List of regions of China
This is a list of traditional top-level regions 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 in the mainland and ROC on Taiwan (1949–present)
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 |
Northeast China |
East China |
South Central China |
Southwest China |
Northwest China |
Other kinds of statistics
| 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 |
Northeast China |
Western China |
PLA military regions
The five theater commands of the PLA
See also
- Administrative divisions of China
- List of ecoregions in China
- Northern and southern China
- Physiographic macroregions of China
- Regional discrimination in China
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