List of Chinese administrative divisions by area

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This is a list of the first-level administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China (PRC), including all provinces (except the claimed Taiwan Province), autonomous regions, special administrative regions, and municipalities, in order of their total land area as reported by the national or provincial-level government.

class="wikitable" style="width:auto; text-align:center;" ! Color !! Regions of China

style="background-color: #daea7b; width:20px;" | | North China

style="background-color: #99c1fb; width:20px;" | | East China

style="background-color: #dca9e9; width:20px;" | | Southwestern China

style="background-color: #ffcb78; width:20px;" | | Northwestern China

style="background-color: #fadb4c; width:20px;" | | South Central China

style="background-color: #8092d4; width:20px;" | | Northeast China

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Rank	Administrative division	Region	Area (km2)	Area (sq mi)	National share (%)	Source
style="background-color: #ffcb78;" | 1	Xinjiang	Northwestern China	{{convert|1664900|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}	17.31	{{cite web |url=http://www.xizang.gov.cn/zrdl/51648.jhtml |title=新疆 |trans-title=Xinjiang |language=zh |publisher=The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China |date=7 April 2013 |accessdate=7 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222133742/http://www.xizang.gov.cn/zrdl/51648.jhtml |archive-date=2015-12-22 |url-status=dead }}
style="background-color: #dca9e9;" | 2	Tibet	Southwestern China	{{convert|1228400|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}	12.77	{{cite web |url=http://www.xizang.gov.cn/zrdl/51648.jhtml |title=西藏概况(2007年) |trans-title=Overview of Tibet (2007) |language=zh |publisher=People's Government of Tibet Autonomous Region |date=11 September 2008 |accessdate=7 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222133742/http://www.xizang.gov.cn/zrdl/51648.jhtml |archive-date=2015-12-22 |url-status=dead }}
style="background-color: #daea7b;" | 3	Inner Mongolia	North China	{{convert|1183000|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}	12.30	{{cite web |url=http://www.nmg.gov.cn/quq/qygk/201506/t20150615_398075.html |title=区域概况 |trans-title=Overview of the region |language=zh |publisher=People's Government of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region |date=6 April 2016 |accessdate=7 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630020647/http://www.nmg.gov.cn/quq/qygk/201506/t20150615_398075.html |archive-date=2016-06-30 |url-status=live }}
style="background-color: #ffcb78;" | 4	Qinghai	Northwestern China	{{convert|722300|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}	7.51	{{cite web |url=http://www.qh.gov.cn/dmqh/system/2013/04/12/010041777.shtml |title=总体概况 |trans-title=General overview |language=zh |publisher=People's Government of Qinghai Province |date=12 April 2013 |accessdate=7 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425082902/http://www.qh.gov.cn/dmqh/system/2013/04/12/010041777.shtml |archive-date=2016-04-25 |url-status=live }}
style="background-color: #dca9e9;" | 5	Sichuan	Southwestern China	{{convert|486100|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}	5.05	{{cite web |url=http://www.snsc.gov.cn/agriculture/3263.htm |title=2015年四川省农业农村经济基本情况 |trans-title=State of agriculture and the rural economy in Sichuan Province, 2015 |language=zh |publisher=Sichuan Province Rural Work Committee |date=27 May 2016 |accessdate=7 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419184105/http://www.snsc.gov.cn/agriculture/3263.htm |archive-date=2017-04-19 |url-status=live }}
style="background-color: #8092d4;" | 6	Heilongjiang	Northeast China	{{convert|454800|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}	4.73	{{cite web|title=Heilongjiang – Survey |url=http://english.mofcom.gov.cn/article/zt_business/lanmub/ |publisher=Ministry Of Commerce – People's Republic Of China |accessdate=25 July 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130805091244/http://english.mofcom.gov.cn/article/zt_business/lanmub/ |archivedate=5 August 2013 }}{{refn|Heilongjiang's officially reported area of {{convert|473000|km2|sqmi}}{{cite web |url=http://www.gov.cn/test/2013-04/12/content_2376349.htm |title=黑龙江 |trans-title=Heilongjiang |language=zh |publisher=The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China |date=12 April 2013 |accessdate=25 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624173820/http://www.gov.cn/test/2013-04/12/content_2376349.htm |archive-date=2016-06-24 |url-status=live }} explicitly includes parts of Inner Mongolia's Oroqen Autonomous Banner administered as Songling District and Jiagedaqi District under Heilongjiang's Daxing'anling Prefecture. The combined area of these two districts is {{convert|18200|km2|sqmi}},{{cite web |url=http://www.dxal.gov.cn/zjxa/xagk/ |title=兴安概况 |trans-title=Overview of Daxing'anling |language=zh |publisher=Daxing'anling Prefecture |date=12 April 2013 |accessdate=25 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314024447/http://www.dxal.gov.cn/zjxa/xagk/ |archive-date=2016-03-14 |url-status=live }} which has been subtracted from Heilongjiang's reported area to arrive at the figure of {{convert|454800|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}} reported in the table and corroborated by ref. 6. |group=lower-alpha}}
style="background-color: #ffcb78;" | 7	Gansu	Northwestern China	{{convert|425800|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}	4.43	{{cite web |url=http://www.gov.cn/test/2013-04/16/content_2379149.htm |title=甘肃 |trans-title=Gansu |language=zh |publisher=The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China |date=16 April 2013 |accessdate=7 June 2016}}
style="background-color: #dca9e9;" | 8	Yunnan	Southwestern China	{{convert|394100|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}	4.10	{{cite book |title=16-1: Land Characteristics |work=Yunnan Statistical Yearbook 2013 |page=474 |publisher=Statistical Bureau of Yunnan Province |isbn=9787503769610}}
style="background-color: #fadb4c;" | 9	Guangxi	South Central China	{{convert|237600|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}	2.47	{{cite web |url=http://www.gov.cn/test/2013-04/16/content_2378978.htm |title=广西 |trans-title=Guangxi |language=zh |publisher=The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China |date=16 April 2013 |accessdate=7 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428033833/http://www.gov.cn/test/2013-04/16/content_2378978.htm |archive-date=2016-04-28 |url-status=live }}
style="background-color: #fadb4c;" | 10	Hunan	South Central China	{{convert|211800|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}	2.20	{{cite web |url=http://www.gov.cn/test/2013-04/16/content_2378973.htm |title=湖南 |trans-title=Hunan |language=zh |publisher=The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China |date=16 April 2013 |accessdate=7 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160708151329/http://www.gov.cn/test/2013-04/16/content_2378973.htm |archive-date=2016-07-08 |url-status=live }}
style="background-color: #ffcb78;" | 11	Shaanxi	Northwestern China	{{convert|205800|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}	2.14	{{cite web |url=http://www.gov.cn/test/2013-04/07/content_2371575.htm |title=陕西 |trans-title=Shaanxi |language=zh |publisher=The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China |date=7 April 2013 |accessdate=7 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427230203/http://www.gov.cn/test/2013-04/07/content_2371575.htm |archive-date=2016-04-27 |url-status=live }}
style="background-color: #daea7b;" | 12	Hebei	North China	{{convert|188800|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}	1.96	{{cite web |url=http://www.hebei.gov.cn/hebei/10731222/10751792/index.html |title=河北概况 |trans-title=Overview of Hebei |language=zh |publisher=People's Government of Hebei Province |accessdate=7 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820104904/http://www.hebei.gov.cn/hebei/10731222/10751792/index.html |archive-date=2016-08-20 |url-status=dead }}
style="background-color: #8092d4;" | 13	Jilin	Northeast China	{{convert|187400|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}	1.95	{{cite web |url=http://www.gov.cn/test/2013-03/20/content_2358566.htm |title=吉林 |trans-title=Jilin |language=zh |publisher=The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China |date=20 March 2013 |accessdate=7 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428002812/http://www.gov.cn/test/2013-03/20/content_2358566.htm |archive-date=2016-04-28 |url-status=live }}
style="background-color: #fadb4c;" | 14	Hubei	South Central China	{{convert|185900|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}	1.93	{{cite web |url=http://www.gov.cn/test/2013-03/26/content_2362487.htm |title=湖北 |trans-title=Hubei |language=zh |publisher=The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China |date=26 March 2013 |accessdate=7 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160708151501/http://www.gov.cn/test/2013-03/26/content_2362487.htm |archive-date=2016-07-08 |url-status=live }}
style="background-color: #fadb4c;" | 15	Guangdong	South Central China	{{convert|179700|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}	1.87	{{cite web |url=http://www.gd.gov.cn/gdgk/sqgm/201501/t20150121_208189.htm |title=位置、范围和面积 |trans-title=Location, extent and area |language=zh |publisher=People's Government of Guangdong Province |date=21 January 2015 |accessdate=7 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815173500/http://www.gd.gov.cn/gdgk/sqgm/201501/t20150121_208189.htm |archive-date=2016-08-15 |url-status=live }}
style="background-color: #dca9e9;" | 16	Guizhou	Southwestern China	{{convert|176200|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}	1.83	{{cite web |url=http://www.gov.cn/test/2005-08/10/content_21526.htm |title=贵州 |trans-title=Guizhou |language=zh |publisher=The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China |date=10 August 2005 |accessdate=7 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919035635/http://www.gov.cn/test/2005-08/10/content_21526.htm |archive-date=2016-09-19 |url-status=live }}
style="background-color: #fadb4c;" | 17	Henan	South Central China	{{convert|167000|km2|sqmi
2|disp=table|sortable=on}}	1.74	{{cite web |url=http://www.ha.stats.gov.cn/hntj/lib/tjnj/2015/zk/html/0103.JPG |title=1-3: Natural Resources |work=Henan Statistical Yearbook 2015 |publisher=Statistical Bureau of Henan Province |accessdate=7 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026174048/http://www.ha.stats.gov.cn/hntj/lib/tjnj/2015/zk/html/0103.JPG |archive-date=2016-10-26 |url-status=live }}
style="background-color: #99c1fb;" | 18	Jiangxi	East China	{{convert|166900|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}	1.74	{{cite web |url=http://www.gov.cn/test/2013-04/02/content_2368098.htm |title=江西 |trans-title=Jiangxi |language=zh |publisher=The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China |date=2 April 2013 |accessdate=7 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624181531/http://www.gov.cn/test/2013-04/02/content_2368098.htm |archive-date=2016-06-24 |url-status=live }}
style="background-color: #99c1fb;" | 19	Shandong	East China	{{convert|157100|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}	1.63	{{cite web |url=http://www.gov.cn/test/2013-03/25/content_2361890.htm |title=山东 |trans-title=Shandong |language=zh |publisher=The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China |date=25 March 2013 |accessdate=7 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427230317/http://www.gov.cn/test/2013-03/25/content_2361890.htm |archive-date=2016-04-27 |url-status=live }}
style="background-color: #daea7b;" | 20	Shanxi	North China	{{convert|156700|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}	1.63	{{cite web |url=http://www.gov.cn/test/2013-04/17/content_2380159.htm |title=山西 |trans-title=Shanxi |language=zh |publisher=The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China |date=17 April 2013 |accessdate=7 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428031233/http://www.gov.cn/test/2013-04/17/content_2380159.htm |archive-date=2016-04-28 |url-status=live }}
style="background-color: #8092d4;" | 21	Liaoning	Northeast China	{{convert|148400|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}	1.54	{{cite web |url=http://www.ln.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/sjcx/ndsj/otherpages/2014/zk/html/01-03.jpg |title=1-3: 自然状况及资源 |trans-title=Natural conditions and resources |language=zh |work=Liaoning Statistical Yearbook 2014 |publisher=Statistical Bureau of Liaoning Province |accessdate=7 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827164331/http://www.ln.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/sjcx/ndsj/otherpages/2014/zk/html/01-03.jpg |archive-date=2016-08-27 |url-status=live }}
style="background-color: #99c1fb;" | 22	Anhui	East China	{{convert|139400|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}	1.45	{{cite web |url=http://www.ah.gov.cn/UserData/SortHtml/1/8394315416.html |title=自然地理 |trans-title=Physical geography |language=zh |publisher=People's Government of Anhui Province |accessdate=7 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160606113946/http://www.ah.gov.cn/UserData/SortHtml/1/8394315416.html |archive-date=6 June 2016 |url-status=dead }}
style="background-color: #99c1fb;" | 23	Fujian	East China	{{convert|123900|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}	1.29	{{cite web |url=http://www.gov.cn/test/2013-04/11/content_2375366.htm |title=福建 |trans-title=Fujian |language=zh |publisher=The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China |date=11 April 2013 |accessdate=7 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428051942/http://www.gov.cn/test/2013-04/11/content_2375366.htm |archive-date=2016-04-28 |url-status=live }}
style="background-color: #99c1fb;" | 24	Jiangsu	East China	{{convert|102600|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}	1.07	{{cite web |url=http://www.gov.cn/test/2013-03/28/content_2364402.htm |title=江苏 |trans-title=Jiangsu |language=zh |publisher=The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China |date=28 March 2013 |accessdate=7 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160708151322/http://www.gov.cn/test/2013-03/28/content_2364402.htm |archive-date=2016-07-08 |url-status=live }}
style="background-color: #99c1fb;" | 25	Zhejiang	East China	{{convert|101800|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}	1.06	{{cite web |url=http://www.gov.cn/test/2013-04/11/content_2375239.htm |title=浙江 |trans-title=Zhejiang |language=zh |publisher=The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China |date=11 April 2013 |accessdate=7 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427230240/http://www.gov.cn/test/2013-04/11/content_2375239.htm |archive-date=2016-04-27 |url-status=live }}
style="background-color: #dca9e9;" | 26	Chongqing	Southwestern China	{{convert|82400|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}	0.86	{{cite web |url=http://www.gov.cn/test/2013-04/01/content_2367668.htm |title=重庆 |trans-title=Chongqing |language=zh |publisher=The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China |date=1 April 2013 |accessdate=7 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428020108/http://www.gov.cn/test/2013-04/01/content_2367668.htm |archive-date=2016-04-28 |url-status=live }}
style="background-color: #ffcb78;" | 27	Ningxia	Northwestern China	{{convert|66400|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}	0.69	{{cite web |url=http://www.nxtj.gov.cn/nxtjjxbww/tjsj/ndsj/2014/html/1/1-1%E8%A1%A8.htm |title=1-1: Administrative Divisions (2013) |work=Ningxia Statistical Yearbook 2014 |publisher=Statistical Bureau of Ningxia Autonomous Region |accessdate=7 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095241/http://www.nxtj.gov.cn/nxtjjxbww/tjsj/ndsj/2014/html/1/1-1%E8%A1%A8.htm |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}
style="background-color: #fadb4c;" | 28	Hainan	South Central China	{{convert|35354|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}	0.37	{{cite web |url=http://www.stats.hainan.gov.cn/2015nj/cn/html/0802.htm |title=8-2: Land Resources |work=Hainan Statistical Yearbook 2015 |publisher=Statistical Bureau of Hainan Province |accessdate=7 June 2016}}
style="background-color: #daea7b;" | 29	Beijing	North China	{{convert|16411|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}	0.17	{{cite web |url=http://www.gov.cn/test/2013-03/25/content_2361895.htm |title=北京 |trans-title=Beijing |language=zh |publisher=The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China |date=25 March 2013 |accessdate=7 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428051936/http://www.gov.cn/test/2013-03/25/content_2361895.htm |archive-date=2016-04-28 |url-status=live }}
style="background-color: #daea7b;" | 30	Tianjin	North China	{{convert|11917|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}	0.12	{{cite web |url=http://www.gov.cn/test/2013-03/20/content_2358665.htm |title=天津 |trans-title=Tianjin |language=zh |publisher=The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China |date=20 March 2013 |accessdate=7 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428012957/http://www.gov.cn/test/2013-03/20/content_2358665.htm |archive-date=2016-04-28 |url-status=live }}
style="background-color: #99c1fb;" | 31	Shanghai	East China	{{convert|6340.5|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}	0.066	{{cite web |url=http://www.stats-sh.gov.cn/tjnj/nje15.htm?d1=2015tjnje/E0202.htm |title=2.2: LAND AREA, POPULATION AND DENSITY OF POPULATION IN DISTRICTS AND COUNTIES (2014) |work=Shanghai Statistical Yearbook 2015 |publisher=Shanghai Municipal Statistics Bureau |accessdate=7 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920200131/http://www.stats-sh.gov.cn/tjnj/nje15.htm?d1=2015tjnje%2FE0202.htm |archive-date=2016-09-20 |url-status=live }}
style="background-color: #fadb4c;" | 32	Hong Kong	South Central China	{{convert|1105.7|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}	0.011	{{cite web |url=http://www.statistics.gov.hk/hk_in_figures/geog/geog2e.xls |title=Land area of Hong Kong |publisher=Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong |date=16 May 2016 |accessdate=7 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008205300/https://www.statistics.gov.hk/hk_in_figures/geog/geog2e.xls |archive-date=2018-10-08 |url-status=live }}
style="background-color: #fadb4c;" | 33	Macau	South Central China	{{convert|30.5|km2|sqmi|disp=table|sortable=on}}	0.0003	{{cite web |url=http://www.dscc.gov.mo/ENG/knowledge/geo_statistic.html |title=Land area |publisher=Cartography and Cadastre Bureau, Government of Macao SAR |accessdate=13 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161101203114/http://www.dscc.gov.mo/ENG/knowledge/geo_statistic.html |archive-date=2016-11-01 |url-status=dead }}
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—	People's Republic of China		align=right| 9,616,400{{refn|Figure is the sum of the areas of the listed administrative divisions, rounded to the nearest hundred square kilometres. The National Bureau of Statistics of China gives China's total land area as 9.6 million square kilometres.{{cite web |url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/ndsj/2014/zk/html/Z0801E.htm |title=8-1: Land Characteristics |work=China Statistical Yearbook 2014 |publisher=National Bureau of Statistics of China |accessdate=25 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827205045/http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/ndsj/2014/zk/html/Z0801E.htm |archive-date=2016-08-27 |url-status=live }} The United Nations Statistics Division reports China's land area excluding Hong Kong and Macau as 9.5970 million square kilometres.{{cite web |url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/publications/statistical-yearbook/files/syb59/Table-02.pdf |title=2: Population, surface area and density |work=Statistical Yearbook |publisher=United Nations Statistics Division |edition=2016 |accessdate=2 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205155733/http://unstats.un.org/unsd/publications/statistical-yearbook/files/syb59/Table-02.pdf |archive-date=2017-02-05 |url-status=live }}| group=lower-alpha}}	align=right| 3,712,900{{refn|Figure is the sum of the areas of the listed administrative divisions, rounded to the nearest hundred square miles.| group=lower-alpha}}	100