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Shanghai is China's most populous urban area, while Chongqing is its largest city proper, the only city in China with the largest permanent population of over 30 million. As of 2020, there were 113 Chinese cities with over 1 million people in urban areas.
Four cities are centrally administered municipalities, which include dense urban areas, suburbs, and large rural areas: Chongqing (32.05 million [3] ), Shanghai (24.87 million [3] ), Beijing (21.89 million [3] ), and Tianjin (13.87 million [3] ). According to 2017 research from the Demographia research group, there are 102 cities governed by ...
Shanghai [a] is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowing through it. The population of the city proper is the third largest in the world, with around 29.2 million inhabitants in 2023 ...
Hangzhou. / 30.267°N 120.153°E / 30.267; 120.153. Hangzhou [a] is the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang, China. It is located in the northeastern part of the province, sitting at the head of Hangzhou Bay, which separates Shanghai and Ningbo. Hangzhou grew to prominence as the southern terminus of the Grand Canal and has been ...
Beijing, [a] previously romanized as Peking, [b] is the capital of China. With more than 22 million residents, [11] Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city as well as China's second largest city after Shanghai. [12] It is located in Northern China, and is governed as a municipality under the direct administration of the State ...
Guangzhou. / 23.13000°N 113.26000°E / 23.13000; 113.26000. Guangzhou [a] is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. [8] Located on the Pearl River about 120 km (75 mi) north-northwest of Hong Kong and 145 km (90 mi) north of Macau, Guangzhou has a history of over 2,200 years and was a major terminus of ...
National central city. In China, a national central city ( 国家中心城市) is a modern metropolis with regional, national, and international importance. There are nine national central cities: Beijing, Tianjin, Chongqing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Wuhan, Xi'an, and Zhengzhou. [1] The first four cities listed are the four provincial ...
Soo-ciŭ. Suzhou ( / suːˈdʒoʊ /; [5] Chinese : 苏州; Suzhounese:sou¹ tseu¹ [səu˦ tsøʏ˦], Mandarin: [sú.ʈʂóʊ] ), alternately romanized as Soochow, is a major prefecture-level city in Jiangsu province, China. As part of the Yangtze Delta megalopolis, it is a major economic center and focal point of trade and commerce.