List of major cities in China in alphabetical order. Chongqing is the largest city in China. The largest city in China

Cities in China are not usually separate administrative units. Due to this reason, the population of the city is difficult to estimate - statistics usually give the population completely related to the city municipality.

List of cities in China

This territory sometimes turns out to be several times larger than the population of an average city. There are a huge number of cities in China, most of which have ancient history.

However, in modern China, the term “city” is considered to refer to settlements that meet certain standards, this includes the size of the city and the level of its infrastructure.

A

Aksu – 阿克苏 (ākèsū) – city district and river. Aksu (Aksu, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China
Altai - 阿勒泰 (ālètài) - a city county in the north of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, the administrative center of Altai County, part of the Ili-Kazakh Autonomous Region, China
Anda - 安达 (āndá) - a city county in Suihua Urban District, Heilongjiang Province, China
Anqiu – (安丘市) – prov. Shandong
Ankang - 安康 (ānkāng) - a city district in Shaanxi Province, China
Anqing - 安庆 (ānqìng) is a city district in Anhui Province, China.
Anyang - 安阳 (ān yáng) - prov. Henan, China

B

Baoding - 保定 (bǎodìng) - a city district in Hebei Province
Baoji - 宝鸡 (bǎojī) - a city in Shaanxi Province, China
Buhe (Chinese: 埠河市)
Beihai - 北海 (běihǎi) - a city district in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China
Bengbu – 蚌埠 (bèngbù) – city, province. Anhui, China
Benxi - 本溪 (běnxī) - urban district in the province. Liaoning, China

IN

Weifang - 潍坊 (wéifāng) - a city district in Shandong Province, China, the birthplace of kites

G

Ganzhou – 赣州 (gànzhōu) – prov. Jiangxi, China
Kaohsiung - 高雄市 (gaōxióng shì) - a city in southwest Taiwan
Gejiu – 个旧 (gèjiù) – prov. Yunnan
Hong Kong – 香港 (xiānggǎng)
Gongzhuling - 公主岭 (gōngzhǔlǐn) - mountain. Gongzhuling County (Siping, Jilin Province, China)
Guilin – 桂林(guìlín) is a city district in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China.
Guiyang - 贵阳 (guìyáng) is a county-level city in Guizhou Province, China.

D

Dalian – 大连 (dàlián)
Dandong - 丹东 (dāndōng) - province. Liaoning, China
Datong – 大同 dàtóng – prov. Shanxi, China
Dongtai – 东台 (dōngtái) – prov. Jiangsu
Deyang - 德阳 (déyáng) - urban district, Sichuan Province, China

AND

Rizhao - 日照(rìzhào) - urban district of Shandong Province, China

AND

Yibin - 宜宾 (yíbīn) - Yibin (urban district in Sichuan Province, China
Yinchuan - 银川 (yínchuān) - a city district in Ningxia Hui Autonomous District. district, China
Yichang - 宜昌 (yíchāng) - a city district in Hubei Province, China
Yichun - 宜春 (yíchūn) - a city district in Jiangxi Province, China
Yiwu – 义乌 (yìwū) – prov. Zhejiang. Here is the world's largest wholesale market, Futian 福田市场

TO

Kaifeng – 开封 (kāifēng) – prov. Henan, China
Karamay – 克拉玛依 (kèlāmǎyī) – (Karamay, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China
Karashar – 喀喇沙尔 (kālāshāěr) – Xinjiang Uyghur auto. district, China
Kashgar - 喀什 (kāshí) - a county and city in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China
Korla
Kowloon - 九龙 (jiǔlóng) - peninsular part of the urban area of Hong Kong, China
Ghulja – 固尔札 (gùěrzhá) – Xinjiang Uyghur auto. district, China
Kunming 昆明 (kūnmíng) is a city district, the administrative center of Yunnan Province, China.

L

Lanzhou - 兰州 (lánzhōu) - a city district in Gansu Province, China
Linxia - 临夏 (línxià) - a city in the Chinese province of Gansu
Linhai – 临海 (línhǎi) – mountains. Linhai County, Prov. Zhejiang, China
Linhe - 临河 (línhé) - an urban subdivision of the Bayan Nur Urban District of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China.
Lishui - 丽水 (lìshuǐ) - a city district in Zhejiang Province, China
Longyan (龙岩)
Lhasa – 拉萨 (lāsà) – Tibetan auto. district, China
Leizhou - 雷州市 (léizhōu) - a city county in Guangdong Province, China
Liuzhou - 柳州 (liǔzhōu) - a city district in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
Lianzhan
Lianyungang - 连云港 (liányúngǎng) - prov. Jiangsu, China
Liaoyang - 辽阳 (liáo yáng) - city county in the province. Liaoning, China

M

Majie
Machen
Meizhou - 梅州 (méizhōu) - a city district in Guangdong Province of China
Mianchang, Guangdong
Mianyang - 绵阳 (miányáng) - a city district in Sichuan Province, China
Mudanjiang - 牡丹江 (mǔdānjiāng) - a city district in Heilongjiang Province of China

N

Nanjing (Chinese: 南京, pinyin: Nánjīng, pallet: Nanjing) - in Jiangsu province 江苏
Nanning - 南宁 (nánníng) - a city in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
Nanping – 南平 (nánpíng) – prov. Fujian, China
Nanchang - 南昌 (nánchāng) - a city in Jiangxi Province, China
Nanyang - 南阳 (nányáng) - prov. Henan, China
Neijiang - 内江 (nèijiāng) - a city district in Sichuan Province, China

P

Beijing – 北京 (běijīng) – capital of China
Pingliang - 平凉 (píngliáng) - a city district in Gansu Province, China
Puning – 普宁 (pǔníng) – a city in the province. Guangdong

WITH

Sanya - 三亚 (sānyà) - a city in Hainan Province, China
Xian – 西安 (xī’ān)
Sinai – 西奈 (xīnài) – Sinai Peninsula, Sinai
Xining - 西宁 xīníng - prov. Qinghai, China
Xinyang - 信阳 (xìnyáng) - urban district in the province. Henan, China
Xichang - 西昌 (xīchāng) - a city in China, Sichuan Province
Suzzatun
Siping - 四平 (sìpíng) - a city district in Jilin (Girin) Province, China
Xuzhou - 徐州 (xúzhōu) - a city district in Jiangsu Province
Xiamen - 厦门 (xiàmén) - Xiamen, Amoy, Amoy - a city in Fujian Province, China

T

Taipei – 台北 (táiběi) – city in Taiwan
Taiyuan – 太原 (tàiyuán) – prov. Shanxi, China
Tangshan - 唐山 (tángshān) - a city district in Hebei Province, China
Tongliao - 通辽 (tōngliáo) - a city district in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (PRC)
Turfan - 吐鲁番 (tǔlǔfān) - a city and county in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. district, China
Tianjin - 天津 (tiānjīn) - city and administrative region, People's Republic of China

U

Urumqi - 乌鲁木齐 (wūlǔmùqí) - the administrative center of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China
Wuhan - 武汉 (wǔhàn) - a city in Hubei Province, China
Wuzhou - 梧州 (wúzhōu) - a city district in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China

F

Fuzhou - 福州 (fúzhōu) - the administrative center of the province. Fujian, China
Fuyang - 阜阳 (fùyáng) - a city district in Anhui Province, China

X

Hailun
Haikou – 海口市 (hǎikǒu shì) – the administrative center of Hainan Province, China
Hailar – 海拉尔 (hǎilāěr) – prov. Heilongjiang, China
Hami – 哈密 (hāmì) – Hami County (Kumul Kumul, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China)
Haining – 海宁 (hǎiníng) – city, province. Zhejiang, China
Hangzhou – 杭州 (hángzhōu) – city, Zhejiang Province, China
Hanzhong - 汉中 (hànzhōng) - a city district in Shaanxi Province, China
Khotan – 和田 (hétián) – Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. district, China
Huadian - 桦甸 (huàdiàn) - a city county in the southeast of Jilin Province, China
Huai'an - 淮安 (huái'ān) - urban district in the province. Jiangsu
Huaihua - 怀化 (huái huà) is a city district in Hunan Province, China.
Hualien – 花莲 (huālián) – Hualien city (Taiwan)
Hulan Ergi – 富拉尔基 (fùlāěrjī) – Fulaerji, Hulunyerg, Hulan Ergi (city in China)
Hohhot – 呼和浩特 (hūhéhàotè) – author. district Int. Mongolia, China
Hebi – 鹤壁 (hèbì) – prov. Henan, China
Hefei - 合肥 (héféi) - a city district in Anhui Province, China

C

Jiegu
Jinan - 济南 (jǐnán) - the administrative center of Shandong Province, China
Jingdezhen - 景德镇 (jǐngdézhèn) - a city in Jiangxi Province, China; also called the capital of porcelain
Jining - 济宁 (jìníng) - a city district in the Chinese province of Shandong
Jingmen - 荆门 (jīngmén) - a city district in Hubei Province, China
Jinzhou – 晋州 (jìnzhōu) – prov. Hebei, China
Jixi - 鸡西 (jīxī) - a city district in Heilongjiang Province, China
Zunyi - 遵义 (zūnyì) - a city district in Guizhou Province, China
Qingdao – 青岛 (qīngdǎo) – a city in Shandong Province, China
Qiqihar - 齐齐哈尔 (qíqíhā’ěr) is a city in Heilongjiang Province, China.

H

Changde - 常德 (chángdé) - a city district in Hunan Province, China
Changchun - 长春 (chángchūn) - a city of sub-provincial significance in Jilin Province (Girin), China
Changsha - 长沙 (chángshā) - a city and urban district in Hunan Province, China
Chaocheng
Chaozhuang
Chaoyang – 朝阳 (cháoyáng) – prov. Liaoning, China
Zhangjiakou – 张家口 (zhāngjiākǒu) – prov. Hebei, China
Zhangye - 张掖 (zhāngyē) - a city district in Gansu Province, China
Zhanjiang - 湛江 (zhànjiāng) - Guangdong Province
Zhaotong - 昭通 (zhāotōng) - a city district in Yunnan Province, China
Zhumadian - 驻马店 (zhùmǎdiàn) - a city in the province. Henan, China
Zhengzhou - 郑州 (zhèngzhōu) - a city district in Henan Province, China)
Chifeng – 赤峰 (chìfēng) – Ulanhad Ulanhad; Inner Mongolia Autonomous Republic, China
Chuguchak – 楚古查克 (chǔgǔchákè) – Xinjiang Uyghur auto. district, China
Chongqing - 重庆 - (chóngqìng) - city and administrative region, People's Republic of China
Chengdu - 成都 (chéngdū) - a city in Sichuan Province, China
Chengde - 承德 (chéngdé) - a city in Hebei Province, China
Chenzhou - 郴州 (chēnzhōu) - a city district in Hunan Province, China

Sh

Shangqiu – 商丘市 (shāngqiū shì) – a city in the province. Henan, China
Shanwei - 汕尾 (shànwěi) - a city district in Guangdong Province of China
Shantou - 汕头 (shàntóu) - a city in Guangdong Province, China
Shaoguan - 韶关 (sháoguān) - urban district in the province. Guangdong, China
Shaou - 邵武 (shàowǔ) - a city of the county level of Nanping Urban District, Fujian Province)
Shaoyang - 邵阳 (shàoyáng) - a city district in Hunan Province, China
Shashi 沙市区 (shāshìqū) is a district of Shashi, Jingzhou City, Hubei Province, China.
Shengzamen
Shenyang (Mukden) - 沈阳 (shěnyáng) - a city in Liaoning Province, China
Shijiazhuang - 石家庄 (shíjiāzhuāng) - administrative center, urban district of Hebei Province, China
Shuangcheng – 双城 (shuāngchéng) – a city in the province. Heilongjiang
Shenzhen - 深圳 (shēnzhèn) - city, Guangdong Province, China

YU

Yunkou
Yuncheng - 运城 (yùnchéng) - a city district in Shanxi Province, China
Yueyang - 岳阳 (yuèyáng) - a city district in Hunan Province, China

I

Yangjiang - 阳江 (yángjiāng) - a city district in Guangdong Province, China
Yanji – 延吉 (yánjí) – the main city in Yanbian-Korean Autonomous Region. district, prov. Jilin (Girin), China
Yarkand - 莎车 (shāchē) - a city in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. district, China

Chongqing is the largest city in China. According to various sources, up to 40 million people live there. The city is comparable in size to Austria; it stretches 450 kilometers long and 470 kilometers wide. Of course, not all 82,000 sq. km of Chongqing are built up, but the matter is fixable. Construction here is proceeding at a fantastic pace. I looked at the photos from 2010 and didn't recognize Chongqing! In recent years, a bunch of new bridges, skyscrapers and overpasses have been built here. The year of development of Chongqing is like 20 years for Moscow.

01. Among other things, Chongqing is a large industrial center. The city is home to hundreds of factories, from chemicals to automobiles. As a result, the city is covered in smog almost all year round.

02. Noon on a sunny day.

03. Most of the skyscrapers you see in the photo have appeared here over the past 10 years.

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05. Old buildings are being actively demolished, and skyscrapers will take their place.

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07. In the city center there is a very small pedestrian zone with a dozen expensive boutiques.

08. There are still old neighborhoods on the banks, but they are already being replaced by modern residential complexes

09. Old Chongqing

10. In a couple of years he won’t be left.

11. All old things are being demolished. For now the city looks like a big construction site.

12. Individual old houses are preserved and rebuilt for tourists. But this remake is of no interest.

13. In general, Chongqing is a completely uncomfortable city. You can come here only on business. Well, or for 1 day, like me, look at the construction successes of the Chinese.

14. Embankment

15. The city center is located at the confluence of the two rivers Jialingjiang and Yangtze. The water level in the rivers varies depending on the season, so the embankments are very high.

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19. The city is located on steep terrain. This, by the way, is the only large city in China where there are almost no cyclists. You can't go up steep hills.

20. River

21. New business district, built in 2 years

22. The main attraction is, of course, the fantastic overpasses that entangle everything here.

23. Embankment.

24. Overpasses go on stilts right along the shore

25. Through old residential areas.

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28. Old bridges

29. New bridge, just opened

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31. Chinese landing stage, note that there are 2 elevators on the right side of it). Here it is - scope!

32. The city has 2 metro lines and 2 monorail lines.

33. At the entrance to the metro they sell all sorts of junk. Just like ours at Vykhino station.

34. There are McDonald's kiosks in the subway that sell drinks and ice cream.

35. The list of prohibitions on the subway is impressive.

36. The monorail train has 4 cars.

37. You can walk inside and even sit on the accordion

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39. The city has cool 3D navigation.

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41. Local cuisine is represented by all sorts of entrails, paws, heads and even pig snouts.

42. Sale of cigarettes. All Chinese cigarettes have very beautiful packs. They must overflow. Smoking is a status thing. You will be immediately identified by looking at the pack. One of the most expensive cigarettes is “Zhonghua” (“China”), costing almost 500 rubles per pack!

43. Carrying children

44. Fruit traders

45. There is also a cable car in the city from one bank to the other. Local landmark. Previously, when there were not so many bridges, it served a transport function, but now it is more like an attraction.

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48. Chaotianmen Bridge is an arch bridge with the longest span in the world. The total length of the bridge is 1.7 km.

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50. Downtown

51. Chongqing was also led by Bo Xilai. He did a lot to develop the city's infrastructure, built bridges, cut 2,000 city officials and took care of the people. Under Bo, Chongqing organized choral singing of revolutionary songs and mass marches to places of military glory of the CCP. The people loved Bo very much. He was predicted to have a place in the Politburo of the CPC Central Committee, and possibly the chair of chairman. But it didn’t work out. Bo Xilai's wife was accused of organizing the murder of a foreign businessman and sentenced to death; Bo himself was expelled from the party and given life imprisonment for corruption. This is China.

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The world leader in population is China. More than 1 billion people on the planet live in this country. But few people know how many cities there are in China where the population exceeds a million people. Let's try to understand this issue.

Division of cities by levels

Official city status in China is assigned to administrative units at various levels. Almost all of them consist of a central part, as well as an adjacent territory, which is many times larger than the area of the city itself. To find out how many cities there are in China, you need to understand what similar administrative units include. And they, in turn, are divided into 5 levels:

Provincial. This category includes centrally subordinate cities (GSC), of which there are 4 in China. They are equal to provinces.
District. This includes 283 cities that have district significance.
District. In China, there are 374 settlements that have the status of a county city or municipal district. This category also includes 5 provincial cities in Taiwan.
Volost. This level includes 19,522 townships in China, as well as 61 townships and 32 county-level cities located in Taiwan.
Intermediate. This category includes sub-provincial urban districts, which number 15 administrative units and cities at the sub-district level.

Main cities of China: list

The main cities can be called 4 megacities that have GPC status:

Beijing.
Shanghai.
Chongqing.
Tianjin.

These megacities are not only the largest, but also the most densely populated in China. The capital of China, Beijing, has a population of more than 21 million people. There are about 24 million residents of Shanghai. The largest city in China is Chongqing. Today, more than 53 million people live in it, and the population density is 600 people/km 2 . The area of Chongqing is 82,403 km2. More than 14 million people live in Tianjin, and in total the agglomeration has over 23 million citizens. This number includes residents of nearby settlements adjacent to the metropolis.

There are two more cities in China that have GPC status - Taipei and Kaohsiung. They are located on the island of Taiwan. The powers of these cities are somewhat different from the first four. If on the Chinese mainland such megacities are authorized to manage territories many times larger than their area, then on the island of Taiwan they control the zone that relates directly to the city itself.

Kaohsiung and Taipei were given the status of state central cities in 1949 by local authorities, but since the supreme leadership of China considers this decision illegitimate, in the PRC these megacities are not considered cities of central subordination.

Cities with over a million people in China

On the territory of this state there are more than 100 cities with a population exceeding 1 million citizens. The largest of them, where more than 10 million people live, are described in the table.

Capital of China

The city of Pikin has an ancient history, although its name has undergone changes over the centuries. In the first millennium BC, in its place was the capital of the Yan kingdom - the city of Ji. In 938 it was renamed Nanjin, which means "Southern Capital". After the territory was captured by the Jin Empire, the city was called the "Central Capital" (Zhongdu). In 1215, it was completely destroyed by the troops of Genghis Khan, but in 1267, it was completely rebuilt. Kublai Khan, who is the founder of the Yuan Empire, gave the city the new name "Great Capital". In Chinese it sounded like Dadu, and in Mongolian it sounded like Khanbalik.

After the fall of the Yuan Empire (1368), the city was destroyed, but upon its arrival it was restored, and in 1421 the emperor appointed it as the capital, renaming it Beijing. It was during the reign of the Ming Empire that the capital of modern China acquired its contours, which have survived to this day. Over the course of many centuries, the city was renamed several more times, and it received its familiar name “Beijing” in the middle of the 20th century, with the coming to power of the Communist Party.

Today this metropolis is one of the largest not only in China, but throughout the world. is more than 21 million people. This is one of the richest cities in Asia. The metropolis's GDP is about 60 billion dollars or 366.11 billion yuan.

Shanghai is the richest city in China

Almost all million-plus cities in China have a developed economic sector and attract potential investors. However, Shanghai stands out the most against the general background. This port city is known far beyond China. More than 24 million citizens live here, and the metropolis' GDP is more than $67 billion annually. Shanghai is one of the most important economic centers of the country. Many foreign investors invest huge amounts of money in the city's enterprises. The high level of GDP and the rapid pace of economic development allow the state to build new cities and improve their infrastructure.

The rapid development of Shanghai began in the 90s of the last century. After the tax burden was lifted, the city flourished economically. Previously, about 70% of all tax revenue in China came from Shanghai. Now this figure is 20-25%.

In 2005, the city received the status of the largest port in the world. The volume of cargo transported amounted to 443 million tons. Not many million-plus cities in China can boast of such achievements.

Chongqing city is the largest in area

Chongqing means "Capital of Mists" in Chinese. The city received this name due to the frequent fogs that are observed here from October to April. has the status of a state-owned program and is the most important economic component of the country. Chongqing can rightfully be called the largest in China. Its area is more than 82 thousand km 2. A large number of industrial enterprises are concentrated in Chongqing. The main industries are mechanical engineering, metallurgy and chemical industry. On the territory of the city there are:

more than 400 enterprises producing spare parts for cars;
five automobile production plants;
2 steel corporations;
air conditioner manufacturing plant;
metallurgical enterprise for processing aluminum;
six chemical industry enterprises.

The presence of a huge number of industrial facilities requires the training of qualified personnel. Therefore, the city has more than a thousand research institutes and 25 specialized universities. The number of scientific and technical workers is more than 400 thousand people.

It is difficult to say how many cities in China can boast of such dimensions and such a large population.

Tianjin city

This metropolis has a little more than 14 million inhabitants. Over the past century, Tianjin has become a kind of locomotive of China's industrialization. This is one of the largest centers where heavy and light industry enterprises are concentrated. Main activities: mechanical engineering, metalworking, textile and petrochemical industries. Tianjin also has developed agriculture (rice, wheat and corn are grown), fishing, and the extraction of salt, boron and manganese. In 2009, an airliner assembly plant (Airbus company) was opened in this city.

China's population is growing rapidly, which is why the country's leadership is rapidly building many new settlements. There is such a thing as ghost towns. These are huge cities with practically no people. High-rise buildings have been built here, roads have been made, there are all the necessary administrative buildings, but the number of residents, corresponding to the number of apartments, is no more than 20%.

The Chinese government hopes that approximately 250 million people from rural areas will soon move here. But for now they all remain lifeless. It’s difficult to say how many ghost towns there are in China.