South Central China Explained

South Central China, South-Central China or Central-South China (Chinese: c = 中南|p = Zhōngnán|l = Central-South), is a region of the People's Republic of China. It consists of eight provincial administrative regions, namely Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hong Kong, and Macau.

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

Cities with urban area over one million in population

Provincial capitals in bold.

	City	Urban area	District area	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	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

• Regions of China
  • Central China
  • South China
  • East China
  • Northeast China
  • Southwest China
  • Northwest China

Notes and References

1. Web site: Main Data of the Seventh National Population Census . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210511031334/http://www.stats.gov.cn/english/PressRelease/202105/t20210510_1817185.html . May 11, 2021 .
2. GDP-2022 is a preliminary data Home - Regional - Quarterly by Province. China NBS.
3. http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~chgis/work/design/chinastdb_1210.doc GB/T 2260 codes for the provinces of China
4. [ISO 3166-2:CN]
5. Book: 国务院人口普查办公室 . 国家统计局人口和社会科技统计司 . 2012 . zh:中国2010年人口普查分县资料 . zh-CN . Beijing . 中国统计出版社 [China Statistics Press] . 978-7-5037-6659-6 .
6. Book: 香港政府統計處 [Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong SAR Government] . Census and Statistics Department (Hong Kong) . 2012 . zh:香港2011年人口普查 - 主要報告 . zh-HK . Hong Kong . .
7. Book: Direcção dos Serviços de Estatística e Censos, Macau . 2012 . 15th Macau Census (2011) . Macau . Direcção dos Serviços de Estatística e Censos .