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.
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Rank | Administrative division | Area (km2) | Area (sq mi) | National share (%) | Source |
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1 | Xinjiang | 1,664,900 | 642,800 | 17.31 | [1] |
2 | Tibet | 1,228,400 | 474,300 | 12.77 | [2] |
3 | Inner Mongolia | 1,183,000 | 457,000 | 12.30 | [3] |
4 | Qinghai | 722,300 | 278,900 | 7.51 | [4] |
5 | Sichuan | 486,100 | 187,700 | 5.05 | [5] |
6 | Heilongjiang | 454,800 | 175,600 | 4.73 | [6][lower-alpha 1] |
7 | Gansu | 425,800 | 164,400 | 4.43 | [9] |
8 | Yunnan | 394,100 | 152,200 | 4.10 | [10] |
9 | Guangxi | 237,600 | 91,700 | 2.47 | [11] |
10 | Hunan | 211,800 | 81,800 | 2.20 | [12] |
11 | Shaanxi | 205,800 | 79,500 | 2.14 | [13] |
12 | Hebei | 188,800 | 72,900 | 1.96 | [14] |
13 | Jilin | 187,400 | 72,400 | 1.95 | [15] |
14 | Hubei | 185,900 | 71,800 | 1.93 | [16] |
15 | Guangdong | 179,700 | 69,400 | 1.87 | [17] |
16 | Guizhou | 176,200 | 68,000 | 1.83 | [18] |
17 | Henan | 167,000 | 64,500 | 1.74 | [19] |
18 | Jiangxi | 166,900 | 64,400 | 1.74 | [20] |
19 | Shandong | 157,100 | 60,700 | 1.63 | [21] |
20 | Shanxi | 156,700 | 60,500 | 1.63 | [22] |
21 | Liaoning | 148,400 | 57,300 | 1.54 | [23] |
22 | Anhui | 139,400 | 53,800 | 1.45 | [24] |
23 | Fujian | 123,900 | 47,800 | 1.29 | [25] |
24 | Jiangsu | 102,600 | 39,600 | 1.07 | [26] |
25 | Zhejiang | 101,800 | 39,300 | 1.06 | [27] |
26 | Chongqing | 82,400 | 31,800 | 0.86 | [28] |
27 | Ningxia | 66,400 | 25,600 | 0.69 | [29] |
28 | Hainan | 35,354 | 13,650 | 0.37 | [30] |
29 | Beijing | 16,411 | 6,336 | 0.17 | [31] |
30 | Tianjin | 11,917 | 4,601 | 0.12 | [32] |
31 | Shanghai | 6,340.5 | 2,448.1 | 0.066 | [33] |
32 | Hong Kong | 1,105.7 | 426.9 | 0.011 | [34] |
33 | Macau | 30.5 | 11.8 | 0.0003 | [35] |
— | People's Republic of China | 9,616,400[lower-alpha 2] | 3,712,900[lower-alpha 3] | 100 |
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For the administrative divisions governed by the Republic of China (Taiwan), see List of administrative divisions of Taiwan.