City Name
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Province |
Inhabitants (millions) |
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| Shanghai (上海), is China's most populous city situated on the eastern coast of the country, a port on the estuary of the Yangtze River. Until World War II, Shanghai contained areas of British, French, and American settlement. It was also the site where in 1921 the founding of the Chinese Communist Party took place. |
Shanghai |
15 789 000 |
| Beijing (北京), the capital of China, in the northeastern part of the country. It became the country's capital in 1421, at the start of the Ming period, and survived as the capital of the Republic of China after the revolution of 1912. Also called (esp. formerly) Peking. |
Beijing |
11 106 000 |
Guangzhou (广州), (also Kwangchow) a city in southern China, the capital of Guangdong province. It is the leading industrial and commercial center of southern China. Also called Canton . |
Guangdong (Canton) |
9 447 000 |
| Shenzhen (深圳), an industrial city in southern China, north of Hong Kong. The city was China's first Special Economic Zone and southern China's major financial center. It is also the second busiest port in mainland China (after Shanghai). |
Guangdong |
8 114 000 |
| Tianjin, (天津, also Tientsin) it is one of the four cities with a provincial-level status, a port city in northeastern China located in Hubei province. |
Tianjin |
7 468 000 |
| Wuhan (武汉), a port in eastern China, the capital of Hubei province. Situated at the confluence of the Han and the Yangtze rivers, it is a conurbation of three adjacent towns (Hankow, Hanyang, and Wuchang) that have been administered jointly since 1950. |
Hubei |
7 542 000 |
| Hong Kong (香港), the former British dependency on the southeastern coast of China that was returned to China in 1997. The area comprises Hong Kong Island, ceded by China in 1841; the Kowloon peninsula, ceded in 1860; and the New Territories, additional areas of the mainland that were leased for 99 years in 1898. Hong Kong has become one of the world's major financial and manufacturing centers. |
Hong Kong SAR |
7 000 000 |
| Chongqing (重庆), (also Chungking) a city in Sichuan province, in central China, on the Yangtze River. It was the capital of China from 1938 to 1946. |
Chongqing |
6 690 000 |
| Shenyang (沈阳), is an industrial city in northeastern China. It is the capital of the province of Liaoning and the transportation and commercial center of China's northeastern region. The city was formerly known as Mukden. |
Liaoning |
4 952 000 |
| Dongguan (东莞) formerly Tung-kuan; an industrial city in the Pearl River Delta, the city is home to South China Mall, the world's largest shopping mall. |
Guangdong |
4 850 000 |
| Chengdu (成都), the capital of Sichuan province in western central China. The city is one of Southwestern China's most important economic centers and transportation and communication hub. |
Sichuan |
4 266 000 |
| Xian (西安), Xi'an is an industrial city in central China, capital of Shaanxi province. The city has been inhabited since the 11th century bc, having previously been the capital of the Han, Sui, and Tang dynasties. Former names Changan, Siking. |
Shaanxi |
4 178 000 |
| Guiyang (贵阳), (also Kweiyang) an industrial city in southern China, capital of Guizhou province. |
Guizhou |
3 980 000 |
| Nanjing (南京), is a city in eastern China, on the Yangtze River, capital of Jiangsu province. |
Jiangsu |
3 813 000 |
| Haerbin (哈尔滨), also Harbin is a city in northeastern China, the capital of Heilongjiang province, located on the Songhua River. |
Heilongjiang |
3 753 000 |
| Changchun (长春), literally "Long Spring", an industrial city in northeastern China, capital and largest city of Jilin province. |
Jilin |
3 400 000 |
| Dalian (大连), a port and shipbuilding center on the Liaodong Peninsula in northeastern China, now part of the urban complex of Luda. Former name Dairen. |
Liaoning |
3 335 000 |
| Hangzhou (杭州), is a city in eastern China, the capital of Zhejiang province, on an inlet of the Yellow Sea called Hangzhou Bay, at the southern end of the Grand Canal. |
Zhejiang |
3 269 000 |
| Zibo (淄博), a city in eastern China, in central Shandong province. The city is well known as the historical state of Qi. |
Shangdong |
3 209 000 |
| Taiyuan (太原), capital of Shanxi province located in northern China, |
Shanxi |
3 104 000 |
| Kunming (昆明), the "Spring City" is located in southwestern China, it is the capital of Yunnan province. |
Yunnan |
3 095 000 |
| Qingdao (青岛), a port in eastern China, in Shandong province on the Yellow Sea . |
Shandong |
2 977 000 |
| Jinan (济南), is the capital of Shandong province, located in eastern China. |
Shandong |
2 914 000 |
| Fuzhou (福州), is a port city in southeastern China, capital of Fujian province. |
Fujian |
2 834 000 |
| Changsha (长沙),is the capital of Hunan province in eastern central China. |
Hunan |
2 832 000 |
| Lanzhou (兰州), a city in northern China, on the upper Yellow River, capital of Gansu province. |
Gansu |
2 785 000 |
| Xiamen (厦门), is a city in Fujian province, in southeastern China. It has a huge deepwater port, beeing one of China's important seaports. The city is also called Amoy. |
Fujian |
2 739 000 |
| Jinxi, was renamed in 1994 to Huludao (葫芦岛), a city in southwestern Liaoning province, |
Liaoning |
2 658 000 |
| Taipei (臺北), is the capital of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in the northern part of the island state. |
Taiwan |
2 651 000 |
| Shijiazhuang (石家庄), the "The Stones' Village" is located in northeast central China, it is the capital of Hebei province. |
Hebei |
2 628 000 |
| Jilin City (吉林市) Jílín Shì, is an industrial city in Jilin province at Songhua River. |
Jilin |
2 606 000 |
| Nanchang (南昌), is a city in southeastern China situated at Poyang Lake, the largest fresh water lake in China. It is the capital of Jiangxi province. |
Jiangxi |
2 585 000 |
| Wenzhou (溫州), is an industrial city in Zhejiang province, in eastern China. |
Zhejiang |
2 556 000 |
| Nanchong (南充), is a city in the northeast of Sichuan Province. |
Sichuan |
2 364 000 |
| Nanning (南宁), the "South Prosperity" is the capital of Guangxi Zhuang, an autonomous region in southern China. |
Guangxi Zhuang |
2 357 000 |
| Ürümqi (乌鲁木齐), also spelled Wulumqi, is a city in the northwest of China, it is the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. |
Xinjiang |
2 340 000 |
| Yantai (烟台), is a port in eastern China, on the Yellow Sea, in Shandong province. |
Shandong |
2 301 000 |
| Xuzhou (徐州), is a city in Jiangsu province, in eastern China |
Jiangsu |
2 284 000 |
| Zaozhuang (枣庄), (also Tsao-chuang) a city in eastern China, in southern Shandong province. |
Shangdong |
2 242 000 |
| Hefei (合肥), an industrial city in eastern China, capital of Anhui province. |
Anhui |
2 214 000 |
| Baotou (包头), the largest city in Inner Mongolia, situated in northern China, on the Yellow River. |
Inner Mongolia |
2 209 000 |
| Linyi (临沂), trading town (Linyi Wholesale City). The city is about 2400 years old. In the 1970s Sun Tzu's Art of War was unearthed here. |
Shandong |
2 177 000 |
| Suzhou (苏州市; Sūzhōu Shì), a city in eastern China, west of Shanghai on the Grand Canal. A famous tourist destination, renowned for its stone bridges, pagodas, and designed gardens. The city is an important center for China's silk industry. |
Jiangsu |
2 137 000 |
| Nanyang (宛), is a city in southwestern Henan province. Some really old Dinosaur egg fossils have been discovered in the Nanyang Basin. |
Henan |
2 115 000 |
| Ningbo (宁波), is a seaport in China's northeastern Zhejiang province. |
Zhejiang |
2 092 000 |
| Datong (大同), is a city in northern China, in the northern Shanxi Province. |
Shanxi |
2 038 000 |
1 City proper is defined as a locality with legally
fixed boundaries and an administratively recognized urban status that is usually
characterized by some form of local government.
Data source: United Nations • Department of Economic and Social Affairs • Population Division - Agglomerations estimated for 2010.
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