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Major changes since then have been the reorganisation of provinces in the northeast after the establishment of the People's Republic of China and the formation of autonomous regions, based on Soviet ethnic policies. The provinces serve an important cultural role in China, as people tend to identify with their native province.
According to the administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China, including Hong Kong and Macau, [clarify] there are three levels of cities: provincial-level cities [1] (consisting of municipalities and Special Administrative Regions [failed verification] [clarify] [2]), prefecture-level cities, and county-level cities.
The number of provinces grew steadily during subsequent dynasties, reaching 28 by the time of the Republic of China. [6] During the Warlord Era, provinces became largely or completely autonomous and exercised significant national influence. Province-level units proliferated and under the early People's Republic there were over 50. [7]
Shanghai is China's most populous urban area, [8] [9] while Chongqing is its largest city proper, the only city in China with the largest permanent population of over 30 million. [10] As of 2020, there were 113 Chinese cities with over 1 million people in urban areas. [11]
This is a set of revised NPOV locator maps for each of the provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities of Mainland China. These maps are intended to be as NPOV as possible: all disputed areas are shown and then labeled separately. (The South China Sea islands are however omitted, because they would take up too much space in the infobox.)
Starting in 1930, some of these "special cities" became "direct jurisdiction cities" under the central government, the predecessor of province-level cities. [8] During the Warlord Era, provinces became largely or completely autonomous and exercised significant national influence. Province-level units proliferated and under the early People's ...
East China: 832,028 km 2: 407,527,091: 499/km 2: 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 km 2: 216,945,029: 384/km 2: Henan, Hubei, and Hunan: South China: 449,654 ...
The scope of this list is limited to capital cities of first-level administrative divisions such as provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities, and special administrative regions, also including sub-provincial cities which are governed by a province but administered independently in many ways from a province.