China's Less Known Mega-Cities | 中国鮮為人知的特大城市
As of June 2020 the PRC has a total of 687 cities: 4 municipalities, 2 SARs, 293 prefectural-level cities (including the 15 sub-provincial cities) and 388 county-level cities (including the 38 sub-prefectural cities and 10 XXPC cities).
Here are some of the cities you have never heard of.
Shijiazhuang 石家莊 Population:11,2 mil
Ningbo 寧波 Population: 9,5mil
Hefei 合肥 Population: 9,4mil
Jinan 濟南 Population:9,2mil
Changchun 長春 Population:9,0mil
Hengyang 衡陽 Population: 6,6mil
Nanchang 南昌 Population:6,2.il
Taiyuan 太原 Population:5,3mil
Xiangyang 襄陽 Population: 5,2mil
Xining 西寧 Population: 2,4mil
Population of Cities in China (2022)
The administrative divisions of China designate the cities into three levels. Provincial-level cities include municipalities and the country’s Special Administrative Regions, county-level cities and prefectural-level cities. China has a total of 662 cities that fall into these three categories, with Shanghai boasting the largest population with over 22 million residents as of 2016. The country has a total of 34 provinces that house its cities.
In total, China has over 160 cities that have a population of over 1 million people. China also has metropolitan areas that encapsulate densely populated urban areas with suburban areas and rural areas that are more sparsely populated. According to 2010 data, about 674 million people reside in one of China’s many rural areas.
Cities in China are broken down into tiers, particularly when they are being discussed in the media. These tiers are designated using set criteria, including population size, infrastructure and economic outlook. Tier I cities include the centrally-administrated municipalities of Shangahi, Tianjin, Chongqing and Beijing, each of which have a population exceeding 10 million. Tier II cities include the larger cities of China including but not limited to Guiyang, Nanjing and Qingdao. Tier III cities are not as developed as Tier II cities but many that fall into this category are considered to be economically significant. Tier IV and Tier V cities round out the majority of the country’s urban population.
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