POLITICAL DIVISIONS of the PEOPLE'S
REPUBLIC
of CHINA
(as of December 1999)
Names are cited first in the current
Pinyin 拼音)
transliterations, followed by traditional
Wade-Giles
or Post Office spellings.
Provinces [] (23)........................................... Capitals []
Ānhuī 安徽 (Anhwei)...........................................................................
Héfèi 合肥 (Hofei)
Fújiàn
福建
(Fukien) ..................................................................
Fúzhōu
福州
(Foochow)
Gānsù
甘肅(Kansu)...................................................................
Lánzhōu 蘭州
(Lanchow)
Guǎngdōng 廣東(Kwangtung)............................................... Guǎngzhōu
廣州 (Canton)
Guìzhōu 貴州 (Kweichow).......................................................
Guìyáng
貴陽
(Kweiyang)
Hǎinán
海南(Hainan)......................................................................
Hǎikǒu
海口
(Haikou)
Héběi 河北
(Hopeh, Hopei).............................. Shíjiāzhuāng
石家莊
(Shihchiachuang)
Hēilóngjiāng 黑龍江
(Heilungkiang).........................................
Hāěrbīn
哈爾濱
(Harbin)
Hénán
河南 (Honan)........................................................
Zhèngzhōu
鄭州
(Chengchow)
Húběi 湖北
(Hupeh,
Hupei).........................................................
Wǔhàn 武漢 (Wuhan1)
Húnán
湖南(Hunan)..............................................................
Chángshā
長沙 (Changsha)
Jiāngsū 江蘇
(Kiangsu)...............................................................
Nánjīng
南京
(Nanking)
Jiāngxī
江西 (Kiangsi).........................................................
Nánchāng
南昌
(Nanchang)
Jìlín 吉林 (Kirin).................................................................
Chángchūn
長春 (Changchun)
Liáoníng 遼寧
(Liaoning)...................................................
Shěnyáng 瀋
陽 (Shenyang2)
Shāndōng
山東
(Shantung)...............................................................
Jǐnán
濟南
(Tsinan)
Shǎnxī
/ Shaanxi 陝西 (Shensi)...........................................................
Xī’ān
西安
(Sian3)
Shānxī
山西
(Shansi)....................................................................
Tàiyuán
太原
(Taiyuan)
Sìchuān
四川
(Szechuan).........................................................
Chéngdū
成都
(Chengtu)
Qīnghǎi
青海
(Tsinghai).....................................................................
Xīníng
西寧
(Sining)
Táiwān 臺灣 (Taiwan).......................................................................
Táiběi
臺北 (Taipei)
Yúnnán 雲南 (Yunnan)..............................................................
Kūnmíng
昆明
(Kunming)
Zhèjiāng
浙江 (Chekiang) ................................................. Hángzhōu
杭州 (Hangchow)
Autonomous
Regions [Zìzhìqū 自治區 ] (5):
Guǎngxī Zhuàngzú 廣西壯族
(Kwangsi Chuang)................ Nánníng
南寧
(Nanning)
Nèiménggǔ 内蒙古 (Inner Mongolia).................... Hūhéhàotè
呼和浩特 (Hohhot)
Níngxià Huízú 寧夏回族 (Ningxia Moslem)....................... Yínchuān 銀川 (Yinchwan)
Xīnjiāng Wéwùěr新疆維吾爾
(Sinkiang
Uygur)....... Wūlǔmùqí烏魯木齊(Urumchi4)
Xīzàng 西藏 (Tibet).........................................................................
Lāsà
拉薩
(Lhasa)
Municipalities
[shì 市 ]
(4):
Běijīng 北京 (Peking)
Chóngqìng 重慶 (Chungking) (as of March 1997)
Shànghǎi 上 海 (Shanghai)
Tiānjn 天津 (Tientsin)
Special Administrative
Regions [tèbié
xíngzhèngqū 特別行政區 ] (2):
Xiānggǎng 香港 (Hong Kong) (as of 20 Jul 1997)
Aòmén 澳門 (Macau/Macao) (as of 20 Dec 1999)
Other Cities:
Xiàmén 廈門 (Amoy - former Treaty Port and current SEZ)
Yāntái 煙臺 / Zhīfǔ 芝罘 (Yentai / Chefoo - former Treaty Port)
Zhènjiāng 鎮
江 (Chenchiang/Chinkiang
- lit., "to subdue the river"; at the juncture of the Yangzi and the
Quánzhōu 泉 州 (Chinchew/Ch'üan-chou/Zayton/Zaiton - old port, described by Marco Polo)
Hǎilāěr 海拉爾 (Hailar - Inner Mongolian station on the Chinese Eastern Railroad)
Ruìjīn 瑞金 (Juichin - capital of the first “Soviet” in China)
Kāifēng 開
封(Kaifeng - former imperial capital, e.g.
Northern Song)
Gāoxióng 高雄 (Kaohsiung - major port in southern Taiwan)
Kāshí 喀什 (Kashgar - military outpost on the route to Central Asia)
Jīlóng 基隆 (Keelung - major port in northern Taiwan)
Qiàkètú 恰克圖 (Kiakhta / Кяхта - site of the second Sino-Russian treaty settlement, 1727)
Jiǔjiāng 九江 (Kiukiang - resort town in Jiangxi Province)
Yīníng 伊寧 (Kuldja - strategic city occupied by Russia in mid-19th century)
Luòyáng 洛陽 (Loyang - former imperial capital,
e.g. Latter/Eastern Han)
Lǚdà 旅大 = Lǚshùnkǒu 旅順口 / Dàlián 大連 (Port Arthur and Dairen - late Qing naval base; later occupied by Russia, then Japan)
Níbùchǔ 尼布楚 (Nerchinsk / Нерчинск - site of the first Sino-Russian treaty settlement, 1689)
Níngbó 寧波(Ningpo - former Treaty Port)
Shānhǎiguān 山海關 (Shanhaikuan - where the Great Wall meets the sea)
Sūzhōu 蘇州 (Soochow - in Jiangsu; reputed to have the most beautiful women in China)
Táizhōng 臺 中 (Taichung - site of former US military base in the ROC)
Tángshān 唐 山(Tangshan - coal-mining region; site of major earthquake, 1976)
Qīngdǎo 青島 (Tsingtao - former German leasehold/colony; site of a famous brewery)
Qíqíhāěr 齊齊哈爾 (Tsitsihar - station on the Chinese Eastern Railroad)
Zūnyì遵義 (Tsunyi - site of a major CCP conference during the Long March, 1935)
Wūlánbātuō 烏蘭巴托 (Ulan Bator / Ulaanbaatar5 - capital of Mongolia)
Hǎishēnwēi 海參崴 (Vladivostok / Владивосток - ceded to Russia in 1860)
Yán’ān 延安 (Yenan - wartime HQ of the CCP)
Yíngkǒu 營口 / Niúzhuàng 牛 莊 (Yingkow / Newchuang - former Treaty Port)
Yùmén 玉門 (Yümen - one of the gateways to Central Asia)