Cities & Towns in China map & data
There are 35,429 cities and towns mapped in China, spread over 33 provinces. The most are in Sichuan Province (3,268), Henan Province (2,064) and Hebei Province (2,054). 100% of them carry a name. Well-known examples include 拉萨市 ལྷ་ས་གྲོང་ཁྱེར།, 北京市 and 乌鲁木齐市 ئۈرۈمچى.
Cities & Towns by province
| Province | Locations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Sichuan Province | 3,268 | 9.2% |
| Henan Province | 2,064 | 5.8% |
| Hebei Province | 2,054 | 5.8% |
| Hunan Province | 1,748 | 4.9% |
| Jiangxi Province | 1,544 | 4.4% |
| Shandong Province | 1,459 | 4.1% |
| Yunnan Province | 1,427 | 4.0% |
| Guizhou Province | 1,412 | 4.0% |
| Anhui Province | 1,407 | 4.0% |
| Guangzhou Province | 1,341 | 3.8% |
| Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region | 1,321 | 3.7% |
| Gansu Province | 1,316 | 3.7% |
| Shaanxi Province | 1,227 | 3.5% |
| Shanxi Province | 1,205 | 3.4% |
| Hubei Province | 1,172 | 3.3% |
| Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region | 1,167 | 3.3% |
| Heilongjiang Province | 1,167 | 3.3% |
| Liaoning Province | 1,142 | 3.2% |
| Zhejiang Province | 1,090 | 3.1% |
| Jiangsu Province | 1,078 | 3.0% |
| Fujian Province | 1,029 | 2.9% |
| Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region | 983 | 2.8% |
| Chongqing Municipality | 825 | 2.3% |
| Tibet Autonomous Region | 760 | 2.1% |
| Jilin Province | 683 | 1.9% |
| Qinghai Province | 428 | 1.2% |
| Hainan Province | 226 | 0.6% |
| Beijing Municipality | 200 | 0.6% |
| Ningxia Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region | 199 | 0.6% |
| Tianjin Municipality | 167 | 0.5% |
| Shanghai Municipality | 84 | 0.2% |
| Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | 24 | 0.1% |
| Macau Special Administrative Region | 4 | 0.0% |
Notable cities and towns in China
- 拉萨市 ལྷ་ས་གྲོང་ཁྱེར།Tibet Autonomous Region · pop. 564651 · 3650 m
- 北京市Beijing Municipality · pop. 21893095
- 乌鲁木齐市 ئۈرۈمچىXinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region · pop. 4054369 · 800 m
- 杭州市Zhejiang Province · pop. 10360000
- 合肥市Anhui Province · pop. 9369881
- 徐州市Jiangsu Province · pop. 8825600
- 玉林市Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region · pop. 7241900
- 上海市Shanghai Municipality · pop. 24870895
- 成都市Sichuan Province · pop. 20937757
- 临汾市Shanxi Province · pop. 3855300
- 深圳市Guangzhou Province · pop. 17560061
- 天津市Tianjin Municipality · pop. 13866009
- 郑州市Henan Province · pop. 12600574
- 武汉市Hubei Province · pop. 12450000
- 西安市Shaanxi Province · pop. 12183280
- 重庆市Chongqing Municipality · pop. 10343462
- 石家庄市Hebei Province · pop. 10163788
- 青岛市Shandong Province · pop. 10071722
- 沈阳市Liaoning Province · pop. 9070093
- 长春市Jilin Province · pop. 9066906
- 泉州市Fujian Province · pop. 8911530
- 狮泉河镇 སེང་གེ་ཁ་འབབ་གྲོང་རྡལ།Tibet Autonomous Region · pop. 16901 · 4280 m
- 温州市Zhejiang Province · pop. 9300000
- 苏州市Jiangsu Province · pop. 12748262
- 南宁市Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region · pop. 8741584
- 眉山市Sichuan Province · pop. 2955219
- 长治市Shanxi Province · pop. 3334564
- 广州市Guangzhou Province · pop. 14043500
- 周口市Henan Province · pop. 8953172
- 邯郸市Hebei Province · pop. 9174679
- 潍坊市Shandong Province · pop. 9277200
- 福州市Fujian Province · pop. 8291268
- 普兰县 སྤུ་ཧྲེང་རྫོང་།Tibet Autonomous Region · pop. 12999 · 3890 m
- 绍兴市Zhejiang Province · pop. 4912239
- 南京市Jiangsu Province · pop. 9314685
- 佛山市Guangzhou Province · pop. 9498863
- 济南市Shandong Province · pop. 9202432
- 东莞市Guangzhou Province · pop. 8254100
- 菏泽市Shandong Province · pop. 8795939
- 济宁市Shandong Province · pop. 8357897
What's in this layer
Every city or town in the layer comes with its name, English name, population (where known), the region it is in, latitude and longitude. Every city and town, with population where known.
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Frequently asked questions
How many cities and towns are there in China?
This layer holds 35,429 cities and towns in China, the most of them in Sichuan Province. The data is refreshed every 6 months; this release is from November 2026.
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What information comes with each city or town?
The name, English name, population (where known), the region it is in, latitude and longitude.
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