List of Chinese administrative divisions by area

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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.

RankAdministrative divisionRegionArea (km2)Area (sq mi)National
share (%)		Source
1 Xinjiang Northwestern China 1,664,900642,80017.31 [1]
2 Tibet Southwestern China 1,228,400474,30012.77 [2]
3 Inner Mongolia North China 1,183,000457,00012.30 [3]
4 Qinghai Northwestern China 722,300278,9007.51 [4]
5 Sichuan Southwestern China 486,100187,7005.05 [5]
6 Heilongjiang Northeast China 454,800175,6004.73 [6] [a]
7 Gansu Northwestern China 425,800164,4004.43 [9]
8 Yunnan Southwestern China 394,100152,2004.10 [10]
9 Guangxi South Central China 237,60091,7002.47 [11]
10 Hunan South Central China 211,80081,8002.20 [12]
11 Shaanxi Northwestern China 205,80079,5002.14 [13]
12 Hebei North China 188,80072,9001.96 [14]
13 Jilin Northeast China 187,40072,4001.95 [15]
14 Hubei South Central China 185,90071,8001.93 [16]
15 Guangdong South Central China 179,70069,4001.87 [17]
16 Guizhou Southwestern China 176,20068,0001.83 [18]
17 Henan South Central China 167,00064,5001.74 [19]
18 Jiangxi East China 166,90064,4001.74 [20]
19 Shandong East China 157,10060,7001.63 [21]
20 Shanxi North China 156,70060,5001.63 [22]
21 Liaoning Northeast China 148,40057,3001.54 [23]
22 Anhui East China 139,40053,8001.45 [24]
23 Fujian East China 123,90047,8001.29 [25]
24 Jiangsu East China 102,60039,6001.07 [26]
25 Zhejiang East China 101,80039,3001.06 [27]
26 Chongqing Southwestern China 82,40031,8000.86 [28]
27 Ningxia Northwestern China 66,40025,6000.69 [29]
28 Hainan South Central China 35,35413,6500.37 [30]
29 Beijing North China 16,4116,3360.17 [31]
30 Tianjin North China 11,9174,6010.12 [32]
31 Shanghai East China 6,340.52,448.10.066 [33]
32 Hong Kong South Central China 1,105.7426.90.011 [34]
33 Macau South Central China 30.511.80.0003 [35]
— People's Republic of China 9,616,400 [b] 3,712,900 [c] 100


Notes

  1. ↑ Heilongjiang's officially reported area of 473,000 square kilometres (183,000 sq mi) [7] explicitly includes parts of Inner Mongolia's Oroqen Autonomous Banner administered as Songling District and Jiagedaqi District under Heilongjiang's Daxing'anling Prefecture. The combined area of these two districts is 18,200 square kilometres (7,000 sq mi), [8] which has been subtracted from Heilongjiang's reported area to arrive at the figure of style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7011454800000000000"|454,800 |style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7011454800000000000"|175,600 reported in the table and corroborated by ref. 6.
  2. ↑ Figure is the sum of the areas of the listed administrative divisions, rounded to the nearest hundred square kilometres. The National Bureau of Statistics of China gives China's total land area as 9.6 million square kilometres. [36] The United Nations Statistics Division reports China's land area excluding Hong Kong and Macau as 9.5970 million square kilometres. [37]
  3. ↑ Figure is the sum of the areas of the listed administrative divisions, rounded to the nearest hundred square miles.

References

  1. ↑ "新疆" [Xinjiang] (in Chinese). The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China. 7 April 2013. Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "西藏概况(2007年)" [Overview of Tibet (2007)] (in Chinese). People's Government of Tibet Autonomous Region. 11 September 2008. Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "区域概况" [Overview of the region] (in Chinese). People's Government of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. 6 April 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-06-30. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "总体概况" [General overview] (in Chinese). People's Government of Qinghai Province. 12 April 2013. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "2015年四川省农业农村经济基本情况" [State of agriculture and the rural economy in Sichuan Province, 2015] (in Chinese). Sichuan Province Rural Work Committee. 27 May 2016. Archived from the original on 2017-04-19. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  6. ↑ "Heilongjiang – Survey". Ministry Of Commerce – People's Republic Of China. Archived from the original on 5 August 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "黑龙江" [Heilongjiang] (in Chinese). The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China. 12 April 2013. Archived from the original on 2016-06-24. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  8. ↑ "兴安概况" [Overview of Daxing'anling] (in Chinese). Daxing'anling Prefecture. 12 April 2013. Archived from the original on 2016-03-14. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  9. ↑ "甘肃" [Gansu] (in Chinese). The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China. 16 April 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  10. ↑ 16-1: Land Characteristics. Statistical Bureau of Yunnan Province. p. 474. ISBN   9787503769610.{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  11. ↑ "广西" [Guangxi] (in Chinese). The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China. 16 April 2013. Archived from the original on 2016-04-28. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  12. ↑ "湖南" [Hunan] (in Chinese). The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China. 16 April 2013. Archived from the original on 2016-07-08. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  13. ↑ "陕西" [Shaanxi] (in Chinese). The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China. 7 April 2013. Archived from the original on 2016-04-27. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  14. ↑ "河北概况" [Overview of Hebei] (in Chinese). People's Government of Hebei Province. Archived from the original on 2016-08-20. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  15. ↑ "吉林" [Jilin] (in Chinese). The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China. 20 March 2013. Archived from the original on 2016-04-28. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  16. ↑ "湖北" [Hubei] (in Chinese). The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China. 26 March 2013. Archived from the original on 2016-07-08. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  17. ↑ "位置、范围和面积" [Location, extent and area] (in Chinese). People's Government of Guangdong Province. 21 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-08-15. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  18. ↑ "贵州" [Guizhou] (in Chinese). The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China. 10 August 2005. Archived from the original on 2016-09-19. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  19. ↑ "1-3: Natural Resources". Henan Statistical Yearbook 2015. Statistical Bureau of Henan Province. Archived from the original on 2016-10-26. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  20. ↑ "江西" [Jiangxi] (in Chinese). The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China. 2 April 2013. Archived from the original on 2016-06-24. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  21. ↑ "山东" [Shandong] (in Chinese). The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China. 25 March 2013. Archived from the original on 2016-04-27. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  22. ↑ "山西" [Shanxi] (in Chinese). The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China. 17 April 2013. Archived from the original on 2016-04-28. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
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  25. ↑ "福建" [Fujian] (in Chinese). The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China. 11 April 2013. Archived from the original on 2016-04-28. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  26. ↑ "江苏" [Jiangsu] (in Chinese). The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China. 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 2016-07-08. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  27. ↑ "浙江" [Zhejiang] (in Chinese). The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China. 11 April 2013. Archived from the original on 2016-04-27. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  28. ↑ "重庆" [Chongqing] (in Chinese). The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China. 1 April 2013. Archived from the original on 2016-04-28. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  29. ↑ "1-1: Administrative Divisions (2013)". Ningxia Statistical Yearbook 2014. Statistical Bureau of Ningxia Autonomous Region. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  30. ↑ "8-2: Land Resources". Hainan Statistical Yearbook 2015. Statistical Bureau of Hainan Province. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  31. ↑ "北京" [Beijing] (in Chinese). The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China. 25 March 2013. Archived from the original on 2016-04-28. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  32. ↑ "天津" [Tianjin] (in Chinese). The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China. 20 March 2013. Archived from the original on 2016-04-28. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  33. ↑ "2.2: LAND AREA, POPULATION AND DENSITY OF POPULATION IN DISTRICTS AND COUNTIES (2014)". Shanghai Statistical Yearbook 2015. Shanghai Municipal Statistics Bureau. Archived from the original on 2016-09-20. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  34. ↑ "Land area of Hong Kong". Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong. 16 May 2016. Archived from the original on 2018-10-08. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  35. ↑ "Land area". Cartography and Cadastre Bureau, Government of Macao SAR. Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
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  37. ↑ "2: Population, surface area and density" (PDF). Statistical Yearbook (2016 ed.). United Nations Statistics Division. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-02-05. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
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