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They are not municipalities, prefecture-level cities nor county-level cities.
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===[[Autonomous region of China|Autonomous regions]]===
===[[Autonomous region of China|Autonomous regions]]===
====[[Guangxi|Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region]]====
====[[Guangxi|Guangxi Zhuang]]====
*[[Nanning]] (南宁)
*[[Nanning]] (南宁)
====[[Inner Mongolia|Inner Mongolia (Nei Mongol) Autonomous Region ]]====
====[[Inner Mongolia|Nei Mongol (Inner Mongolia)]]====
*[[Hohhot]] (呼和浩特)
*[[Hohhot]] (呼和浩特)
====[[Ningxia|Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region]]====
====[[Ningxia|Ningxia Hui]]====
*[[Yinchuan]] (银川)
*[[Yinchuan]] (银川)
====[[Xinjiang|Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region]]====
====[[Xinjiang|Xinjiang Uighur]]====
*[[Aksu]] (阿克苏)
*[[Aksu]] (阿克苏)
*[[Altay, Xinjiang|Altay]] (阿勒泰)
*[[Altay, Xinjiang|Altay]] (阿勒泰)
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*[[Urumqi]] (乌鲁木齐)
*[[Urumqi]] (乌鲁木齐)


====[[Tibet Autonomous Region|Tibet (Xizang) Autonomous Region]]====
====[[Tibet Autonomous Region|Xizang (Tibet)]]====
*[[Lhasa]] (拉萨)
*[[Lhasa]] (拉萨)


===[[special administrative region (People's Republic of China)|Special administrative region]]s===
===[[Special administrative region (People's Republic of China)|Special administrative region]]s===
:The special administrative regions each has a unitary government with no city defined as an administrative unit.
The special administrative regions have a unitary government without defined cities.

====[[Hong Kong]]====
====[[Hong Kong]]====
For the largest urban agglomerations, see the [[list of cities and towns in Hong Kong]].
{{main|List of cities and towns in Hong Kong}}
These are the largest urban areas:
*[[Kowloon]]
*[[Victoria City]] (Northern coast of Hong Kong Island)
*[[Tsuen Wan New Town]]
*[[Sha Tin]]
*[[Tuen Mun]]
*[[Yuen Long]]

====[[Macau]]====
====[[Macau]]====
{{main|Municipalities of Macau}}
For the former ''concelhos'' that are still used in everyday life, see the [[municipalities of Macau|list of concelhos in Macau]].
These former ''freguesia'' were defined by [[Portugal]] and still used for convenience.
* [[Our Lady of Fatima Parish|Freguesia de Nossa Senhora de Fátima]] (花地瑪堂區)
* [[St. Anthony Parish|Freguesia de Santo António]] (聖安多尼堂區 or 花王堂區)
* [[St. Lazarus Parish|Freguesia de São Lazaro]] (望德堂區)
* [[Cathedral Parish|Freguesia da Sé]] (大堂區)
* [[St. Lawrence Parish|Freguesia de São Lourenço]](風順堂區 or 聖老愣佐堂區)
* [[Our Lady of Carmel Parish|Freguesia de Nossa Senhora do Carmo]] (嘉模堂區), the island of [[Taipa]]
* [[St. Francis Xavier's Parish|Freguesia de São Francisco Xavier]] (聖方濟各堂區), the island of [[Coloane]]
* [[Cotai]], the [[land reclamation|reclaimed land]] between the islands of Taipa and Coloane


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 08:02, 4 December 2006

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.

Largest cities

Beijing.
Tianjin.
Wuhan.
Hong Kong.

The PRC has dozens of major cities, including 3 of the 55 global cities.[1]

# City City population
estimate[2] (2002),
million people		 Administrative region Region
1. Shanghai 9,031,200 Shanghai Municipality East
2. Beijing 7,129,500 Beijing Municipality North
3. Hong Kong 7,012,738 Hong Kong SAR South
4. Tianjin 4,344,500 Tianjin Municipality North
5. Wuhan 3,957,500 Hubei Province Central
6. Shenyang 3,452,900 Liaoning Province Northeast
7. Guangzhou 3,433,700 Guangdong Province South
8. Harbin 2,765,400 Heilongjiang Province Northeast
9. Xi'an 2,656,500 Shaanxi Province Northwest
10. Chongqing 2,311,600 Chongqing Municipality Southwest
11. Kowloon 2,279,200 Hong Kong SAR South
12. Chengdu 1,927,100 Sichuan Province Southwest
13. Changchun 1,886,700 Jilin Province Northeast
14. Taiyuan 1,832,200 Shanxi Province North
15. Nanjing 1,800,000 Jiangsu Province East
16. Jinan 1,728,400 Shandong Province East
17. Dalian 1,657,500 Liaoning Province Northeast
18. Qingdao 1,449,500 Shandong Province East
19. Lanzhou 1,434,500 Gansu Province Northwest
20. Fushun 1,384,000 Liaoning Province Northeast
21. Zhengzhou 1,347,700 Henan Province Central

Municipalities

(Municipalities are provincial-level divisions.)

Provinces

(Only prefecture-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

Nei Mongol (Inner Mongolia)

Ningxia Hui

Xinjiang Uighur

Xizang (Tibet)

Special administrative regions

The special administrative regions have a unitary government without defined cities.

Hong Kong

Main article: List of cities and towns in Hong Kong

These are the largest urban areas:

Macau

Main article: Municipalities of Macau

These former freguesia were defined by Portugal and still used for convenience.

See also

  1. ^ All the Chinese given above in this section are in simplified Chinese characters, except for Kowloon, which is in traditional Chinese characters.
  2. ^ Butler, Rhett. Cities and urban areas in China with population over 100,000 (2003).
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