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Beijing (北京) is the capital city of China. It is one of four Municipalities in China, giving it autonomy form the surrounding province of Hebei. Beijing was also known in the past as Peking or the older name Peiping.. The city is situated in the North of the country on the edge of the Yellow River plains and a short distane form the Bohai Sea. The population of the city is estimated at around 14,230,000 people. All of China's 56 ethnic groups are represented in the city, though the population is 96.5% Han.

Chongqing (重庆) 

Fújiàn (福建) is a province on the coast of southeast China. It is a mountainous region. The provinces coastal position has made it a centre for national and international trade throughout it's long history. As a result, the area is culturally and linguistically diverse. It was in Fujian that the international trading centre of Amoy (modern day Xiamen)  is located. Fujian is the closest province to the island of Tiawan and traditionally there have been strong links between the island and Fujian.

Gānsù (甘肃) is a province in the north west of China. It has a short border with the Republic of Mongolia in the north of the province. Around the rest lie other Chinese provinces. To the north east is Inner Mongolia and Ningxia autonomous regions. To the south east is Shaanxi province. To the south is Sichuan and to the west lie Qinghai province and Xinjiang Autonomous Region.

Guǎngdōng (广东)

Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (广西壮族自治区) 

Gùizhōu (贵州)

Hǎinán (海南)

Hébĕi (河北)

Hēilóngjiāng (黑龙江)

Hénán (河南)

Hong Kong Special Administration Region 香港特別行政區, is located in the south of the People's Republic of China in the Peal River delta area of the South China Sea. It consists of a number of islands and the mainland Kowloon peninsula. It has only one land border to the North with Guandong (Canton) Province It is only a short distance by sea to Macau, China's only other Special Administration Region.

Húběi (湖北)

Húnán (湖南)

Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 内蒙古自治区 (Nèi Měnggǔ Zìzhìqū or in Mongolian, Öbür mongɣul-un öbertegen jasaqu orun) is a Mongol Autonomous Region in the north China, where as Outer Mongolia is a separate country to the north of China. The region covers most of the northern edge of china, curving in a banana shape. To the north is Mongolia and the North east tip of Inner Mongolia borders with Russia. The other borders of the region are with other Chinese provinces, going clock wise form the north east they are Hēilóngjiāng 黑龙江, Jilin 吉林, Liaoning 辽宁, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, and Gansu.

Jiāngsū (江苏)

Jiāngxī (江西)

Jílín (吉林)

Liáoníng Province (辽宁省 Liáoníng Shěng) is a province in the North East of China. It borders Inner Mongolia autonomous region 内蒙古 (Nèi Měnggǔ) in the north, Jílín province 吉林 to the east, the country of North Korea to the South East and Hébĕi province to the west. The southern edge of Liáoníng forms a peninsula which points south with the Yellow Sea on the west and Bohai Sea to the east. The north of the province is part of the Gobi Desert. The east and central spine are mountainous. In contrast the Western half of the province consists of large flat fertile plains.

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Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (宁夏回族自治区) 

Qīnghǎi (青海)

Shǎnxī or Shaanxi (陕西)

Shāndōng (山东)