List of Chinese administrative divisions by area

For the administrative divisions governed by the Republic of China (Taiwan), see List of administrative divisions of Taiwan.
Province-level divisions
of China by:

This is a list of the first-level administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China (PRC), including all provinces (except the claimed Taiwan Province), autonomous regions, special administrative regions, and municipalities, in order of their total land area as reported by the national or provincial-level government.

Rank Administrative division Area (km2) Area (sq mi) National
share (%)		 Source
1 Xinjiang 1,664,900 642,800 17.31 [1]
2 Tibet 1,228,400 474,300 12.77 [2]
3 Inner Mongolia 1,183,000 457,000 12.30 [3]
4 Qinghai 722,300 278,900 7.51 [4]
5 Sichuan 486,100 187,700 5.05 [5]
6 Heilongjiang 454,800 175,600 4.73 [6][a]
7 Gansu 425,800 164,400 4.43 [9]
8 Yunnan 394,100 152,200 4.10 [10]
9 Guangxi 237,600 91,700 2.47 [11]
10 Hunan 211,800 81,800 2.20 [12]
11 Shaanxi 205,800 79,500 2.14 [13]
12 Hebei 188,800 72,900 1.96 [14]
13 Jilin 187,400 72,400 1.95 [15]
14 Hubei 185,900 71,800 1.93 [16]
15 Guangdong 179,700 69,400 1.87 [17]
16 Guizhou 176,200 68,000 1.83 [18]
17 Henan 167,000 64,500 1.74 [19]
18 Jiangxi 166,900 64,400 1.74 [20]
19 Shandong 157,100 60,700 1.63 [21]
20 Shanxi 156,700 60,500 1.63 [22]
21 Liaoning 148,400 57,300 1.54 [23]
22 Anhui 139,400 53,800 1.45 [24]
23 Fujian 123,900 47,800 1.29 [25]
24 Jiangsu 102,600 39,600 1.07 [26]
25 Zhejiang 101,800 39,300 1.06 [27]
26 Chongqing 82,400 31,800 0.86 [28]
27 Ningxia 66,400 25,600 0.69 [29]
28 Hainan 35,354 13,650 0.37 [30]
29 Beijing 16,411 6,336 0.17 [31]
30 Tianjin 11,917 4,601 0.12 [32]
31 Shanghai 6,340.5 2,448.1 0.066 [33]
32 Hong Kong 1,105.7 426.9 0.011 [34]
33 Macau 30.5 11.8 0.0003 [35]
— People's Republic of China 9,616,400[b] 3,712,900[c] 100
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