| Hebei Province
Called "Ji" for short, Hebei is situated in north China,
on the coast of the Bohai Sea. Surrounding Beijing and close to Tianjin,
Heibei covers 190,000 square km, with a population of about 67.35
million. Shijiazhuang is the provincial capital.
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Shanxi Province
Called "Jin" for short, Shanxi is situated west of the Taihang
Mountains in north China. It covers 150,000 square km, with a population
of nearly 32.94 million. Taiyuan is the provincial capital.
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| Jilin Province
Called "Ji" for short, Jilin is situated in the middle of
northeast China, bordered by Russia and the Democratic People's Republic
of Korea on the southeast. It covers 180,000 square km, with a population
of 26.99 million. Changchun is the provincial capital.
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Heilongjiang Province
Called "Hei" for short, Heilongjiang is situated in the
northernmost part of northeast China, adjoining Russia on the east
and north. It covers 460,000 square km, with a population of 38.13
million. Harbin is the provincial capital.
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| Jiangsu Province
Called "Su" for short, Jiangsu is situated on the lower
reaches of the Yangtze River and the Huaihe River along the coast
of the Yellow Sea. It covers 100,000 square km, with a permanent population
of 73.81 million at the end of 2002, including 71.27 million with
registered residence. Nanjing is the provincial capital.
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Zhejiang Province
Called "Zhe" for short, Zhejiang is situated
in the central part of east China along the coast of the East China
Sea. It covers 100,000 square km, with a population of 46.47 million.
Hangzhou is the provincial capital.
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| Anhui Province
Called "Wan" for short, Anhui is situated in the northwest
of east China, with both the Yangtze River and Huaihe River crossing
it. It covers 139,600 square km, having a population with registered
permanent residence of 63.68 million at the end of 2002. Hefei is
the provincial capital.
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Fujian Province
Called "Min" for short, Fujian is situated on the southeastern
coast of China and faces Taiwan Province across the sea. It covers
120,000 square km, with a permanent population of 34.46 million at
the end of 2002. Fuzhou is the provincial capital.
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| Jiangxi Province
Called "Gan" for short, Jiangxi is situated south of the
middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. It covers 160,000 square
km, with a population of over 42.22 million. Nanchang is the provincial
capital.
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Shandong Province
Called "Lu" for short, Shandong is situated on the lower
reaches of the Yellow River, bordering the Yellow Sea and the Bohai
Sea. It covers 150,000 square km, with a population of 90.82 million.
Jinan is the provincial capital.
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| Henan Province
Called "Yu" for short, Henan, which formed the
major part of the Central Plains in ancient China, is situated on
the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. It covers 160,000
square km, with a population of 96.13 million. Zhengzhou is the provincial
capital.
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Hubei Province
Called "E" for short, Hubei is situated north
of Dongtinghu Lake on the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. It
covers 180,000 square km, with a population of 59.88 million, of whom
nearly 24.97 million live in urban areas. Wuhan is the provincial
capital.
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| Hunan Province
Called "Xiang" for short, Hunan is situated south of Dongtinghu
Lake, along the southern banks on the middle reaches of the Yangtze
River. It covers 210,000 square km, with a population of 66.29 million.
Changsha is the provincial capital.
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Guangdong Province
Called "Yue" for short, Guangdong is situated south of the
Nanling Mountains along the coast of the South China Sea. It covers
180,000 square km, with a permanent population of 78.59 million at
the end of 2002. Guangzhou is the provincial capital.
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| Sichuan Province
Called "Chuan" or "Shu" for short, Sichuan is
situated on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in the southwest
of China. It covers 480,000 square km, with a population of over 86.73
million. Chendu is the provincial capital.
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Guizhou Province
Called "Qian" for short, Guizhou is situated in the east
of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, southwest China. It covers 170,000
square km, with a population of over 38.37 million. Guiyang is the
provincial capital.
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| Yunnan Province
Called "Dian" or "Yun" for short, Yunnan is situated
on the southwestern frontier of China and bordered by Myanmar, Laos
and Viet Nam. It covers 380,000 square km, with a population of 43.33
million. Kunming is the provincial capital.
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Gansu Province Called "Gan"
or "Long" for short, Gansu is situated on the middle reaches
of the Yellow River in northwest China, with its northwestern part
adjacent to Mongolia. It covers 390,000 square km, with a population
of over 25.92 million. Lanzhou is the provincial capital.
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| Shaanxi Province
Called "Shaan" or "Qin" for short, Shaanxi is
situated on the middle reaches of the Yellow River. It covers 190,000
square km, with a population of 36.74 million. Xi'an is the provincial
capital.
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Qinghai Province Called "Qing"
for short, Qinghai is situated on the upper reaches of the Yangtze
and Yellow rivers in west China. It covers 720,000 square km, with
a population of 5.29 million. Xining is the provincial capital.
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Liaoning Province Called "Liao"
for short, Liaoning is situated in the southern part of northeast
China and faces the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea on the south, with
the Democratic People's Republic of Korea lying to its east. It
covers 150,000 square km, with a population of 42.03 million. Shenyang
is the provincial capital.
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Hainan Province
Called "Qiong" for short, Hainan is situated off the southern
coast of China and faces Guangdong Province across the Qiongzhou Strait.
Encompassing the Hainan Island, and the Xisha, Nansha and Zhongsha
Islands and the surrounding seas, it has a land area of 34,000 square
km, and its permanent population exceeded 8.03 million at the end
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| Taiwan Province
Called "Tai" for short, Taiwan is situated on
the continental shelf off the southeastern coast of China's mainland,
faces the Pacific Ocean on the east and Fujian Province on the west
across the Taiwan Straits, and is bounded on the south by Bash Channel,
with the Ryukyu Islands lying to its northeast. Taiwan Island is the
largest island of China. Encompassing Jinmen, Mazu and other islands,
Taiwan Province covers 36,000 square km. According to the statistics
provided by relevant authorities of Taiwan, the province had a population
of over 22.4 million by August 2002, which totaled 22.48 million including
the residents of Jinmen and Mazu. Taipei is the provincial capital.
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