Prefecture

RankAreaResident PopulationJurisdiction area
1
[Sichuan]Chengdu
21.403 M
14312 km²
2
[Hubei]Wuhan
13.774 M
8483 km²
3
[Shaanxi]Xian
13.0782 M
10106 km²
4
[Henan]Zhengzhou
13.008 M
7507 km²
5
[Jiangsu]Suzhou
12.958 M
8210 km²
6
[Hebei]Shijiazhuang
11.2335 M
14530 km²
7
[Shandong]Linyi
10.9438 M
17192 km²
8
[Hunan]Changsha
10.5131 M
11816 km²
9
[Shandong]Qingdao
10.3715 M
11293 km²
10
[Heilongjiang]Harbin
9885 K
53186 km²
11
[Anhui]Hefei
9634 K
11445 km²
12
[Jiangsu]Nanjing
9547 K
6586 km²
13
[Henan]Nanyang
9497 K
26591 km²
14
[Shandong]Jinan
9437 K
10244 km²
15
[Shandong]Weifang
9369.5 K
16138 km²
16
[Liaoning]Shenyang
9204 K
12980 km²
17
[Hebei]Handan
9173.1 K
12066.18 km²
18
[Jilin]Changchun
9101.9 K
24592 km²
19
[Hebei]Baoding
9098.9 K
22135 km²
20
[Jiangsu]Xuzhou
9020 K
11258 km²
21
[Jiangxi]Ganzhou
8989.2 K
39379 km²
22
[Guangxi]Nanning
8940.8 K
22341 km²
23
[Fujian]Quanzhou
8879 K
11015 km²
24
[Henan]Zhoukou
8666 K
11968 km²
25
[Shandong]Heze
8635.5 K
12256 km²
26
[Fujian]Fuzhou
8448 K
11968.53 km²
27
[Shandong]Jining
8240.5 K
11191 km²
28
[Anhui]Fuyang
8141 K
10118 km²
29
[Jiangsu]Nantong
7749 K
8001 km²
30
[Hebei]Tangshan
7719.5 K
13829 km²
31
[Henan]Shangqiu
7660.2 K
10658 km²
32
[Liaoning]Dalian
7539 K
13238 km²
33
[Jiangsu]Wuxi
7495 K
4628 km²
34
[Hebei]Cangzhou
7264.6 K
13488 km²
35
[Henan]Luoyang
7079 K
15492 km²
36
[Shandong]Yantai
7032.2 K
13654 km²
37
[Hebei]Xingtai
6955.5 K
12143 km²
38
[Henan]Zhumadian
6765 K
14974 km²
39
[Guizhou]Bijie
6731.8 K
26852 km²
40
[Jiangsu]Yancheng
6689 K
16972 km²
41
[Guizhou]Zunyi
6580.6 K
30762 km²
42
[Jiangxi]Nanchang
6538.1 K
7402 km²
43
[Hunan]Hengyang
6497 K
15300 km²
44
[Guizhou]Guiyang
6402.9 K
8035 km²
45
[Jiangxi]Shangrao
6396 K
22791 km²
46
[Hunan]Shaoyang
6358.8 K
20822 km²
47
[Henan]Xinxiang
6125 K
8629 km²
48
[Henan]Xinyang
6048 K
18819 km²
49
[Shandong]Liaocheng
5859.3 K
8628 km²
50
[Guangxi]Yulin
5824.1 K
12839 km²
51
[Hubei]Huanggang
5792.2 K
17453 km²
52
[Shandong]Dezhou
5536.3 K
10361 km²
53
[Sichuan]Nanchong
5511 K
12514 km²
54
[Hebei]Langfang
5478 K
6420 km²
55
[Shanxi]Taiyuan
5444.7 K
6909 km²
56
[Henan]Anyang
5376 K
7355 km²
57
[Jiangsu]Changzhou
5375 K
4373 km²
58
[Shandong]Taian
5348.7 K
7762 km²
59
[Sichuan]Dazhou
5324 K
16605 km²
60
[Fujian]Xiamen
5308 K
1516 km²
61
[Anhui]Suzhou
5300 K
9939 km²
62
[Hubei]Xiangyang
5278.5 K
19626 km²
63
[Hunan]Changde
5187 K
18176 km²
64
[Hubei]Jingzhou
5135.5 K
14104 km²
65
[Hunan]Yongzhou
5076.2 K
22259 km²
66
[Fujian]Zhangzhou
5068 K
12600 km²
67
[Hunan]Yueyang
4991.4 K
14858 km²
68
[Jiangsu]Suqian
4977.5 K
8462 km²
69
[Anhui]Bozhou
4960 K
8522.58 km²
70
[Guangxi]Guilin
4950.7 K
27809 km²
71
[Jiangxi]Yichun
4944.3 K
18707 km²
72
[Henan]Pingdingshan
4920 K
7874 km²
73
[Sichuan]Mianyang
4911 K
20257 km²
74
[Sichuan]Liangshan
4906 K
60423 km²
75
[Henan]Kaifeng
4714 K
6247 km²
76
[Shanxi]Yuncheng
4705.6 K
14183 km²
77
[Shandong]Zibo
4674 K
5964 km²
78
[Sichuan]Yibin
4628 K
13271 km²
79
[Shaanxi]Weinan
4604 K
13033 km²
80
[Hunan]Chenzhou
4600.5 K
19342 km²
81
[Jiangsu]Lianyungang
4594 K
7614 km²
82
[Jiangsu]Yangzhou
4585 K
6592 km²
83
[Jiangxi]Jiujiang
4557.7 K
18823 km²
84
[Jiangsu]Huaian
4538 K
10047 km²
85
[Jiangsu]Taizhou
4507 K
5788 km²
86
[Hunan]Huaihua
4472.1 K
27573 km²
87
[Gansu]Lanzhou
4415.3 K
13100 km²
88
[Jiangxi]Ji'an
4386.1 K
25341 km²
89
[Henan]Xuchang
4383 K
4977 km²
90
[Anhui]Lu'an
4379 K
15451.2 km²
91
[Guangxi]Guigang
4308.8 K
10596 km²
92
[Sichuan]Luzhou
4267 K
12236 km²
93
[Hubei]Xiaogang
4171.8 K
8941 km²
94
[Hebei]Hengshui
4157.6 K
8758 km²
95
[Anhui]Anqing
4156 K
13589.99 km²
96
[Guangxi]Liuzhou
4153.5 K
18652 km²
97
[Shaanxi]Xianyang
4121 K
10283 km²
98
[Heilongjiang]Qiqihar
4067.5 K
44287 km²
99
[Hebei]Zhangjiakou
4050.1 K
36257.74 km²
100
[Anhui]Chuzhou
4050 K
13433 km²