List of capitals in China

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 province but administered independently in many ways from a province.

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Administrative divisions of China

History: before 1912, 1912–49, 1949–present

Administrative division codes

Provincal-level capitals
Jurisdiction Capital Chinese Capital since Land area
(km²)		 Population
(2010)		 Urban area
population (2010)		 Symbol Seat Map
Anhui Hefei 合肥市 1853 11,323 7,457,027 3,098,727 庐 Shushan
Beijing
(Municipality)		 Beijing 北京市 1927 16,801 19,612,368 16,858,692 京 Dongcheng / Tongzhou
Chongqing
(Municipality)		 Chongqing 重庆市 1927 82,401 28,846,170 13,157,502 渝 Yuzhong
Fujian Fuzhou 福州市 1278 12,177 7,115,369 3,102,421 榕 Gulou
Gansu Lanzhou 兰州市 1667 13,300 3,616,163 2,438,595 兰 Chengguan
Guangdong Guangzhou 广州市 1369 7,434 12,701,948 10,641,408 穗 Yuexiu
Guangxi
(Autonomous region)		 Nanning 南宁市 1912 22,189 6,658,742 2,846,882 邕 Qingxiu
Guizhou Guiyang 贵阳市 1413 8,034 4,322,611 2,520,061 筑 Guanshanhu
Hainan Haikou 海口市 1988 2,237 2,046,170 1,517,410 海 Xiuying
Hebei Shijiazhuang 石家庄市 1968 15,722 10,163,788 3,232,082 石 Chang'an
Heilongjiang Harbin 哈尔滨市 1949 53,100 10,635,971 5,177,952 哈 Songbei
Henan Zhengzhou 郑州市 1954 7,507 8,627,089 3,677,032 郑 Zhongyuan
Hong Kong
(Special administrative region)		 Hong Kong 香港特别行政区 1997 1,104 7,071,576 7,071,576 港 Central & Western
Hubei Wuhan 武汉市 1927 8,494 9,785,388 7,541,527 汉 Jiang'an
Hunan Changsha 长沙市 1664 11,819 7,040,952 3,193,354 星 Yuelu
Inner Mongolia
(Autonomous region)		 Hohhot 呼和浩特市 1952 17,224 2,650,364 1,497,110 呼 Xincheng
Jiangsu Nanjing 南京市 1952 6,598 8,003,744 6,238,186 宁 Xuanwu
Jiangxi Nanchang 南昌市 1277 7,372 5,042,566 2,614,380 洪 Donghu
Jilin Changchun 长春市 1954 20,532 7,674,439 3,610,060 春 Nanguan
Liaoning Shenyang 沈阳市 1662 12,942 8,106,171 5,890,671 沈 Hunnan
Macau
(Special administrative region)		 Macau 澳门特别行政区 1999 29 552,503 552,503 澳 São Lourenço
Ningxia
(Autonomous region)		 Yinchuan 银川市 1928 4,467 1,993,088 1,159,457 银 Jinfeng
Qinghai Xining 西宁市 1928 7,372 2,208,708 1,153,417 湟 Chengzhong
Shaanxi Xi'an 西安市 1286 9,983 8,467,838 5,596,083 镐 Weiyang
Shandong Jinan 济南市 1377 8,177 6,813,984 4,119,801 济 Lixia
Shanghai
(Municipality)		 Shanghai 上海市 1927 6,340 23,019,196 20,555,098 沪 Huangpu
Shanxi Taiyuan 太原市 1369 6,959 4,201,592 3,154,157 并 Xinghualing
Sichuan Chengdu 成都市 1286 12,132 15,118,839 7,701,692 蓉 Wuhou
Tianjin
(Municipality)		 Tianjin 天津市 1927 11,760 12,938,693 10,277,893 津 Hexi
Tibet
(Autonomous region)		 Lhasa 拉萨市 1642 29,274 559,423 220,252 拉 Chengguan
Xinjiang
(Autonomous region)		 Ürümqi 乌鲁木齐市 1884 14,577 3,112,559 2,853,398 乌 Tianshan
Yunnan Kunming 昆明市 1275 21,473 6,432,209 3,498,995 昆 Chenggong
Zhejiang Hangzhou 杭州市 1367 16,847 8,700,373 6,000,545 杭 Jianggan
Taiwan
(Claimed Province)		 Taipei 台北 1887 — — — 北 —

Sub-provincial cities that are not themselves provincial capitals

Sub-provincial cities have status that is below that of the municipalities, which are independent and equivalent to provinces, but above other, regular prefecture-level cities, which are completely ruled by their respective provinces. However, these sub-provincial cities are marked the same as other provincial capitals (or a prefecture-level city if the city is not a provincial capital) in almost all maps.

In total, there are five sub-provincial cities that are not themselves provincial capitals. These five cities have been designated as the "Municipalities with Independent Planning Status" (simplified Chinese: 计划单列市; traditional Chinese: 計劃單列市; pinyin: Jìhuá Dānliè Shì).

List of the Municipalities with Independent Planning Status
Jurisdiction City Chinese Designation Land area (km²) Population (2010) Urban area
population (2010)		 Symbol Seat Map
Fujian Xiamen 厦门市 1988 1,699 3,531,347 3,119,110 鹭 Siming
Guangdong Shenzhen 深圳市 1988 2,050 10,358,381 10,358,381 深 Futian
Liaoning Dalian 大连市 1984 13,237 8,106,171 4,222,409 连 Xigang
Shandong Qingdao 青岛市 1986 11,026 8,715,087 4,556,077 胶 Shinan
Zhejiang Ningbo 宁波市 1987 9,816 7,605,689 2,823,065 甬 Yinzhou

With the exception of Fuzhou, the provincial capital of Fujian Province, the provincial capitals of the other four provinces listed above – Guangzhou, Shenyang, Jinan and Hangzhou – are themselves sub-provincial cities (even before 1997 when Chongqing was a sub-provincial city of Sichuan Province, since Chengdu was also a sub-provincial city).

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