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LISTING BY POPULATION OF

SELECTED KEY CITIES IN CHINA

 

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More than 10 million

Between 5 and 10 million

Between 3 and 5 million

Between 1 and 3 million

Less than 1 million

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More than 10 million:

 

City
Province

1999 Population

Chongqing 重慶市

Municipality

30,800,000

Shanghai 上海市

Municipality

14,700,000

Beijing 北京市

Municipality

12,600,000

Baoding 保定

Hebei Province

10,501,000

Nanyang 南陽

Henan Province

10,450,000

Chengdu 成都

Sichuan Province

10,036,000

Number of cities in group: 6

 

Between 5 and 10 million:

 

City

Province

1999 Population

Tianjin 天津市

Municipality

9,590,000

Harbin 哈爾濱

Heilongjiang Province

9,271,000

Xuzhou 徐州

Jiangsu Province

8,754,000

Shijiazhuang 石家莊

Hebei Province

8,673,000

Weifang 濰坊

Shandong Province

8,400,000

Handan 邯鄲

Hebei Province

8,210,000

Nantong南通

Jiangsu Province

7,860,000

Wuhan 武漢

Hubei Province

7,402,000

Wenzhou 溫州

Zhejiang Province

7,216,000

Zunyi 遵義

Guizhou Province

7,098,000

Qingdao 青島

Shandong Province

7,030,000

Hengyang 衡陽

Hunan Province

7,021,000

Tangshan 唐山

Hebei Province

6,941,000

Changchun長春

Jilin Province

6,912,000

Guangzhou 廣州

Guangdong Province

6,850,000

Shenyang 瀋陽

Liaoning Province

6,771,000

Xi'an 西安

Shaanxi Province

6,745,000

Bijie 畢節

Guizhou Province

6,674,000

Cangzhou 滄州

Hebei Province

6,591,000

Quanzhou 泉州

Fujian Province

6,581,000

Zhanjiang 湛江

Guangdong Province

6,571,000

Yantai煙台

Shandong Province

6,447,000

Jingzhou 荊州

Hubei Province

6,421,000

Zhengzhou 鄭州

Henan Province

6,320,000

Hangzhou 杭州

Zhejiang Province

6,160,000

Luoyang 洛陽

Henan Province

6,140,000

Anqing 安慶

Anhui Province

5,980,000

Changde 常德

Hunan Province

5,965,000

Fuzhou 福州

Fujian Province

5,831,000

Changsha 長沙

Hunan Province

5,825,000

Xiangfan 襄樊

Hubei Province

5,773,000

Suzhou

Jiangsu Province

5,762,000

Jinan 濟南

Shandong Province

5,576,000

Qiqihar 齊齊哈爾

Heilongjiang Province

5,537,000

Dalian 大連

Liaoning Province

5,453,000

Taizhou 台州

Jiangsu Province

5,430,000

Ningbo寧波

Zhejiang Province

5,384,000

Nanjing 南京

Jiangsu Province

5,374,000

Suihua 綏化

Heilongjiang Province

5,368,000

Qujing 曲靖

Yunnan Province

5,352,000

Xinxiang 新鄉

Henan Province

5,330,000

Weinan 渭南

Shaanxi Province

5,220,000

Mianyang 綿陽

Sichuan Province

5,202,000

Yueyang 岳陽

Hunan Province

5,193,000

Yibin 宜賓

Sichuan Province

5,041,000

Number of cities in group: 45

 

Between 3 and 5 million:

 

City

Province

1999 Population

Xianyang 咸陽

Shaanxi Province

4,795,000

Guilin 桂林

Guangxi Zhuang Region

4,792,000

Kunming 昆明

Yunnan Province

4,734,000

Kaifeng 開封

Henan Province

4,640,000

Jiujiang 九江

Jiangxi Province

4,548,000

Shantou 汕頭

Guangdong Province

4,489,000

Lianyungang 連運港

Jiangsu Province

4,482,000

Chifeng 赤峰

Inner Mongolia Region

4,463,000

Zhangzhou 漳州

Fujian Province

4,455,000

Wuxi 無錫

Jiangsu Province

4,334,000

Shaoxing 紹興

Zhejiang Province

4,317,000

Jilin 吉林

Jilin Province

4,300,000

Hefei 合肥

Anhui Province

4,299,000

Nanchang 南昌

Jiangxi Province

4,227,000

Neijiang 內江

Sichuan Province

4,186,000

Zibo淄博

Shandong Province

4,057,000

Yichang 宜昌

Hubei Province

3,993,000

Red River 紅河

Yunnan Province

3,908,000

Yili 伊犁州

Xinjiang Uygur Region

3,858,000

Zhaoqing 肇慶

Guangdong Province

3,812,000

Deyang 德陽

Sichuan Province

3,758,000

Zhuzhou 株州

Hunan Province

3,701,000

Tongren 銅仁

Guizhou Province

3,699,000

Hanzhong 漢中

Shaanxi Province

3,649,000

Baoji 寶雞

Shaanxi Province

3,567,000

Shiyan 十堰

Hubei Province

3,412,000

Anshan 鞍山

Liaoning Province

3,403,000

Changzhou 常州

Jiangsu Province

3,397,000

Kashi 喀什

Xinjiang Uygur Region

3,342,000

Tianshui 天水

Gansu Province

3,328,000

Guiyang 貴陽

Guizhou Province

3,312,000

Jiaxing 嘉興

Zhejiang Province

3,301,000

Bangbu 蚌埠

Anhui Province

3,300,000

Foshan 佛山

Guangdong Province

3,292,000

Dali 大理

Yunnan Province

3,263,000

Jiaozuo 焦作

Henan Province

3,250,000

Siping 四平

Jilin Province

3,223,000

Qinzhou 欽州

Guangxi Zhuang Region

3,148,000

Zigong 自貢

Sichuan Province

3,148,000

Changzhi 長治

Shanxi Province

3,099,000

Tongliao 通遼

Inner Mongolia Region

3,072,000

Jinzhou 錦州

Liaoning Province

3,054,000

Number of cities in group: 42

 

Between 1 and 3 million:

 

 

City

Province

1999 Population

Taiyuan 太原

Shanxi Province

2,994,000

Putian 莆田

Fujian Province

2,944,000

Lanzhou 蘭州

Gansu Province

2,909,000

Nanning 南寧

Guangxi Zhuang Region

2,859,000

Liupanshui 六盤水

Guizhou Province

2,839,000

Datong 大同

Shanxi Province

2,756,000

Songyuan 松原

Jilin Province

2,720,000

Huizhou 惠州

Guangdong Province

2,718,000

Hulunbeier 呼倫貝爾盟

Inner Mongolia Region

2,717,000

Wuzhou 梧州

Guangxi Zhuang Region

2,707,000

Mudanjiang 牡丹江

Heilongjiang Province

2,675,000

Sanming 三明

Fujian Province

2,661,000

Qinhuangdao 秦皇島

Hebei Province

2,644,000

Anshun 安順

Guizhou Province

2,552,000

Huzhou 湖州

Zhejiang Province

2,551,000

Huangshi 黃石

Hubei Province

2,494,000

Chuxiong 楚雄

Yunnan Province

2,490,000

Weihai 威海

Shandong Province

2,462,000

Daqing 大慶

Heilongjiang Province

2,458,000

Dandong 丹東

Liaoning Province

2,405,000

Fushun 撫順

Liaoning Province

2,269,000

Tonghua 通化

Jilin Province

2,260,000

Yingkou 營口

Liaoning Province

2,243,000

Wuhu 蕪湖

Anhui Province

2,164,000

Jincheng 晉城

Shanxi Province

2,100,000

Baotou 包頭

Inner Mongolia Region

2,078,000

Hohhot 呼和浩特

Inner Mongolia Region

2,078,000

Huainan 淮南

Anhui Province

2,028,000

Yuxi 玉溪

Yunnan Province

1,991,000

Yan'an 延安

Shaanxi Province

1,939,000

Huaibei 淮北

Anhui Province

1,899,000

Wuzhong 吳忠

Ningxia Region

1,873,000

Liuzhou 柳州

Guangxi Zhuang Region

1,804,000

Bayanaoer 巴彥淖爾盟

Inner Mongolia Region

1,799,000

Pingxiang 萍鄉

Jiangxi Province

1,788,000

Baiyin 白銀

Gansu Province

1,736,000

Urumqi 烏魯木齊

Xinjiang Uygur Region

1,589,000

Dongguan 東莞

Guangdong Province

1,508,000

Jingdezhen 德鎮

Jiangxi Province

1,499,000

Changji 昌吉州

Xinjiang Uygur Region

1,482,000

Shuozhou 朔州

Shanxi Province

1,349,000

Baisan 白山

Jilin Province

1,323,000

Xiamen 廈門

Fujian Province

1,290,000

Yangquan 陽泉

Shanxi Province

1,235,000

Shenzhen 深圳

Guangdong Province

1,198,000

Maanshan 馬鞍山

Anhui Province

1,181,000

Xining 西寧

Qinghai Province

1,140,000

Xinyu 新余

Jiangxi Province

1,082,000

Yingtan 鷹潭

Jiangxi Province

1,053,000

Panzhihua 攀枝花

Sichuan Province

1,018,000

Ba 巴州

Xinjiang Urgur Region

1,012,000

Number of cities in group: 51

 

Less than 1 million:

 

City

Province

1999 Population

Yinchuan 銀川

Ningxia Hui Region

954,000

Tongchan 銅川

Shaanxi Province

825,000

Fangcheng 防城港

Guangxi Zhuang Region

771,000

Zhuhai 珠海

Guangdong Province

714,000

Shizuishan 石嘴山

Ningxia Hui Region

687,000

Qiongshan 瓊海

Hainan Province

654,000

Xigaze 日喀則

Tibet Region

630,000

Qamdo 昌都

Tibet Region

557,000

Haikou 海口

Hainan Province

544,000

Wenchang文昌

Hainan Province

530,000

Jinchuan 金昌

Gansu Province

447,000

Sanya 三亞

Hainan Province

446,000

Qionghai瓊山

Hainan Province

440,000

Lhasa 拉薩

Tibet Region

398,000

Nagqu 那曲

Tibet Region

356,000

Shannan 山南

Tibet Region

316,000

Karamai 克拉瑪依

Xinjiang Uygur Region

269,000

Ningchi 林芝

Tibet Region

147,000

Beihai 北海

Guangxi Zhuang Region

140,000

Golmud 格爾木

Qinghai Province

90,000

Delingha 德令哈

Qinghai Province

57,000

Number of cities in group: 21

 


 


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