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List of cities in the People's Republic of China
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
This is a list of cities in the People's Republic of China (PRC).
Mainland China
Civic structure of cities in mainland China
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. The special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau are not within of this system.
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 are provincial-level divisions.)
- Beijing (Peking)
- Chongqing (Chungking)
- Shanghai
- Pudong (sub-provincial district, strictly speaking not a city, but given the power higher than an ordinary prefecture-level city)
- Tianjin (Tientsin)
(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.)
- Anqing
- Bengbu
- Bozhou
- Chaohu
- Chizhou
- Chuzhou
- Fuyang
- Hefei
- Huaibei
- Huainan
- Huangshan
- Lu'an
- Ma'anshan
- Suzhou
- Tongling
- Wuhu
- Xuancheng
- Chaozhou (Teochew)
- Dongguan
- Foshan
- Guangzhou (Canton) (Sub-provincial city)
- Jiangmen
- Meizhou (Meixian, Moi-yen or Moi-yan)
- Shantou (Swatou)
- Shenzhen (Sub-provincial city)
- Xingning
- Zhanjiang
- Zhongshan
- Zhuhai
- Nanjing (Nanking) (Sub-provincial city)
- Dalian (Lüda or Luta, including Lushun (Port Arthur)) (Sub-provincial city)
- Shenyang (Sub-provincial city)
- Jinan (Sub-provincial city)
- Qingdao (Tsingtao) (Sub-provincial city)
- Dongying
- Yantai
- Weihai
- Weifang
- Linyi
- Liaocheng
- Laiwu
- Rizhao
- Jining
- Binzhou
- Heze
- Zibo
- Zaozhuang
- Tai'an
- Dezhou
- Hangzhou (Hangchow) (Sub-provincial city)
- Ningbo (Sub-provincial city)
10 most populous cities
- Shanghai - 13,278,500
- Beijing - 7,209,900
- Wuhan - 4,104,300
- Chengdu - 4,064,700
- Tianjin - 3,945,900
- Shenyang - 3,527,800
- Xi'an - 3,480,600
- Chongqing City - 3,378,900
- Guangzhou - 3,244,900
- Harbin - 3,129,300
see list of cities and towns in Hong Kong
see list of cities and parishes in Macao