List of regions of China
This is a list of traditional top-level regions of China.
Administrative divisions of China |
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History: before 1912, 1912–49, 1949–present Administrative division codes |
Republic of China (1912–1949)
Nationalist Era regions
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Northern Frontier | |
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Northeast China | |
North China | |
Central China | |
Western China | |
South China |
NRA military regions
People's Republic of China
Statistical regions
This is a list of the 34 provincial-level divisions of the People's Republic of China grouped by its former greater administrative areas from 1949 to 1952.
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North China |
East China |
South Central China |
Southwest China |
Northwest China |
Northeast China |
Other kinds of statistics
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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 and its surrounding island groups are 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 |
Economic regions
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East Coast |
Central China |
Western China |
Northeast China |
PLA military regions
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The five theater commands of the PLA
See also
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