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List of cities in the People's Republic of China

This is a list of cities in the People's Republic of China.

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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)
    • Hechuan
    • Jiangjin
    • Yongchuan
    • Nanchuan
  • 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

Fujian

Gansu

Guangdong

Guizhou

Hainan

Hebei

Heilongjiang

Henan

Hubei

Hunan

Jiangsu

Jiangxi

Jilin

Liaoning

Qinghai

Shaanxi

Shandong

Shanxi

Sichuan

Yunnan

Zhejiang

Autonomous regions

Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

Nei Mongol Autonomous Region (Inner Mongolia)

Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region

Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region

Xizang Autonomous Region (Tibet)

Special Administrative Regions

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

see List of cities and towns in Hong Kong

Macau Special Administrative Region

see List of cities and parishes in Macao

10 most populous cities

  1. Shanghai - 13,278,500
  2. Beijing - 7,209,900
  3. Wuhan - 4,104,300
  4. Chengdu - 4,064,700
  5. Tianjin - 3,945,900
  6. Shenyang - 3,527,800
  7. Xi'an - 3,480,600
  8. Chongqing City - 3,378,900
  9. Guangzhou - 3,244,900
  10. Harbin - 3,129,300

See also

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