Oscar van Vlijmen said:
Listed below is a complete list of the current administrative regions of China.
Readers might want to note that each of these has an official number, documented in ISO 3166.
The Chinese Central Government has divided China into different regions, which consists of : 23 Provinces 5 Autonomous Regions 4 Municipalities 1 Special Administrative Region
Agreed.
The provinces with their capitals are: 34 Anhui - Hefei 35 Fujian - Fuzhou 62 Gansu - Lanzhou 44 Guangdong - Guangzhou 52 Guizhou - Guiyang 46 Hainan - Haikou 13 Hebei - Shijiazhuang 23 Heilongjiang - Harbin 41 Henan - Zhengzhou 42 Hubei - Wuhan 43 Hunan - Changsha 32 Jiangsu - Nanjing 36 Jiangxi - Nanchang 22 Jilin - Changchun 21 Liaoning - Shenyang 63 Qinghai - Xining 61 Shaanxi - Xian 37 Shandong - Jinan 14 Shanxi - Taiyuan 51 Sichuan - Chengdu 71 Taiwan - Taipei (!) 53 Yunnan - Kunming 33 Zhejiang - Hangzhou
The autonomous regions with their capitals are: 45 Guangxi Zhuang - Nanning 15 Nei Monggol (Inner Mongolia) - Hohhot 64 Ningxia Hui - Yinchuan 54 Xizang (Tibet) - Lhasa 65 Xinjiang Uigur (or ... Uygur; chinese prefer Uigur) - Urumqi
The 4 municipalities are: 11 Beijing 50 Chongqing 31 Shanghai 12 Tianjin
The special administrative region is: 91 Hong Kong
[I can't see the logic behind the numbering. Is it geographical ?] 11 Beijing Municipality 12 Tianjin Municipality 13 Hebei 14 Shanxi 15 Nei Monggol (Inner Mongolia) 21 Liaoning 22 Jilin 23 Heilongjiang 31 Shanghai Municipality 32 Jiangsu 33 Zhejiang 34 Anhui 35 Fujian 36 Jiangxi 37 Shandong 41 Henan 42 Hubei 43 Hunan 44 Guangdong 45 Guangxi Zhuang 46 Hainan 50 Chongqing Municipality 51 Sichuan 52 Guizhou 53 Yunnan 54 Xizang (Tibet) 61 Shaanxi 62 Gansu 63 Qinghai 64 Ningxia Hui 65 Xinjiang Uigur 71 Taiwan 91 Hong Kong SAR -- Clive D.W. Feather | Work: <clive@demon.net> | Tel: +44 20 8371 1138 Internet Expert | Home: <clive@davros.org> | Fax: +44 20 8371 4037 Demon Internet | WWW: http://www.davros.org | Mobile: +44 7973 377646 Thus plc | |