Municipalities of China map & data
China has 21,011 municipalities in this layer, spread over 33 provinces. The most are in Jiangxi Province (1,460), Gansu Province (1,276) and Anhui Province (1,262). The largest include 罗布泊镇 لوپنۇر كۆلى بازىرى, 索加乡 and 察布乡.
Municipalities by province
| Province | Areas | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jiangxi Province | 1,460 | 6.9% |
| Gansu Province | 1,276 | 6.1% |
| Anhui Province | 1,262 | 6.0% |
| Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region | 1,168 | 5.6% |
| Heilongjiang Province | 1,101 | 5.2% |
| Hunan Province | 959 | 4.6% |
| Henan Province | 940 | 4.5% |
| Jiangsu Province | 935 | 4.5% |
| Sichuan Province | 918 | 4.4% |
| Guangzhou Province | 855 | 4.1% |
| Shanxi Province | 846 | 4.0% |
| Shandong Province | 800 | 3.8% |
| Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region | 800 | 3.8% |
| Hebei Province | 791 | 3.8% |
| Zhejiang Province | 764 | 3.6% |
| Chongqing Municipality | 761 | 3.6% |
| Tibet Autonomous Region | 687 | 3.3% |
| Liaoning Province | 660 | 3.1% |
| Jilin Province | 590 | 2.8% |
| Yunnan Province | 524 | 2.5% |
| Fujian Province | 487 | 2.3% |
| Hubei Province | 486 | 2.3% |
| Beijing Municipality | 374 | 1.8% |
| Shaanxi Province | 309 | 1.5% |
| Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region | 295 | 1.4% |
| Tianjin Municipality | 181 | 0.9% |
| Shanghai Municipality | 173 | 0.8% |
| Guizhou Province | 133 | 0.6% |
| Qinghai Province | 121 | 0.6% |
| Ningxia Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region | 86 | 0.4% |
| Hainan Province | 74 | 0.4% |
| Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | 19 | 0.1% |
| Macau Special Administrative Region | 3 | 0.0% |
Largest municipalities in China
- 罗布泊镇 لوپنۇر كۆلى بازىرىXinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region · 137,485.3 km²
- 索加乡Qinghai Province · 62,768.9 km²
- 察布乡Tibet Autonomous Region · 61,012.5 km²
- 祁曼塔格乡 چىمەنتاغ يېزىسىXinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region · 44,303.5 km²
- 措折强玛乡Tibet Autonomous Region · 39,034.7 km²
- 库拉木勒克乡 قوراملىق يېزىسىXinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region · 38,426.3 km²
- 东汝乡Tibet Autonomous Region · 36,502.7 km²
- ཨུར་ཏུ་མོ་རོན 乌图美仁乡Qinghai Province · 34,662.2 km²
- 先遣乡Tibet Autonomous Region · 33,048.1 km²
- 马鬃山镇 ᠮᠠᠽᠦ᠋ᠩᠱᠠᠨ ᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤGansu Province · pop. 4043 · 30,980 km²
- 花土沟镇Qinghai Province · 30,476.1 km²
- 塔中镇 تارىم ئوتتۇرا بازىرىXinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region · 29,789.8 km²
- 荣玛乡Tibet Autonomous Region · 28,007 km²
- 塔提让镇 تاتىراڭ بازىرىXinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region · 27,391.1 km²
- 郭勒木德镇Qinghai Province · 26,552.7 km²
- 嘎措乡Tibet Autonomous Region · 25,999.9 km²
- 雅曲乡Tibet Autonomous Region · 25,413 km²
- 色务乡Qinghai Province · 23,106.2 km²
- 塔木素布拉格苏木 ᠲᠠᠩᠰᠤᠭᠪᠤᠯᠠᠭ ᠰᠤᠮᠤInner Mongolia Autonomous Region · 21,850.2 km²
- 赛汉陶来苏木 ᠰᠠᠢᠬᠠᠨᠲᠣᠣᠷᠠᠢ ᠰᠤᠮᠤInner Mongolia Autonomous Region · pop. 1515 · 21,603 km²
- 玛曲乡 དམར་ཆུ།Qinghai Province · 21,209.8 km²
- 阿拉腾朝格苏木 ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠨᠴᠣᠭ ᠰᠤᠮᠤInner Mongolia Autonomous Region · pop. 1383 · 21,064.3 km²
- 喀拉玛盖镇 قارامعاي قالاشىعىXinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region · 20,869.5 km²
- 阿羌镇 ئاچچان بازىرىXinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region · 20,098.6 km²
- 柴旦镇Qinghai Province · 19,425.4 km²
- 哈日布日格德音乌拉镇 ᠬᠠᠷᠠ ᠪᠦᠷᠭᠦᠳ ᠦᠨ ᠠᠭᠤᠯᠠ ᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤInner Mongolia Autonomous Region · pop. 660 · 17,635.5 km²
- 莫尔道嘎镇Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region · 17,529 km²
- 冷湖镇Qinghai Province · 17,481.7 km²
- 五堡镇 قارادۆۋە بازىرىXinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region · 16,562.5 km²
- 热帮乡Tibet Autonomous Region · 4346 m · 16,081.5 km²
- 温图高勒苏木 ᠦᠩᠲᠦᠭᠣᠣᠯ ᠰᠤᠮᠤInner Mongolia Autonomous Region · pop. 357 · 15,694.9 km²
- 铁木里克乡 تۆمۈرۈاك يېزىسىXinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region · 14,123.2 km²
- 阿勒腾乡 التىن اۋىلىGansu Province · pop. 95 · 14,098.6 km²
- 吐尔洪乡 تۇرعىن اۋىلىXinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region · 13,690.4 km²
- 雁石坪镇 ཡན་ཤིས་ཕིན།Qinghai Province · 13,338.9 km²
- 古姆乡རྒོད་མོTibet Autonomous Region · 12,842.3 km²
- 多玛乡Tibet Autonomous Region · 4534 m · 12,812.4 km²
- 巴彦诺日公苏木 ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨᠨᠢᠷᠤᠭᠤᠨ ᠰᠤᠮᠤInner Mongolia Autonomous Region · 12,505.5 km²
- 吉兰泰镇 ᠵᠢᠷᠠᠲᠠᠢ ᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤInner Mongolia Autonomous Region · pop. 15000 · 12,500.4 km²
- 革吉镇Tibet Autonomous Region · 12,028.4 km²
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Every municipality in the layer comes with its name, outline (polygon), area in km², the region it belongs to and a source ID. Local government areas: cities, towns, communes and municipalities with their official boundaries.
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This layer holds 21,011 municipalities in China, the most of them in Jiangxi Province. The data is refreshed every 6 months; this release is from November 2026.
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