List of Chinese administrative divisions by area explained

This is a list of the first-level administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China (PRC), including all provinces (except the claimed Taiwan Province), autonomous regions, special administrative regions, and municipalities, in order of their total land area as reported by the national or provincial-level government.

Rank Administrative division Area (km2) Area (sq mi) National
share (%)
Source
1 1664900disp=tableNaNdisp=table17.31 [1]
2 1228400disp=tableNaNdisp=table12.77 [2]
3 1183000disp=tableNaNdisp=table12.30 [3]
4 722300disp=tableNaNdisp=table7.51 [4]
5 486100disp=tableNaNdisp=table5.05 [5]
6 454800disp=tableNaNdisp=table4.73 [6]
7 425800disp=tableNaNdisp=table4.43 [7]
8 394100disp=tableNaNdisp=table4.10 [8]
9 237600disp=tableNaNdisp=table2.47 [9]
10 211800disp=tableNaNdisp=table2.20 [10]
11 205800disp=tableNaNdisp=table2.14 [11]
12 188800disp=tableNaNdisp=table1.96 [12]
13 187400disp=tableNaNdisp=table1.95 [13]
14 185900disp=tableNaNdisp=table1.93 [14]
15 179700disp=tableNaNdisp=table1.87 [15]
16 176200disp=tableNaNdisp=table1.83 [16]
17 167000km21.74 [17]
18 166900disp=tableNaNdisp=table1.74 [18]
19 157100disp=tableNaNdisp=table1.63 [19]
20 156700disp=tableNaNdisp=table1.63 [20]
21 148400disp=tableNaNdisp=table1.54 [21]
22 139400disp=tableNaNdisp=table1.45 [22]
23 123900disp=tableNaNdisp=table1.29 [23]
24 102600disp=tableNaNdisp=table1.07 [24]
25 101800disp=tableNaNdisp=table1.06 [25]
26 82400disp=tableNaNdisp=table0.86 [26]
27 66400disp=tableNaNdisp=table0.69 [27]
28 35354disp=tableNaNdisp=table0.37 [28]
29 16411disp=tableNaNdisp=table0.17 [29]
30 11917disp=tableNaNdisp=table0.12 [30]
31 6340.5disp=tableNaNdisp=table0.066 [31]
32 1105.7disp=tableNaNdisp=table0.011 [32]
33 30.5disp=tableNaNdisp=table0.0003 [33]
People's Republic of China 9,616,400 3,712,900 100

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