List of regions of China
| Administrative divisions of China |
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| Sub-provincial level Sub-provincial cities Sub-provincial autonomous prefectures Sub-provincial city districts |
| Prefectural cities Autonomous prefectures Leagues (Aimag) Prefectures |
| Sub-prefectural-level Sub-prefectural cities Provincial-controlled cities Provincial-controlled counties Provincial-controlled districts |
| Counties Districts Banners (Hoxu) Wolong Special Administrative Region Workers and peasants districts |
| Analogous county level units Management areas Management committee |
| Townships Subdistricts Sum County-controlled districts (pilot) |
| Analogous township level units Management areas Management committee Areas Farms area (Overseas Chinese Farm Region [zh]), Prison area, University towns, etc. |
| (Grassroots Autonomous Organizations) Villages · Gaqa · Ranches Residential Committees |
| History: before 1912, 1912–49, 1949–present Administrative division codes |
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This is a list of traditional top-level regions of China.
People's Republic of China
Statistical regions
This is a list of the 34 provincial-level divisions of the People's Republic of China grouped by its former greater administrative areas from 1949 to 1952.
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North China |
East China |
South Central China |
Southwest China |
Northwest China |
Northeast China |
Other kinds of statistics
| Region | Area | Population (2010) | Population Density | Provinces included & Notes |
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| North China (without Eastern Inner Mongolia) | 1,082,492 km2 | 153,180,300 | 142/km2 | Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, and Inner Mongolia (without Chifeng, Hinggan, Hulunbuir, and Tongliao) |
| Northeast China (with Eastern Inner Mongolia) | 1,266,869 km2 | 121,163,770 | 96/km2 | Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, and Eastern Inner Mongolia (Chifeng, Hinggan, Hulunbuir, and Tongliao) |
| East China | 832,028 km2 | 407,527,091 | 499/km2 | The above-mentioned seven entities plus the claimed Taiwan Province. Taiwan and its surrounding island groups are administered by the Republic of China but claimed by the People's Republic of China. |
| Central China | 564,700 km2 | 216,945,029 | 384/km2 | Henan, Hubei, and Hunan |
| South China | 449,654 km2 | 166,614,779 | 371/km2 | Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hong Kong, and Macau |
| Western China | 3,978,700 km2 | 289,623,281 | 73/km2 | Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, and Xinjiang |
Economic regions
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East Coast |
Central China |
Western China |
Northeast China |
PLA military regions
See also
China portal
- Administrative divisions of China
- List of ecoregions in China
- Northern and southern China
- Physiographic macroregions of China
- Regional discrimination in China
- History of the administrative divisions of China (1912–1949)
List of regions of Asia | |
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| Sovereign states |
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| States with limited recognition |
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| Dependencies and other territories |
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