Province-level Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China by:
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This is a list of the first-level administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and Republic of China (ROC), including all provinces, autonomous regions, special administrative regions, and municipalities, in order of their total area. The areas are given in square kilometers.

Taiwan, ROC and Fujian, ROC, which are at this point of time under the jurisdiction of the Republic of China (ROC) and hence have their own administration zoning, are added for comparative purposes only, and the figure for Fujian Province, PRC excludes population in Fujian Province, ROC.

Rank	Administrative Division	Area (km²)	Area (sq mi)	National Share (%)	Comparable Country
-	Total	9,630,960	3,718,530	-	-
1	Xinjiang	1,660,000	640,900	17.23	Iran
2	Tibet	1,228,400	474,300	12.75	South Africa
3	Inner Mongolia	1,183,000	456,800	12.28	South Africa
4	Qinghai	721,000	278,400	7.48	Zambia
5	Sichuan	485,000	187,300	5.03	Turkmenistan
6	Heilongjiang	460,000	177,600	4.77	Papua New Guinea
7	Gansu	454,000	175,300	4.71	Sweden
8	Yunnan	394,100	152,200	4.09	Zimbabwe
9	Guangxi	236,700	91,400	2.45	Laos
10	Hunan	211,800	81,800	2.19	Oman
11	Shaanxi	205,800	79,500	2.13	Belarus
12	Hebei	187,700	72,500	1.94	Syria
13	Jilin	187,400	72,400	1.94	Syria
14	Hubei	185,900	71,800	1.93	Syria
15	Guangdong	177,900	68,700	1.84	Uruguay
16	Guizhou	176,100	68,000	1.82	Uruguay
17	Henan	167,000	64,500	1.73	Tunisia
18	Jiangxi	166,900	64,400	1.73	Tunisia
19	Shanxi	156,800	60,540	1.62	Suriname
20	Shandong	156,700	60,500	1.62	Suriname
21	Liaoning	145,900	56,300	1.51	Bangladesh
22	Anhui	139,400	53,800	1.44	Tajikistan
23	Fujian	121,400	46,900	1.26	Eritrea
24	Jiangsu	102,600	39,600	1.06	Iceland
25	Zhejiang	101,800	39,300	1.05	Iceland
26	Chongqing	82,300	31,800	0.85	United Arab Emirates
27	Ningxia	66,000	25,500	0.68	Sri Lanka
—	Taiwan Province, ROC	35,581	13,734	—
28	Hainan	33,920	13,100	0.35	Moldova
29	Beijing	16,808	6,490	0.17	Swaziland
30	Tianjin	11,920	4,602	0.12	Falkland Islands
31	Shanghai	6,340	2,448	0.065	Palestine
32	Hong Kong	1,104	422	0.011	Martinique
—	Fujian Province, ROC	182.66	70.51	—
33	Macau	29	10	0.00028	Tuvalu

[edit] Notes

The following figures are from different sources and may not be completely accurate. Please make appropriate changes if you note any errors.

[edit] References

• National Bureau of Statistics (PRC)
• Taiwan Provincial Government official site (ROC)
• ROC FuJian Provincial Government (Chinese) (ROC)