The Provinces Of China. Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region GX. China has 33 provincial level administrative units. There are twenty-three provinces four municipalities five autonomous regions and two special administrative regions in the Peoples Republic of China. The most populated province of China is Guangdong Province in the south of China with over 100 million residents.
The least populated province of China is Qinghai Province despite its rather large size only has just over 5 million residents. Various ethnic groups have autonomous regions 自治区 although their autonomy is far from complete. China has 23 provinces in total. As a result the Republic of China in 1946 had 35 provinces. Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region XJ. Sheng is nominally led by a provincial committee headed by a secret.
Guangdong is the most populous province in China with an estimated population of 111 million as of 2018.
Chinas system of political geography differs somewhat from that in other countries. Chinas system of political geography differs somewhat from that in other countries. The 23rd province Taiwan is claimed by the PRC but it is not administered or controlled by the PRC and is thus a de facto independent country. Urumqi Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is the largest province in China with an area about 166 million square kilometers or 16 of Chinas total land area. 139000 square km Population. Regions of Madagascar 4.