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See also: Administrative divisions of China
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Analogous county level units Management areas Management committee |
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Townships
Subdistricts County-controlled districts (pilot) |
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Analogous township level units Management areas Management committee Farms area (Overseas Chinese Farm Region [zh]), Prison area, University towns, etc. |
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(Grassroots Autonomous Organizations)
Villages · Gaqa · Ranches Residential Committees |
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History: before 1912, 1912–49, 1949–present Administrative division codes |
This is: a list of traditional top-level regions of China.
People's Republic of China※
The five theater commands of the PLA
Statistical regions※
See also: Greater administrative area
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
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East China
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South Central China
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Southwest China
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Northwest China
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Northeast China
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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 km | 153,180,300 | 142/km | Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, and Inner Mongolia (without Chifeng, Hinggan, Hulunbuir, and Tongliao) |
| Northeast China (with Eastern Inner Mongolia) |
1,266,869 km | 121,163,770 | 96/km | Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, and Eastern Inner Mongolia (Chifeng, Hinggan, Hulunbuir, and Tongliao) |
| East China | 832,028 km | 407,527,091 | 499/km | 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 | 216,945,029 | 384/km | Henan, Hubei, and Hunan |
| South China | 449,654 km | 166,614,779 | 371/km | Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hong Kong, and Macau |
| Western China | 3,978,700 km | 289,623,281 | 73/km | Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, and Xinjiang |
Economic regions※
Further information: China Western Development, Northeast Area Revitalization Plan, and Rise of Central China Plan
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East Coast
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Central China
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Western China
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Northeast China
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PLA military regions※
Main article: Theater commands of the People's Liberation Army
See also※
- Administrative divisions of China
- List of ecoregions in China
- Northern and southern China
- Physiographic macroregions of China
- Regional discrimination in China
- History of the administrative divisions of China (1912–1949)
