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Political Geography of Modern China

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Political Geography of Modern China
Geography of China
The People's Republic of China is divided into provinces (sheng 省), self-administrated areas (zizhiqu 自治區), direct-administered cities (zhixiashi 直轄市), and special administration zones (tezhengqu 特政區).
Taiwan is officially understood as a province for its own, by both the governments of Beijing and Taipeh (Taibei), but other political parties try to separate Taiwan as a country for its own.
The following table gives an overview of the particular administration units, their abbreviations, capitals, size and inhabitants. The order is oriented to geography, from north to south.
Provinces
Heilongjiang 黑龍江 Haerbin (Harbin) 哈爾濱
Jilin 吉林 Changchun 長春
Liaoning 遼寧 Shenyang 瀋陽
Hebei 河北 Shijiazhuang 石家莊
Shanxi 山西 Taiyuan 太原
Shaanxi 陜西 Xi'an 西安
Henan 河南 Zhengzhou 鄭州
Shandong 山東 Jinan 濟南
Jiangsu 江蘇 Nanjing 南京
Zhejiang 浙江 Hangzhou 杭州
Hubei 湖北 Wuhan 武漢
Hunan 湖南 Changsha 長沙
Jiangxi 江西 Nanchang 南昌
Fujian 福建 Fuzhou 福州
Sichuan 四川 Chengdu 成都
Guangdong 廣東 Guangzhou (Canton) 廣州
Guilin 桂林 Guizhou 貴州
Yunnan 雲南 Kunming 昆明
Hainan 海南 Haikou 海口
(Taiwan 台灣 or 臺灣) Taibei (Taipeh) 台北
Self-administrated Areas
Inner Mongolia 內蒙古自治區 Huhehaote (Hohhot) 乎號特
Xinjiang (Uyghuria) 新疆自治區 Ulumuqi (Ürümqi, Urumchi) 木齊
Ningxia 寧夏回族自治區 Yinchuan 銀川
Xizang (Tibet) 西藏自治區 Lasa (Lhasa) 拉薩
Guangxi 廣西 Nanning 南寧
Direct-administered Cities
Beijing (Peking) 北京常
Tianjin (Tientsin) 天津市
Shanghai 上海市
Chongqing 重慶市
Special Administration Zones
Xianggang (Hong Kong) 香港
Aomen (Macao, Macau) 澳門

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