China Travel - China Provinces

• Capital: Hefei
• Area: 139,000 square km
• Population: 60.70 million
• Major Cities:
  • Huangshan
  • Bengbu
  • Tongling
  • Ma'anshan

Beijing (China's Capital, Municipality)

• Area: 16,800 square km
• Population: 13.82 million (2001)

Chongqing (Newly Promoted as Municipality in 1997)

• Area: 82,000 square km
• Population: 30.90 million (2001)

Fujian Province

• Capital: Fuzhou
• Area: 120,000 square km
• Population: 32.61 million
• Major Cities:
  • Xiamen
  • Zhangzhou

Gansu Province

• Capital: Lanzhou
• Area: 450,000 square km
• Population: 24.67 million
• Major Cities:
  • Dunhuang
  • Jiayuguan

Guangdong Province

• Capital: Guangzhou
• Area: 186,000 square km
• Population: 69.61 million
• Major Cities:
  • Guangzhou (Population: 10.15 million)
  • Chaozhou
  • Dongguan
  • Shantou
  • Shenzhen (Population: 4.05 million)
  • Shunde
  • Zhuhai

Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

• Capital: Nanning
• Area: 236,300 square km
• Population: 45.89 million
• Major Cities:
  • Beihai
  • Guilin
  • Liuzhou

Guizhou Province

• Capital: Guiyang
• Area: 176,100 square km
• Population: 36.576 million
• Major Cities:
  • Anshun
  • Zunyi

Hainan Province   

• Capital: Haikou
• Area: 34,000 square km
• Population: 7.34 million
• Major Cities:
  • Sanya

Hebei Province

• Capital: Shijiazhuang
• Area: 190,000 square km
• Population: 64.84 million
• Major Cities:
  • Cangzhou
  • Chengde
  • Qinhuangdao (Including Beidaihe and Shanhaiguan)
  • Tangshan
  • Baoding
  • Zhangjiakou

Heilongjiang Province

• Capital: Harbin
• Area: 469,000 square km
• Population: 37.28 million
• Major Cities:
  • Hailaer
  • Mohe
  • Mudanjiang
  • Qiqihar
  • Suifenhe

Henan Province

• Capital: Zhengzhou
• Area: 167,000 square km
• Population: 92.56 million (2001)
• Major Cities:
  • Anyang
  • Kaifeng
  • Luoyang
  • Sanmenxia

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR)

• Hotels in Hong Kong
• Area: 1,092 square km
• Population: 6.86 million (2001)
• (re-controlled by China in July of 1997)

Hubei Province

• Capital: Wuhan
• Area: 187,400 square km
• Population: 58.25 million
• Major Cities:
  • Huangshi
  • Shiyan
  • Shashi
  • Xiangfan
  • Yichang

Hunan Province

• Capital: Changsha
• Area: 210,000 square km
• Population: 64.28 million
• Major Cities:
  • Changde
  • Dayong
  • Hengyang
  • Xiangtan
  • Zhangjiajie

Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

• Capital: Hohhot
• Area: 1,183,000 square km
• Population: 23.07 million
• Major Cities:
  • Baotou
  • Chifeng
  • Wuhai

• Area: 102,600 square km
• Population: 71.10 million
• Major Cities:
  • Kunshan
  • Nanjing
  • Lianyungang
  • Suzhou
  • Wuxi
  • Zhenjiang

Jiangxi Province

• Capital: Nanchang
• Area: 166,600 square km
• Population: 41.05 million
• Major Cities:
  • Jiujiang
  • Lushan
  • Jian
  • Jinggangshan

Jilin Province

• Capital: Changchun
• Area: 187,000 square km
• Population: 26.10 million
• Major Cities:
  • Jilin
  • Tuman
  • Yanji

Liaoning Province  

• Capital: Shenyang
• Area: 145,700 square km
• Population: 41.16 million
• Major Cities:
  • Shenyang
  • Dalian
  • Dandong
  • Anshan
  • Wafangdian

Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR)

• Hotels Macau
• Area: 23.5 square km
• Population: 137,455
• (re-controlled by China in December of 1999)

Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region

• Capital: Yinchuan
• Area: 66,400 square km
• Population: 5.21 million
• Major Cities:
  • Shizuishan

Qinghai Province

• Capital: Xining
• Area: 720,000 square km
• Population: 4.88 millions

Shaanxi Province

• Capital: Xi'an
• Area: 205,000 square km
• Population: 35.43 million
• Major Cities:
  • Xianyang
  • Baoji
  • Hanzhong

Shandong Province

• Capital: Jinan
• Area: 153,000 square km
• Population: 90.79 million (2001)
• Major Cities:
  • Weihai (Population: 2.462 million)
  • Dezhou
  • Linyi
  • Qingdao
  • Qufu
  • Tai'an
  • Yantai

Shanghai (Municipality)

• Hotels Shanghai
• Area: 6,200 square km
• Population: 16.74 million (2001)

Shanxi Province

• Capital: Taiyuan
• Area: 156,000 square km
• Population: 31.09 million
• Major Cities:
  • Datong
  • Linfen
  • Yangquan

Sichuan Province

• Capital: Chengdu
• Area: 488,000 square km
• Population: 84.28 million
• Major Cities:
  • Chengdu (Population: 9.97 million)
  • Emeishan
  • Zigong
  • Daxianshi

Tianjin (Municipality)

• Hotels Tianjin
• Area: 11,300 square km
• Population: 10.01 million (2001)

Tibet (Xizang) Autonomous Region

• Capital: Lhasa
• Area: 1,220,000 square km
• Population: 2.62 million (2001)
• Major Cities:
  • Xigaze

Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

• Capital: Urumqi
• Area: 1,600,000 square km
• Population: 16.89 million
• Major Cities:
  • Kashgar
  • Turfan

Yunnan Province

• Capital: Kunming
• Area: 394,000 square km
• Population: 40.42 million
• Major Cities:
  • Kunming
  • Dali
  •  Lijiang
  • Simao
  • Xishuangbanna

Zhejiang Province

• Capital: Hangzhou
• Area: 101,800 square km
• Population: 43.43 million
• Major Cities:
  • Hangzhou
  • Jiaxing
  • Ningbo
  • Shaoxing
  • Wenzhou