NationMaster - Encyclopedia: List of China administrative divisions by area

This is a list of the first-level administrative divisions of People's Republic of China (P.R.C.) , including all provinces, autonomous regions, special administrative regions, and municipalities, in order of their total areas. The areas are given in square kilometers. This is a list of the first-level administrative divisions of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), including all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, in order of their Human Development Index (HDI). ... This is a list of the first-level administrative divisions of the Peoples Republic of China (P.R.C.) , including all provinces, autonomous regions, special administrative regions and municipalities, in order of their highest points. ... This is a list of the first-level administrative divisions of the Peoples Republic of China (P.R.C.), including all provinces, autonomous regions, special administrative regions and municipalities, in order of their natural growth rate in 2004. ... This is a list of the first-level administrative divisions of the Peoples Republic of China (P.R.C.), including all provinces, autonomous regions, special administrative regions and municipalities, in order of their life expectancy in 2000. ... This is a list of the first-level administrative divisions of the Peoples Republic of China (P.R.C.), including all provinces, autonomous regions, special administrative regions and municipalities, in order of their illiteracy rate for people aged 15 and above in 2004. ... This is a list of the current and former capitals of subnational entities of China. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...

Taiwan Province, which is completely under the jurisdiction of the Republic of China (R.O.C.) on Taiwan, is excluded from this list. Taiwan Province can refer to an existing administrative division under the government of the Republic of China or the claimed 23rd province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... The Republic of China governs Taiwan and some surrounding islands, and should not be confused with the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), which governs mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau. ...

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Category: Statistics of the People's Republic of China Xinjiang (Uyghur: (Shinjang); Chinese: æ–°ç–†; Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Hsin1-chiang1; Postal Pinyin: Sinkiang), full name Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Uyghur: Ø´Ù‰Ù†Ø¬Ø§Ú Ø¦Û‡ÙŠØºÛ‡Ø± Ø¦Ø§Ù¾ØªÙˆÙ†ÙˆÙ… Ø±Ø§ÙŠÙˆÙ†Ù‰ (Shinjang Uyghur Aptonom Rayoni); Simplified Chinese: æ–°ç–†ç»´å¾å°”è‡ªæ²»åŒº; Traditional Chinese: æ–°ç–†ç¶å¾çˆ¾è‡ªæ²»å€; Pinyin: XÄ«njiÄng WÃ©iwÃºÄ›r ZÃ¬zhÃ¬qÅ«), is an autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China. ... The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) (Tibetan: བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས་, Pö Rangyongjong; Chinese: 西藏自治区, Xīzàng Zìzhìqū), is a province-level administrative subdivision of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ... Inner Mongolia (Mongolian: ᠥᠪᠦᠷ ᠮᠣᠨᠺᠤᠯᠤᠨ ᠥᠪᠡᠷᠲᠡᠺᠡᠨ ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠬᠤ ᠣᠷᠤᠨ r Mongghul-un bertegen Jasaqu Orun; Chinese: 内蒙古自治区; Hanyu Pinyin: N i Měnggǔ Z qū) is an Autonomous Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Qinghai (Chinese: é’æµ·; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ching-hai; Postal System Pinyin: Tsinghai; Tibetan: à½˜à½šà½¼à¼‹à½¦à¾”à½¼à½“à¼‹ mtsho-sngon; Mongolian: KÃ¶ke NaÎ³ur; Manchu: Huhu Noor) is a province of the Peoples Republic of China, named after the enormous Qinghai Lake. ... (Chinese: å››å·; Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ssu-ch`uan; Postal Pinyin: Szechwan and Szechuan) is a province in central-western China with its capital at Chengdu. ... Heilongjiang (Simplified Chinese: é»‘é¾™æ±Ÿçœ; Traditional Chinese: é»‘é¾æ±Ÿçœ; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Postal System Pinyin: Heilungkiang) is a province of the Peoples Republic of China located in the northeastern part of the country. ... Gansu (Simplified Chinese: ç”˜è‚ƒ; Traditional Chinese: ç”˜è‚…; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Kan-su, Kansu, or Kan-suh) is a province located in the northwest of the Peoples Republic of China. ... (Simplified Chinese: äº‘å—; Traditional Chinese: é›²å—; pinyin: YÃºnnÃ¡n south of the clouds) is a province of the Peoples Republic of China, located in the far southwestern corner of the country. ... Guangxi (Zhuang: Gvangjsih; old orthography: ; Simplified Chinese: å¹¿è¥¿; Traditional Chinese: å»£è¥¿; Pinyin: GuÇŽngxÄ«; Wade-Giles: Kuang-hsi; Postal System Pinyin: Kwangsi), full name Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (Zhuang: Gvangjsih Bouxcuengh Swcigih; old orthography: ; Simplified Chinese: å¹¿è¥¿å£®æ—è‡ªæ²»åŒº; Traditional Chinese: å»£è¥¿å£¯æ—è‡ªæ²»å€; Pinyin: GuÇŽngxÄ« ZhuÃ ngzÃº ZÃ¬zhÃ¬qÅ«) is a Zhuang autonomous region of... Hunan (Chinese: æ¹–å—; Hanyu Pinyin: ) is a province of China, located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting (hence the name Hunan, meaning south of the lake). Hunan is sometimes called æ¹˜ (pinyin: XiÄng) for short, after the Xiang River which runs through the province. ... Shaanxi (Simplified Chinese: é™•è¥¿; Traditional Chinese: é™è¥¿; Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Shan-hsi; Postal System Pinyin: Shensi, pronounced like Shahn-shee) is a north-central province of the Peoples Republic of China, and includes portions of the Loess Plateau on the middle reaches of the Yellow River as well as the Qinling... Hebei (Chinese: æ²³åŒ—; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ho-pei; Postal System Pinyin: Hopeh) is a northern province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Jilin (Chinese: å‰æž—; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chi-lin; Postal System Pinyin: Kirin), is a province of the Peoples Republic of China located in the northeastern part of the country. ... Hubei (Chinese: æ¹–åŒ—; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Hu-pei; Postal System Pinyin: Hupeh) is a central province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... China, and should not be confused with the former Kwantung Leased Territory in north-eastern China. ... (Simplified Chinese: è´µå·ž; Traditional Chinese: è²´å·ž; pinyin: GÃ¹izhÅu; Wade-Giles: Kuei-chou; also spelled Kweichow) is a province of the Peoples Republic of China located in the southwestern part of the country. ... Henan (Chinese: æ²³å—; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ho-nan), is a province of the Peoples Republic of China, located in the central part of the country. ... Jiangxi (Chinese: æ±Ÿè¥¿; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chiang-hsi; Postal System Pinyin: Kiangsi) is a southern province of the Peoples Republic of China, spanning from the banks of the Yangtze River in the north into hillier areas in the south. ... Shanxi (Chinese: å±±è¥¿; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Shan-hsi; Postal System Pinyin: Shansi) is a province in the northern part of the Peoples Republic of China. ... (Simplified Chinese: å±±ä¸œ; Traditional Chinese: å±±æ±; pinyin: ShÄndÅng; Wade-Giles: Shan-tung) is a coastal province of eastern Peoples Republic of China. ... Liaoning (Simplified Chinese: è¾½å®; Traditional Chinese: é¼å¯§; pinyin: ) is a northeastern province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Anhui (Chinese: å®‰å¾½; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: An-hui; Postal System Pinyin: Ngan-hui, Anhwei or An-hwei) is a province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... (Chinese: ç¦å»º; Pinyin: FÃºjiÃ n; Wade-Giles: Fu-chien; Postal System Pinyin: Fukien, Foukien; local transliteration Hokkien from Min Nan Hok-kiÃ n) is one of the provinces on the southeast coast of China. ... Jiangsu (Simplified Chinese: æ±Ÿè‹; Traditional Chinese: æ±Ÿè˜‡; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chiang-su; Postal System Pinyin: Kiangsu) is a province of the Peoples Republic of China, located along the east coast of the country. ... Zhejiang (Chinese: æµ™æ±Ÿ; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Che-chiang; Postal System Pinyin: Chehkiang or Chekiang) is an eastern coastal province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Chongqing (Simplified Chinese: é‡åº†; Traditional Chinese: é‡æ…¶; pinyin: ChÃ³ngqÃ¬ng; Wade-Giles: Chung-ching; Postal System Pinyin: Chungking) is the largest and most populous of the Peoples Republic of Chinas four provincial-level municipalities, and the only one in the less densely populated western half of China. ... Ningxia (Simplified Chinese: å®å¤; Traditional Chinese: å¯§å¤; Pinyin: NÃngxiÃ ; Wade-Giles: Ning-hsia; Postal Pinyin: Ningsia), full name Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (Simplified Chinese: å®å¤å›žæ—è‡ªæ²»åŒº; Traditional Chinese: å¯§å¤å›žæ—è‡ªæ²»å€; Pinyin: NÃngxiÃ HuÃzÃº ZÃ¬zhÃ¬qÅ«), is a Hui autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China, located on the northwest Loess... Hainan (Chinese: æµ·å—; Hanyu Pinyin: ) is a province of the Peoples Republic of China, located at the southern end of the country. ... Beijing (Chinese: ; pinyin: BÄ›ijÄ«ng; ; IPA: ), a city in northern China (formerly spelled in English as Peking or Peiking), is the capital of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ... (Chinese: ; pinyin: TiÄnjÄ«n; Postal System Pinyin: Tientsin) is one of the four municipalities of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Shanghai (Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Shanghainese: ), situated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta in East China, is the largest city of the Peoples Republic of China. ...