South Central China

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South Central China
Location of South Central China
CountryChina
Area
 • Total
1,014,354 km2 (391,644 sq mi)
Population
[1]
383,559,808
 • Density378/km2 (980/sq mi)
GDP2022[2]
 - Total¥31.917 trillion
$4.745 trillion (excluding Hong Kong and Macao)
 - Per Capita¥83,213
$12,372

South Central China, South-Central China or Central-South China (Chinese: 中南; pinyin: Zhōngnán; lit. 'Central-South'), is a region of the China. It consists of eight provincial administrative regions, namely Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan.

South Central China sometimes is further classified into regions of South China (华南) and Central China (华中).

Administrative divisions

GB[3]
 ISO №[4] Provincial-level division Chinese Name Capital Population Density Area Abbr.
Yù 41 Henan Province 河南省
Hénán Shěng 		Zhengzhou 94,023,567 563.01 167,000 HA 豫
È 42 Hubei Province 湖北省
Húběi Shěng 		Wuhan 57,237,740 307.89 185,900 HB 鄂
Xiāng 43 Hunan Province 湖南省
Húnán Shěng 		Changsha 65,683,722 312.77 210,000 HN 湘
Yuè 44 Guangdong Province 广东省
Guǎngdōng Shěng 		Guangzhou 104,303,132 579.46 180,000 GD 粤
Guì 45 Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 广西壮族自治区
Guǎngxī Zhuàngzú Zìzhìqū 		Nanning 46,026,629 195.02 236,000 GX 桂
Qióng 46 Hainan Province 海南省
Hǎinán Shěng 		Haikou 8,671,518 255.04 34,000 HI 琼
Gǎng 91 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 香港特别行政区
Xiānggǎng Tèbié Xíngzhèngqū 		Hong Kong 7,061,200 6,396.01 1,104 HK 港
Ào 92 Macau Special Administrative Region 澳门特别行政区
Àomén Tèbié Xíngzhèngqū 		Macau 552,300 19,044.82 29 MC 澳


Cities with urban area over one million in population

Provincial capitals in bold.

# City Urban area[5] District area[5] City proper[5] Prov. Census date
1 Shenzhen 10,358,381 10,358,381 10,358,381 GD 2010-11-01
2 Guangzhou 9,702,144 11,071,424 12,701,948 GD 2010-11-01
3 Wuhan 7,541,527 9,785,388 9,785,388 HB 2010-11-01
4 Dongguan 7,271,322 8,220,207 8,220,207 GD 2010-11-01
5 Hong Kong 7,071,576 7,071,576 7,071,576 HK 2011-06-30[6]
6 Foshan 6,771,895 7,197,394 7,197,394 GD 2010-11-01
7 Zhengzhou 3,677,032 4,253,913 8,627,089 HA 2010-11-01
8 Shantou 3,644,017 5,329,024 5,389,328 GD 2010-11-01
9 Changsha 2,963,218 3,092,213 7,040,952 HN 2010-11-01
10 Zhongshan 2,740,994 3,121,275 3,121,275 GD 2010-11-01
11 Nanning 2,660,833 3,434,303 6,658,742 GX 2010-11-01
12 Huizhou 1,807,858 2,344,634 4,598,402 GD 2010-11-01
13 Luoyang 1,584,463 1,926,079 6,549,941 HA 2010-11-01
14 Haikou 1,517,410 2,046,170 2,046,170 HI 2010-11-01
15 Jiangmen 1,480,023 1,822,614 4,450,703 GD 2010-11-01
16 Xiangfan[note 1] 1,433,057 2,199,690 5,500,307 HB 2010-11-01
17 Liuzhou 1,410,712 1,436,599 3,758,704 GX 2010-11-01
18 Zhuhai 1,369,538 1,562,530 1,562,530 GD 2010-11-01
19 Hengyang 1,115,645 1,133,967 7,148,344 HN 2010-11-01
20 Yichang 1,049,363 1,411,380 4,059,686 HB 2010-11-01
21 Zhanjiang 1,038,762 1,611,868 6,994,832 GD 2010-11-01
* Macau 552,503 552,503 552,503 MO 2011-08-12[7]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Xiangfan was renamed as Xiangyang on 2 December 2010.

References

  1. ^ "Main Data of the Seventh National Population Census". National Bureau of Statistics of China. Archived from the original on May 11, 2021.
  2. ^ GDP-2022 is a preliminary data "Home - Regional - Quarterly by Province" (Press release). China NBS.
  3. ^ GB/T 2260 codes for the provinces of China
  4. ^ ISO 3166-2:CN (ISO 3166-2 codes for the provinces of China)
  5. ^
    ISBN 978-7-5037-6659-6
    .
  6. 香港政府統計處 [Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong SAR Government], ed. (2012). 香港2011年人口普查 - 主要報告 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Hong Kong: Government Logistics Department
    .
  7. ^ Direcção dos Serviços de Estatística e Censos, Macau (2012). 15th Macau Census (2011). Macau: Direcção dos Serviços de Estatística e Censos.
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