According to the administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China (PRC) including Hong Kong and Macau, there are three level of cities, namely provincial-level cities (municipalities and SARs), prefectural-level cities, and county-level cities. As of 2009 the PRC has a total of 656 cities: 4 municipalities, 2 SARs, 283 prefecture-level cities (including Sub-provincial cities) and 367 county-level cities (including Sub-prefectural cities).
Sub-provincial cities are prefecture-level, and Sub-prefectural cities are county-level, but given higher degree of power than cities of the same level.
Based on 2010 census data, the largest cities are the four centrally administered municipalities, which include dense urban areas, suburbs, and large rural areas: Chongqing (28.84 million), Shanghai (23.01 million), Beijing (19.61 million), and Tianjin (12.93 million). Other major Sub-provincial cities are Chengdu (14.04 million), Guangzhou (12.70 million), Harbin (10.63 million), Shenzhen (10.35 million), Wuhan (9.78 million), Qingdao (8.71 million), Hangzhou (8.70 million), Xi’an (8.46 million), Shenyang (8.10 million), Nanjing (8 million), Changchun (7.67 million), Ningbo (7.60 million), Jinan (6.81 million), Dalian (6.69 million), and Xiamen (3.53 million).
The PRC had more than 660 cities by the end of 2002, of which 10 had populations of more than 4 million each in the urban area; 23, between 2 and 4 million; 138, between 1 and 2 million; 279, between 500,000 and 1 million; 171, between 200,000 and 500,000; and 39, less than 200,000.[1]
[edit] Municipalities and special administrative regions
(Municipalities and special administrative regions are provincial-level divisions.)
- Municipalities
- Beijing (北京)
- Chongqing (重庆)
- Shanghai (上海)
- Pudong (浦东) (sub-provincial new area, strictly speaking not a city, but given the power higher than an ordinary prefecture-level city)
- Tianjin (天津)
- Binhai (滨海) (sub-provincial new area, strictly speaking not a city, but given the power higher than an ordinary prefecture-level city)
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- Special administrative regions
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[edit] Anhui Province
- Prefectural-level
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- County-level
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[edit] Fujian Province
- Prefectural-level
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- County-level
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[edit] Gansu Province
- Prefectural-level
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- County-level
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[edit] Guangdong Province
- Prefectural-level
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- County-level
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[edit] Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
- Prefectural-level
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- County-level
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[edit] Guizhou Province
- Prefectural-level
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- County-level
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[edit] Hainan Province
- Prefectural-level
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- County-level (Sub-prefecture-level)
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[edit] Hebei Province
- Prefectural-level
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- County-level
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[edit] Heilongjiang Province
- Prefectural-level
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- County-level
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[edit] Henan Province
- Prefectural-level
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- County-level
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[edit] Hubei Province
- Prefectural-level
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- County-level
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[edit] Hunan Province
- Prefectural-level
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- County-level
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[edit] Jiangsu Province
- Prefectural-level
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- County-level
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[edit] Jiangxi Province
- Prefectural-level
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- County-level
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[edit] Jilin Province
- Prefectural-level
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- County-level
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[edit] Liaoning Province
- Prefectural-level
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- County-level
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[edit] Nei Mongol Autonomous Region (Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region)
- Prefectural-level
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- County-level
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[edit] Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
- Prefectural-level
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- County-level
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[edit] Qinghai Province
- Prefectural-level
- Xining (西宁) - Provincial capital
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- County-level
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[edit] Shaanxi Province
- Prefectural-level
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- County-level
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[edit] Shandong Province
- Prefectural-level
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- County-level
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[edit] Shanxi Province
- Prefectural-level
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- County-level
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[edit] Sichuan Province
- Prefectural-level
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- County-level
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[edit] Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region
- Prefectural-level
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- County-level
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[edit] Xizang Autonomous Region (Tibet Autonomous Region)
- Prefectural-level
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- County-level
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[edit] Yunnan Province
- Prefectural-level
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- County-level
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[edit] Zhejiang Province
- Prefectural-level
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- County-level
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[edit] Taiwan Province (claimed)
- This list is about the cities in Taiwan Province claimed by the People's Republic of China, covering an area over which the PRC has no control. For the cities that currently exists as controlled by the Republic of China, see List of cities in the Republic of China.
- Prefectural-level
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- County-level
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