List of provinces of the PRC
| Province-level administrative divisions 省级行政区 shěng-jí xíngzhèngqū |
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| Category | Unitary State |
| Location | People's Republic of China (PRC) |
| Number | 33 |
| Populations | 552,300 (Macau) – 104,303,132 (Guangdong) |
| Areas | 31 km2 (12 sq mi) (Macau) – 730,000 km2 (280,000 sq mi) (Qinghai) |
| Government | Single-Party Government SARs: 1 country, 2 systems |
| Subdivisions | Sub-provincial city, Prefecture |
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ئۆلكە
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Provinces (Chinese: 省; pinyin: shěng), formally provincial-level administrative divisions (Chinese: 省级行政区; pinyin: shěng-jí xíngzhèngqū) or first-level administrative divisions (Chinese: 一级行政区; pinyin: yī-jí xíngzhèngqū), are the highest-level Chinese administrative divisions. There are 33 such divisions, classified as 22 provinces (not including Taiwan, which is claimed but not actually controlled by the People's Republic of China), four municipalities, five autonomous regions, and two Special Administrative Regions.
The People's Republic of China (PRC) claims sovereignty over the territory administered by the Republic of China (ROC). The ROC administers some offshore islands which form Fujian Province, ROC. These were part of an originally unified Fujian province, which since the stalemate of the Chinese Civil War in 1949 has been divided between the PRC and ROC.
Note that every province (except Hong Kong and Macau, the two special administrative regions) has a Communist Party of China provincial committee (Chinese: 省委; pinyin: shěngwěi), headed by a secretary (Chinese: 书记; pinyin: shūjì). The committee secretary is in effective charge of the province, rather than the nominal governor of the provincial government.
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