Administrative Division System

2003-09-24 China Culture

  

  China's administrative units are currently based on a three-tier system. According to the Constitution of the PRC, the administrative division of China is as follows:

  

1.The country is divided into provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government;

  

2.Provinces and autonomous regions are divided into autonomous prefectures, counties, autonomous counties and cities; and

  

3. Counties, autonomous counties and cities are divided into townships, ethnic minority townships, and towns.

  

  At the moment, China is divided into 23 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, 4 municipalities directly under the Central Government and 2 special administrative regions (see the following table).

  

  China's Provinces, Autonomous Regions, Centrally Administered Municipalities and Special Administrative Regions

  

  Name

  Seat of Government

  Area

  (10,000 sq km)

  Population*

  (10,000 persons)

  Beijing Municipality

  Beijing

  1.68

  1,383

  Tianjin Municipality

  Tianjin

  1.13

  1,004

  Hebei Province

  Shijiazhuang

  19.00

  6,699

  Shanxi Province

  Taiyuan

  15.60

  3,272

  Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

  Hohhot

  118.30

  2,377

  Liaoning Province

  Shenyang

  14.57

  4,194

  Jilin Province

  Changchun

  18.70

  2,691

  Heilongjiang Province

  Harbin

  46.90

  3,811

  Shanghai Municipality

  Shanghai

  0.62

  1,614

  Jiangsu Province

  Nanjing

  10.26

  7,355

  Zhejiang Province

  Hangzhou

  10.18

  4,613

  Anhui Province

  Hefei

  13.90

  6,328

  Fujian Province

  Fuzhou

  12.00

  3,440

  Jiangxi Province

  Nanchang

  16.66

  4,186

  Shandong Province

  Jinan

  15.30

  9,041

  Henan Province

  Zhengzhou

  16.70

  9,555

  Hubei Province

  Wuhan

  18.74

  5,975

  Hunan Province

  Changsha

  21.00

  6,596

  Guangdong Province

  Guangzhou

  18.60

  7,783

  Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

  Nanning

  23.63

  4,788

  Hainan Province

  Haikou

  3.40

  796

  Chongqing Municipality

  Chongqing

  8.20

  3,097

  Sichuan Province

  Chengdu

  48.80

  8,640

  Guizhou Province

  Guiyang

  17.00

  3,799

  Yunnan Province

  Kunming

  39.40

  4,287

  Tibet Autonomous Region

  Lhasa

  122.00

  263

  Shaanxi Province

  Xi'an

  20.50

  3,659

  Gansu Province

  Lanzhou

  45.00

  2,575

  Qinghai Province

  Xining

  72.00

  523

  Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region

  Yinchuan

  6.64

  563

  Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

  Urumqi

  160.00

  1,876

  Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

  Hong Kong

  0.1092

  667(mid 2000)

  Macao Special Administrative Region

  Macao

  0.0024

  44(mid 2000)

  Taiwan Province

  Taipei

  3.60

  2,228(at the end of 2000)

  *At the end of 2001

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