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This list ranks cities in the People's Republic of China (PRC) by population.
According to the administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China, there are three level of cities, namely municipalities, prefecture-level cities (地级市), and county-level cities.
Municipalities and prefecture-level cities are not each a "city" in the strictest sense of the term, but instead an administrative unit comprising, typically, both an urban core (a city in the strict sense) and surrounding rural or less-urbanized areas usually many times the size of the central, built-up core. Prefecture-level cities nearly always contain multiple counties, county-level cities, and other such sub-divisions. To distinguish a prefecture-level city from its actual urban area (city in the strict sense), the term 市区 shìqū ("urban area") is used. However, even this term often encompasses large suburban regions often greater than 1,000 square miles (3,000 km2), but doesn't include rural areas. Thus, the "urban core" would be roughly comparable to the US term "city limit", the "shìqū or urban area" would be roughly comparable to "metropolitan area", and the municipality is a political designation defining regions under control of a municipal government, having no comparable division.
The population of the urban area is listed below; the larger figure municipality figure is the wider administrative area population, which includes suburban and rural areas.
This list contains all cities with the administrative designation sub-provincial city (副省级城市). The majority are "Provincial Capital City" (省会). Also we list out the "SEC City"(Special Economic Zone City)(经济特区). .
| City |
Urban Area Population |
Level |
Administrative Area Population |
| 上海 Shanghai |
14,404,000 (2007) |
Municipality |
18,542,200 (2007) |
| 北京 Beijing |
12,133,000 (2007) |
Municipality |
17,430,000 (2007) |
| 广州 Guangzhou |
10,045,800 (2007) |
Provincial Capital City |
15,000,000 (2007) |
| 深圳 Shenzhen |
8,464,300 (2006) |
Special Economic Zone City |
13,300,000 (2007) |
| 香港 Hong Kong |
6,840,000 (2007) |
Special Administrative Region, SAR |
|
| 东莞 Dongguan |
6,450,000 (2007) |
Prefecture-level city |
|
| 天津 Tianjin |
5,190,000 |
Municipality |
11,500,000 (2007) |
| 武汉 Wuhan |
4,890,000 |
Provincial Capital City |
9,400,000 (2007) |
| 哈尔滨 Harbin |
4,754,753 |
Provincial Capital City |
9,873,742 (2007) |
| 沈阳 Shenyang |
4,420,000 |
Provincial Capital City |
7,500,000 (2007) |
| 成都 Chengdu |
3,750,000 |
Provincial Capital City |
11,300,000 (2007) |
| 郑州 Zhengzhou |
3,500,000 |
Provincial Capital City |
7,500,000 (2007) |
| 重庆 Chongqing |
3,270,000 |
Municipality |
32,700,000 (2007) |
| 青岛 Qingdao |
3,200,000 |
Sub-provincial city |
8,000,000 (2007) |
| 烟台 Yantai |
2,000,000 |
Sub-provincial city |
6,468,200 (2003) |
| 汕头 Shantou |
3,200,000 |
Special Economic Zone City |
7,600,000 (2006) |
| 南京 Nanjing |
3,110,000 |
Provincial Capital City |
7,100,000 (2007) |
| 淄博 Zibo |
2,900,000 |
Prefecture-level city |
4,500,000 (2006) |
| 福州 Fuzhou |
2,600,000 |
Provincial Capital City |
7,000,000 (2006) |
| 长沙 Changsha |
2,520,000 |
Provincial Capital City |
6,103,000 (2007) |
| 南昌 Nanchang |
2,440,000 |
Provincial Capital City |
4,507,000 (2007) |
| 无锡 Wuxi |
2,400,000 |
Prefecture-level city |
4,800,000 (2006) |
| 苏州 Suzhou |
2,400,000 |
Prefecture-level city |
6,400,000 (2006) |
| 杭州 Hangzhou |
2,350,000 |
Provincial Capital City |
7,000,000 (2007) |
| 长春 Changchun |
2,290,000 |
Provincial Capital City |
7,400,000 (2007) |
| 贵阳 Guiyang |
2,180,000 |
Provincial Capital City |
3,320,000 (2007) |
| 昆明 Kunming |
3,055,000 |
Provincial Capital City |
6,800,000 (2007) |
| 大连 Dalian |
2,090,000 |
Sub-provincial city |
6,200,000 (2007) |
| 济南 Jinan |
2,090,000 |
Provincial Capital City |
6,300,000 (2007) |
| 石家庄 Shijiazhuang |
2,090,000 |
Provincial Capital City |
9,500,000 (2007) |
| 兰州 Lanzhou |
2,060,000 |
Provincial Capital City |
3,400,000 (2007) |
| 西安 Xi'an |
1,960,000 |
Provincial Capital City |
10,500,000 (2007) |
| 徐州 Xuzhou |
1,900,000 |
Prefecture-level city |
9,600,000 (2006) |
| 乌鲁木齐 Ürümqi |
1,830,000 (2007) |
Provincial Capital City |
2,500,000 (2006) |
| 唐山 Tangshan |
1,700,000 |
Prefecture-level city |
3,000,000 (2006) |
| 洛阳 Luoyang |
1,500,000 |
Prefecture-level city |
6,700,000 (2006) |
| 南通 Nantong |
1,500,000 |
Prefecture-level city |
8,100,000 (2006) |
| 齐齐哈尔 Qiqihar |
1,438,000 |
Prefecture-level city |
6,000,000 (2006) |
| 呼和浩特 Hohhot |
1,300,000 |
Provincial Capital City |
5,000,000 (2006) |
| 开封 Kaifeng |
80,100 |
Prefecture-level city |
4,800,000 (2004) |
| 合肥 Hefei |
|
Prefecture-level city |
4,650,000 (2006) |
| 连云港 Lianyungang |
|
Prefecture-level city |
5,000,000 (2006) |
| 滁州 Chuzhou |
|
Prefecture-level city |
4,500,000 (2006) |
| 绍兴 Shaoxing |
|
Prefecture-level city |
4,347,200 (2004) |
| 太原 Taiyuan |
|
Prefecture-level city |
4,000,000 (2006) |
| 吉林市 Jilin City |
1,900,751 |
Prefecture-level city |
4,350,000 |
| 信阳 Xinyang |
1,732,000 |
Prefecture-level city |
7,425,000 |
| 大同 Datong |
1,426,000 (2004) |
Prefecture-level city |
3,119,000 (2005) |
| 南宁 Nanning |
1,400,000 |
Provincial Capital City |
3,200,000 (2006) |
| 包头 Baotou |
1,400,000 |
Prefecture-level city |
2,400,000 (2006) |
| 邯郸 Handan |
1,390,000 (2004) |
Prefecture-level city |
8,499,000 |
| 抚顺 Fushun |
1,384,000 |
Prefecture-level city |
2,300,000 |
| 厦门 Xiamen |
|
Special Economic Zone City |
1,370,000 |
| 珠海 Zhuhai |
|
Special Economic Zone City |
1,332,000 (2004) |
| 鞍山 Anshan |
1,285,849 |
Prefecture-level city |
3,584,000 |
| 扬州 Yangzhou |
1,125,200 (2003) |
Prefecture-level city |
4,536,100 (2003) |
| 周口 Zhoukou |
|
Prefecture-level city |
1,060,000 |
| 西宁 Xining |
1,029,400 |
administrative area |
2,095,000 (2006) |
| 镇江 Zhenjiang |
1,013,600 |
Prefecture-level city |
2,672,100 (2004) |
| 柳州 Liuzhou |
950,000 |
Prefecture-level city |
3,512,000 |
| 保定 Baoding |
920,000 |
administrative area |
11,000,000 (2006) |
| 平顶山 Pingdingshan |
891,814 (2006) |
Prefecture-level city |
4,800,000 (2000) |
| 南平 Nanping |
|
Prefecture-level city |
2,860,000 |
| 温州 Wenzhou |
873,000 |
administrative area |
7,777,000 (2006) |
| 泉州 Quanzhou |
|
administrative area |
7,520,000 (excluding Quemoy) |
| 宁波 Ningbo |
820,000 |
Sub-provincial city |
6,070,000 |
| 南阳 Nanyang, Henan |
800,000 |
administrative area |
11,000,000 (2006) |
| 廊坊 Langfang |
763,000 |
Prefecture-level city |
3,910,000 (2004) |
| 衡阳 Hengyang |
761,888 |
Prefecture-level city |
|
| 新乡 Xinxiang |
|
Prefecture-level city |
5,505,000 |
| 安阳 Anyang |
|
Prefecture-level city |
5,250,000 (2002) |
| 秦皇岛 Qinhuangdao |
759,000 |
Prefecture-level city |
2,758,000 |
| 银川 Yinchuan |
736,300 |
Provincial Capital City |
1,377,000 |
| 潮州 Chaozhou |
670,000 |
Prefecture-level city |
2,534,000 (2006) |
| 桂林 Guilin |
670,000 |
Prefecture-level city |
1,300,000 |
| 临沂 Linyi |
|
administrative area |
11,300,000 (2006) |
| 安庆 Anqing |
650,000 |
Prefecture-level city |
6,500,000 (2006) |
| 丹东 Dandong |
643,000 |
Prefecture-level city |
2,390,000 (2001) |
| 绵阳 Mianyang |
600,000 |
Prefecture-level city |
5,200,000 |
| 常州 Changzhou |
|
Prefecture-level city |
3,489,000 (2004) |
| 蚌埠 Bengbu |
585,000 |
Prefecture-level city |
3,469,700 (2004) |
| 佳木斯 Jiamusi |
555,000 |
|
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| 沧州 Cangzhou |
550,000 (2004) |
Prefecture-level city |
7,100,000 (2006) |
| 澳门 Macau |
520,400 (2007) |
|
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| 淮南 Huainan |
400,000 |
Prefecture-level city |
2,335,798 (2004) |
| 芜湖 Wuhu |
|
Prefecture-level city |
2,245,600 (2004) |
| 拉萨 Lhasa |
257,400 |
Prefecture-level city |
521,500 |
| 北海 Beihai |
135,500 |
Prefecture-level city |
1,450,000 (2001) |
| 克拉瑪依 Karamay |
|
Prefecture-level city |
290,000 (2002) |
| 丽江 Lijiang |
|
Prefecture-level city |
1,126,646 (2000) |
| 本溪 Benxi |
|
prefecture-level city |
937,805 |
| 黄石 Huangshi |
|
prefecture-level city |
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| 锦州 Jinzhou |
|
prefecture-level city |
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| 阜新 Fuxin |
|
prefecture-level city |
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| 鹤岗 Hegang |
|
prefecture-level city |
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| 营口 Yingkou |
|
prefecture-level city |
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| 牡丹江 Mudanjiang |
|
prefecture-level city |
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| 辽阳 Liaoyang |
|
prefecture-level city |
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| 喀什 Kashgar |
|
Prefecture-level city |
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| 阿勒 泰 Altay |
|
Prefecture-level city |
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| 阿克 苏 Aksu |
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Prefecture-level city |
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| 舟山 Zhoushan |
|
Prefecture-level city |
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| 台州 Taizhou |
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Prefecture-level city |
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| 曲阜 Qufu |
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[edit] See also
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