List of regions of China
Administrative divisions of China |
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History: before 1912, 1912–49, 1949–present Administrative division codes |
This is a list of the 31 provincial-level divisions of the People's Republic of China grouped by its former administrative areas from 1949 to 1952, which are now known as traditional regions.
Overview
Nationalist Era regions
Northeast China
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North China
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Central China
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Northern Frontier
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Western China
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South China
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People's Republic of China
North China
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Northeast China
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East China
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South Central China
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Southwest China
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Northwest China
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Region | Map | Area | Population (2010) |
Population Density |
Provinces | Provincial seat |
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North China 华北 |
1,556,061 km² | 164,823,226 | 105/km² | Beijing | Dongcheng District | |
Tianjin | Heping District | |||||
Hebei | Shijiazhuang | |||||
Shanxi | Taiyuan | |||||
Inner Mongolia | Hohhot | |||||
Northeast China 东北 |
793,300 km² | 109,520,844 | 138/km² | Liaoning | Shenyang | |
Jilin | Changchun | |||||
Heilongjiang | Harbin | |||||
East China 华东 |
795,837 km² | 384,364,968 | 483/km² | Shanghai | Huangpu District | |
Jiangsu | Nanjing | |||||
Zhejiang | Hangzhou | |||||
Anhui | Hefei | |||||
Fujian | Fuzhou | |||||
Jiangxi | Nanchang | |||||
Shandong | Jinan | |||||
South Central China 中南 |
1,014,354 km² | 383,559,808 | 378/km² | Henan | Zhengzhou | |
Hubei | Wuhan | |||||
Hunan | Changsha | |||||
Guangdong | Guangzhou | |||||
Guangxi | Nanning | |||||
Hainan | Haikou | |||||
Hong Kong | Hong Kong | |||||
Macau | Macau | |||||
Southwest China 西南 |
2,365,900 km² | 192,979,243 | 82/km² | Chongqing | Yuzhong District | |
Sichuan | Chengdu | |||||
Guizhou | Guiyang | |||||
Yunnan | Kunming | |||||
Tibet | Lhasa | |||||
Northwest China 西北 |
3,107,701 km² | 96,644,038 | 31/km² | Shaanxi | Xi'an | |
Gansu | Lanzhou | |||||
Qinghai | Xining | |||||
Ningxia | Yinchuan | |||||
Xinjiang | Ürümqi |
Economic regions
East Coast
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Central China
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Northeast China
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Western China
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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 is 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 |
See also
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