regions,
4 municipalities directly under the Central Government, and 2 special
administrative region (see the following table).
China's
Provinces, Autonomous Regions, Centrally Administered Municipalities
and Special Administrative Regions
|
Name
|
Seat
of Government
|
Area
(100,000sqkm)
|
Population
(100,000)
|
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Beijing
Municipality
|
Beijing
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0.168
|
125.7
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Tianjin
Municipality
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Tianjin
|
0.113
|
95.9
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Hebei
Province
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Shijiazhuang
|
1.900
|
661.4
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Shanxi
Province
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Taiyuan
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1.560
|
320.4
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Inner
Mongolia Autonomous Region
|
Hohhot
|
11.830
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236.2
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Liaoning
Province
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Shenyang
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1.457
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417.1
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Jilin
Province
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Changchun
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1.870
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265.8
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Heilongjiang
Province
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Harbin
|
4.690
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379.2
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Shanghai
Municipality
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Shanghai
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0.062
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147.4
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Jiangsu
Province
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Nanjing
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1.026
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721.3
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Zhejiang
Province
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Hangzhou
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1.018
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447.5
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Anhui
Province
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Hefei
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1.390
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623.7
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Fujian
Province
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Fuzhou
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1.200
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331.6
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Jiangxi
Province
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Nanchang
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1.666
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423.1
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Shandong
Province
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Jinan
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1.530
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888.3
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Henan
Province
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Zhengzhou
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1.670
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938.7
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Hubei
Province
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Wuhan
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1.874
|
593.8
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Hunan
Province
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Changsha
|
2.100
|
653.2
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Guangdong
Province
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Guangzhou
|
1.860
|
727.0
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Guangxi
Autonomous Region
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Nanning
|
2.363
|
471.3
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Hainan
Province
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Haikou
|
0.340
|
76.2
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Chongqing
Municipality
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Chongqing
|
0.820
|
307.5
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Sichuan
Province
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Chengdu
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4.880
|
855.0
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Guizhou
Province
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Guiyang
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1.700
|
371.0
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Yunnan
Province
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Kunming
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3.940
|
419.2
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Tibet
Autonomous Region
|
Lhasa
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12.200
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25.6
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Shaanxi
Province
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Xi'an
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2.050
|
361.8
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Gansu
Province
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Lanzhou
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4.500
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254.3
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Qinghai
Province
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Xining
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7.200
|
51.0
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Ningxia
Autonomous Region
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Yinchuan
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0.664
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54.3
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Xinjiang
Autonomous Region
|
Urumqi
|
16.000
|
177.4
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Hong
Kong Special Administrative Region
|
Hong
Kong
|
0.01092
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68.4
(in mid 1999)
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| Macao
Special Administrative Region |
Macao |
0.00024 |
4.3 |
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Taiwan Province
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0.360
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217.4
(at the end of 1997)
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