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