List of capitals in China


The scope of this list is limited to capital cities of first-level administrative divisions such as provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities, and special administrative regions, also including sub-provincial cities which are governed by province but administered independently in many ways from a province.

Provincal-level capitals

JurisdictionCapitalChineseCapital sinceLand area
Population
Urban area
population 		SymbolSeatMap
AnhuiHefei合肥市185311,3237,457,0273,098,727庐Shushan
Beijing
Beijing北京市192716,80119,612,36816,858,692京Tongzhou
Chongqing
Chongqing重庆市192782,40128,846,17013,157,502渝Yuzhong
FujianFuzhou福州市127812,1777,115,3693,102,421榕Gulou
GansuLanzhou兰州市166713,3003,616,1632,438,595兰Chengguan
GuangdongGuangzhou广州市13697,43412,701,94810,641,408穗Yuexiu
Guangxi
Nanning南宁市191222,1896,658,7422,846,882邕Qingxiu
GuizhouGuiyang贵阳市14138,0344,322,6112,520,061筑Guanshanhu
HainanHaikou海口市19882,2372,046,1701,517,410海Xiuying
HebeiShijiazhuang石家庄市196815,72210,163,7883,232,082石Chang'an
HeilongjiangHarbin哈尔滨市194953,10010,635,9715,177,952哈Songbei
HenanZhengzhou郑州市19547,5078,627,0893,677,032郑Zhongyuan
Hong Kong
Hong Kong香港特别行政区19971,1047,071,5767,071,576港Central & Western
HubeiWuhan武汉市19278,4949,785,3887,541,527汉Jiang'an
HunanChangsha长沙市166411,8197,040,9523,193,354星Yuelu
Inner Mongolia
Hohhot呼和浩特市195217,2242,650,3641,497,110呼Xincheng
JiangsuNanjing南京市19526,5988,003,7446,238,186宁Xuanwu
JiangxiNanchang南昌市12777,3725,042,5662,614,380洪Honggutan
JilinChangchun长春市195420,5327,674,4393,610,060春Nanguan
LiaoningShenyang沈阳市166212,9428,106,1715,890,671沈Hunnan
Macau
Macau澳门特别行政区199929552,503552,503澳São Lourenço
Ningxia
Yinchuan银川市19284,4671,993,0881,159,457银Jinfeng
QinghaiXining西宁市19287,3722,208,7081,153,417湟Chengzhong
ShaanxiXi'an西安市12869,9838,467,8385,596,083镐Weiyang
ShandongJinan济南市13778,1776,813,9844,119,801济Lixia
Shanghai
Shanghai上海市19276,34023,019,19620,555,098沪Huangpu
ShanxiTaiyuan太原市13696,9594,201,5923,154,157并Xinghualing
SichuanChengdu成都市128612,13215,118,8397,701,692蓉Wuhou
Tianjin
Tianjin天津市192711,76012,938,69310,277,893津Hexi
Tibet
Lhasa拉萨市164229,274559,423220,252拉Chengguan
Xinjiang
Ürümqi乌鲁木齐市188414,5773,112,5592,853,398乌Tianshan
YunnanKunming昆明市127521,4736,432,2093,498,995昆Chenggong
ZhejiangHangzhou杭州市136716,8478,700,3736,000,545杭Jianggan
Taiwan
Taipei台北1887———北—

Sub-provincial cities that are not themselves provincial capitals

have status that is below that of the municipalities, which are independent and equivalent to provinces, but above other, regular prefecture-level cities, which are completely ruled by their respective provinces. However, these sub-provincial cities are marked the same as other provincial capitals in almost all maps.
In total, there are five sub-provincial cities that are not themselves provincial capitals. These five cities have been designated as the "Municipalities with Independent Planning Status".

List of the Municipalities with Independent Planning Status

With the exception of Fuzhou, the provincial capital of Fujian Province, the provincial capitals of the other four provinces listed above – Guangzhou, Shenyang, Jinan and Hangzhou – are themselves sub-provincial cities.