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  2. National central city - Wikipedia

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    In China, a national central city ( 国家中心城市) is a modern metropolis with regional, national, and international importance. There are nine national central cities: Beijing, Tianjin, Chongqing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Wuhan, Xi'an, and Zhengzhou. [ 1 ] General topographic map of East Central China as per 2024, including the ...

  3. Changsha - Wikipedia

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    Changsha[ a ] is the capital and the largest city of Hunan Province of China. [ 6 ] Changsha is the 17th most populous city in China with a population of over 10 million, [ 7 ] and the third-most populous city in Central China, located in the lower reaches of the Xiang River in northeastern Hunan. The city forms a part of the Greater Changsha ...

  4. Chengdu - Wikipedia

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    Chengdu[a] is the capital city of the Chinese province of Sichuan. With a population of 20,937,757 at the 2020 census, [6] it is the fourth most populous city in China, and it is the only city with a population of over 20 million apart from direct-administered municipalities. It is traditionally the hub of Western China.

  5. List of cities in China - Wikipedia

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    It has now become a proxy for demographic and social segmentation in China, especially relevant to those college-educated seeking non-governmental employment. [6][7][8] It is the general consensus that four cities, namely Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, belong to the first tier, while tier II includes other major cities.

  6. List of capitals in China - Wikipedia

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    9,816. 7,605,689. 2,823,065. 甬. Yinzhou. With the exception of Fuzhou, the provincial capital of Fujian Province, the provincial capitals of the other four provinces listed above – Guangzhou, Shenyang, Jinan, and Hangzhou – are themselves sub-provincial cities. Before 1997, when Chongqing was a sub-provincial city of Sichuan Province ...

  7. Historical capitals of China - Wikipedia

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    Plot of major historical capitals of China prior to the 20th century Sorted in alphabetical order. Acheng District of the city of Harbin was the capital of the Jin dynasty from 1115 to 1153. It was called Shangjing (上京; Shàngjīng; 'Upper Capital') or Huining Prefecture at the time. It was destroyed in 1157 and reestablished as a secondary ...

  8. List of cities in China by population - Wikipedia

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    The list contains all the cities with the administrative designation of "national central city" (国家中心城市) and "sub-provincial city" (副省级城市) – including five "cities with independent planning status" (计划单列市) and ten large "provincial capital cities" (省会城市), as well as some large "special economic zones" (经济特区城市), "open coastal cities ...

  9. Chongqing - Wikipedia

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    Yuzhong District (渝中区, literally "Central Chongqing District"), the central and most densely populated district, where government and international business offices and the city's best shopping are located in the district's Jiefangbei CBD area. Yuzhong is located on the peninsula surrounded by Eling Hill, Yangtze River and Jialing River.