Some general infomation about China
GEO- AND ADMINSTRATIVE NAMES OF MAILAND CHINA
(Source: The Map of People's Republic of China, 1999)
| Unit | Population | For Greater areas | Districts | District cities | County | Community |
| 4 Direct adm. City | (million) | (million) | (number) | (number) | (number) | (number) |
| Beijing | 6.69 | 12.59 | 8 |
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| Shanghai | 8.69 | 14.19 | 6 |
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| Tianjin | 4.97 | 9.48 | 5 |
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| Chongqing | 2.30 | 30.22 | - |
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| 22 Provinces | Population | Capital | Districts | District cities | County | Community |
| Hebei | 64.84 | Shijiazhuang | 2 |
10 |
111 |
22 |
| Shan1xi [1] | 31.09 | Taiyuan | 5 |
6 |
86 |
14 |
| Liaoning | 41.46 | Shenyang | - |
14 |
20 |
15 |
| Jilin | 26.10 | Changchun | - |
8 |
20 |
17 |
| Heilonjiang | 37.28 | Harbin | 3 |
11 |
49 |
18 |
| Jiangsu | 71.10 | Nanjing | - |
11 |
37 |
27 |
| Zhejiang | 43.43 | Hangzhou | 2 |
9 |
40 |
25 |
| Anhui | 60.70 | Hefei | 6 |
10 |
58 |
10 |
| Fujian | 32.61 | Fuzhou | 3 |
6 |
48 |
16 |
| Jiangxi | 41.05 | Nanchang | 5 |
6 |
71 |
13 |
| Shandong | 87.38 | Jinan | 5 |
12 |
64 |
34 |
| Henan | 91.72 | Zhengzhou | 5 |
12 |
94 |
24 |
| Hubei | 58.25 | Wuhan | 4 |
9 |
43 |
24 |
| Hunan | 64.28 | Changsha | 4 |
9 |
67 |
20 |
| Guangdong | 69.61 | Guangzhou | - |
21 |
46 |
29 |
| Hainan | 7.34 | Haikou | - |
2 |
6 |
4 |
| Sichuan | 84.30 | Chengdu | 7 |
13 |
146 |
22 |
| Guizhou | 35.55 | Guiyang | 4 |
2 |
57 |
9 |
| Yunnan | 40.42 | Kunming | 7 |
2 |
81 |
13 |
| Shanxi [2] | 35.42 | Xian | 6 |
4 |
84 |
9 |
| Gansu | 24.67 | Lanzhou | 7 |
5 |
60 |
8 |
| Qinghai | 4.43 | Xining | 1 |
1 |
30 |
2 |
| 5 Autonomous region | Population | Capital | Districts | District cities | County | Community |
| Inner Mongolia | 23.07 | Huhehaote | 8 |
4 |
17 |
14 |
| Guangxi | 45.89 | Nanning | 7 |
7 |
60 |
9 |
| Xizang/Tibet | 2.44 | Lasa/Lhasa | 6 |
1 |
76 |
1 |
| Ningxia | 5.21 | Yinchuan | 2 |
2 |
16 |
2 |
| Xinjiang | 16.89 | Wulumuqi/Urumqi | 8 |
2 |
64 |
15 |
Shan1xi [1] pronounces slightly different (high tone) than Shanxi [2] (low tone). They indicate certainly different meanings, as Shan1xi [1] means "mountain west" and Shan1xi [2] means "valley west".
There are totally 666 cities in the Mainland of China. Total population 1.21 billion in China (by 1999)