Political divisions of China
There are twenty-three provinces, four municipalities, five autonomous regions and two special administrative regions in the People's Republic of China. Provinces are pronounced Shěng in Chinese Pinyin. The island of Taiwan is claimed as a province by the People's Republic of China (PRC), but it is not under their control. Taiwan is an island known as Republic of China (Taiwan).
Provinces and autonomous regions are broken into prefectures and sub-provincial cities.
Provinces
[change | change source]There are 23 provinces in the People's Republic of China.
- Template:Country data Anhui
- Template:Country data Fujian
- Template:Country data Gansu
- Template:Country data Guangdong
- Template:Country data Guizhou
- Template:Country data Hainan
- Template:Country data Hebei
- Template:Country data Heilongjiang
- Template:Country data Henan
- Template:Country data Hubei
- Template:Country data Hunan
- Template:Country data Jiangsu
- Template:Country data Jiangxi
- Template:Country data Jilin
- Template:Country data Liaoning
- Template:Country data Qinghai
- Template:Country data Shaanxi
- Template:Country data Shandong
- Template:Country data Shanxi
- Template:Country data Sichuan
Taiwan*- Template:Country data Yunnan
- Template:Country data Zhejiang
* The island of Taiwan is claimed as a province by the People's Republic of China (PRC), but it is not under their control. Taiwan is an island known as Republic of China (Taiwan).
Municipalities
[change | change source]There are 4 municipalities in the People's Republic of China. "Municipality" is the common English name for the Chinese zhíxiáshì, meaning a city directly controlled by the national government.
- Template:Country data Beijing, formerly part of Template:Country data Hebei
- Template:Country data Tianjin, formerly part of Template:Country data Hebei
- Template:Country data Shanghai, formerly part of Template:Country data Jiangsu
- Template:Country data Chongqing, formerly part of Template:Country data Sichuan
Autonomous Regions
[change | change source]There are 5 autonomous regions in the People's Republic of China. "Autonomous region" is the common English name for the Chinese zìzhìqū, meaning an area with greater levels of self-government to accommodate minority groups.
- Template:Country data Xinjiang, for the Uygurs and other Turkic peoples
Tibet, for Tibetans- Template:Country data Inner Mongolia, for Mongolians
- Template:Country data Guangxi, for the Zhuang
- Template:Country data Ningxia, for the Hui
Special Administrative Regions
[change | change source]There are 2 special administrative regions in the People's Republic of China. "Special administrative region" is the common English name for the Chinese tèbié xíngzhèng qū, meaning an area under special administration as a result of treaties that returned former European colonies to Chinese control.
- Hong Kong, formerly a British colony
- Macau, formerly a Portuguese colony
