First or provincial level Administrative divisions of China by: |
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This is a list of the first-level administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China (PRC), including all provinces (except the claimed Taiwan Province), autonomous regions, special administrative regions, and municipalities, in order of their total land area as reported by the national or provincial-level government.
Rank | Administrative division | Area (km²) | Area (sq mi) | National share (%) | Source |
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1 | Xinjiang | 1,664,900 | 642,800 | 17.31 | [1] |
2 | Tibet | 1,228,400 | 474,300 | 12.77 | [2] |
3 | Inner Mongolia | 1,183,000 | 457,000 | 12.30 | [3] |
4 | Qinghai | 722,300 | 278,900 | 7.51 | [4] |
5 | Sichuan | 486,100 | 187,700 | 5.05 | [5] |
6 | Heilongjiang | 454,800 | 175,600 | 4.73 | [6] [lower-alpha 1] |
7 | Gansu | 425,800 | 164,400 | 4.43 | [9] |
8 | Yunnan | 394,100 | 152,200 | 4.10 | [10] |
9 | Guangxi | 237,600 | 91,700 | 2.47 | [11] |
10 | Hunan | 211,800 | 81,800 | 2.20 | [12] |
11 | Shaanxi | 205,800 | 79,500 | 2.14 | [13] |
12 | Hebei | 188,800 | 72,900 | 1.96 | [14] |
13 | Jilin | 187,400 | 72,400 | 1.95 | [15] |
14 | Hubei | 185,900 | 71,800 | 1.93 | [16] |
15 | Guangdong | 179,700 | 69,400 | 1.87 | [17] |
16 | Guizhou | 176,200 | 68,000 | 1.83 | [18] |
17 | Henan | 167,000 | 64,500 | 1.74 | [19] |
18 | Jiangxi | 166,900 | 64,400 | 1.74 | [20] |
19 | Shandong | 157,100 | 60,700 | 1.63 | [21] |
20 | Shanxi | 156,700 | 60,500 | 1.63 | [22] |
21 | Liaoning | 148,400 | 57,300 | 1.54 | [23] |
22 | Anhui | 139,400 | 53,800 | 1.45 | [24] |
23 | Fujian | 123,900 | 47,800 | 1.29 | [25] |
24 | Jiangsu | 102,600 | 39,600 | 1.07 | [26] |
25 | Zhejiang | 101,800 | 39,300 | 1.06 | [27] |
26 | Chongqing | 82,400 | 31,800 | 0.86 | [28] |
27 | Ningxia | 66,400 | 25,600 | 0.69 | [29] |
28 | Hainan | 35,354 | 13,650 | 0.37 | [30] |
29 | Beijing | 16,411 | 6,336 | 0.17 | [31] |
30 | Tianjin | 11,917 | 4,601 | 0.12 | [32] |
31 | Shanghai | 6,340.5 | 2,448.1 | 0.066 | [33] |
32 | Hong Kong | 1,105.7 | 426.9 | 0.011 | [34] |
33 | Macau | 30.5 | 11.8 | 0.0003 | [35] |
— | People's Republic of China | 9,616,400 [lower-alpha 2] | 3,712,900 [lower-alpha 3] | 100 |
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Mangshi, former name Luxi (潞西), is a county-level city and the seat of Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, western Yunnan province, China. Mangshi has an area of 2,900.91 km2 (1,120.05 sq mi), with an urban area of 18.66 km2 (7.20 sq mi). Han Chinese, Dai people and Jingpo people are the major ethnic groups. Luxi County was founded in 1949, and became a county-level city in 1996.
Zunhua is a county-level city in the northeast of Hebei province, China, bordering Tianjin to the west. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Tangshan. Historic sites include the Eastern Qing Tombs.
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