List of Cities in The People's Republic of China

List Of Cities In The People's Republic Of China

According to the administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China (PRC) including Hong Kong and Macau, there are three level of cities, namely provincial-level cities (municipalities and SARs), prefectural-level cities, and county-level cities. As of February 2012 the PRC has a total of 652 cities: 4 municipalities, 2 SARs, 283 prefecture-level cities (including the 15 Sub-provincial cities) and 363 county-level cities (including the 15 Sub-prefectural cities) not including any cities in Taiwan Province.

Sub-provincial cities are prefecture-level, and Sub-prefectural cities are county-level, but given higher degree of power than cities of the same level.

Based on 2010 census data, the largest cities are the four centrally administered municipalities, which include dense urban areas, suburbs, and large rural areas: Chongqing (28.84 million), Shanghai (23.01 million), Beijing (19.61 million), and Tianjin (12.93 million). Other major Sub-provincial cities are Chengdu (14.04 million), Guangzhou (12.70 million), Harbin (10.63 million), Shenzhen (10.35 million), Wuhan (9.78 million), Qingdao (8.71 million), Hangzhou (8.70 million), Xi’an (8.46 million), Shenyang (8.10 million), Nanjing (8 million), Changchun (7.67 million), Ningbo (7.60 million), Jinan (6.81 million), Dalian (6.69 million), and Xiamen (3.53 million).

The PRC had more than 660 cities by the end of 2002, of which 10 had populations of more than 4 million each in the urban area; 23, between 2 and 4 million; 138, between 1 and 2 million; 279, between 500,000 and 1 million; 171, between 200,000 and 500,000; and 39, less than 200,000.

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