Hainan, referred to as "Qiong" for short, is a provincial administrative region of People's Republic of China (PRC), with Haikou as its capital. Hainan Province is located at the southernmost tip of China, bordering Qiongzhou Strait in the north, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Vietnam in the west, Taiwan Province Province in the South China Sea in the east, and the Philippines, Brunei and Malaysia in the southeast and south respectively.
Sansha City in the province is a prefecture-level city with the southernmost geographical position, the largest total area (including sea area), the smallest land area and the least population in China. Hainan Province has four prefecture-level cities, five county-level cities, four counties and six autonomous counties. By the end of 20 17, the permanent population of the province was 9,257,600.
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China has 34 provincial administrative regions, including 23 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, 4 municipalities directly under the Central Government and 2 special administrative regions.
1, province
Hebei, Shanxi, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Shandong, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Hainan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai and Taiwan Province provinces.
2. Ethnic autonomous areas
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Xizang Autonomous Region.
3. Municipalities directly under the Central Government
Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and Chongqing.
5. Special Administrative Region
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Macao Special Administrative Region.
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