China has 34 provincial administrative regions, including 23 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, 4 municipalities directly under the Central Government and 2 special administrative regions. Two Lakes, Two Guangs, Two Rivers and Two Mountains (8): Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Henan, Hebei, Shandong and Shanxi. Sanjiang, Sanhai and Yunguichuan (9): Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Shanghai, Qinghai, Hainan, Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan.
Fujian, Tibet, Ningmeng, Xinyu and Shaanxi (7): Fujian, Tibet, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Chongqing and Shaanxi. Beijing, Tianjin, Heijiliao, Anhui and Gansu (7): Beijing, Tianjin, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Anhui and Gansu. Plus Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan provinces (3): Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan provinces. Mastering the abbreviations of 34 provincial capitals is helpful for memory.
Size of provincial capital cities
Capital cities are an important part of China's urbanization system and the main direction of population inflow in the process of urbanization. In recent years, the scale of provincial capital cities has been expanding. At present, among the 27 provincial capital cities, there are 2 megacities and 0 megacities/kloc-0:
According to the data of the seventh national census, the population of Guangzhou has reached14.878 million, ranking first among provincial capitals. The urban population of Chengdu has reached13.34 million.
There are 10 provincial capital cities with an urban population of more than 500 and less than100000, which are megacities, namely Wuhan, Xi 'an, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Shenyang, Jinan, Changsha, Harbin, Zhengzhou and Kunming.
There are 9 provincial capital cities with urban population between 3 million and 5 million, which are I-type big cities, namely Nanning, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Guiyang, Hefei, Urumqi, Fuzhou, Changchun and Nanchang.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Provincial Capital