What Is Administrative Distance?

Provincial administrative regions are the first-level administrative regions of the People's Republic of China, including provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities, and special administrative regions.

Provincial Administrative Region

The 23 provinces are:

1. Highest Latitude: Heilongjiang Province

2. Lowest Latitude: Hainan Province (including sea areas)

3 Widest longitude: Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

4 Widest latitude: Hainan Province (including sea areas)

5. Largest land area: Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

6. Province with the Most Neighboring Countries: Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

7. The longest borderline on land: Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the borderline is 5400 kilometers long, accounting for about 1/4 of the total land borderline of the country.

8. Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, which has the narrowest outline, has a longitude of about 29 degrees from east to west, and a straight line distance of 2430 kilometers. It is the province's narrowest outline administrative region in the country. Inner Mongolia does not border Xinjiang, but borders Gansu Province.

9. Guangdong Province, the most populous administrative district. In 2018, the permanent population of Guangdong Province reached 111.34 million.

10 Guangdong Province, the longest provincial coastline in mainland China, is located on the southeast coast of China. The mainland coastline is more than 4,300 kilometers (the total length of China's mainland coastline is 18,000 kilometers), which is the longest provincial coastline on the mainland. The administrative region, the coastal multi-ports and the bay provide favorable conditions for Guangdong's marine development. Guangdong's becoming a frontier of China's reform and opening up is related to its unique geographical advantages. Three of China's earliest four special economic zones are in Guangdong: they are Shenzhen and Zhuhai. And Shantou.

11. Set the earliest autonomous region: Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Setting time: 1947.

12. The youngest municipality is Chongqing. On March 14, 1997, the Fifth Session of the Eighth National People's Congress decided to resume Chongqing Municipality. The municipality of Chongqing has an area of 82,400 square kilometers and is composed of the original Chongqing City, Wanxian City, Fuling City and Qianjiang Region. As of 2019, the region has 26 districts, 8 counties, and 4 autonomous counties, with a permanent population of 31 million.

13. Province with the Most Minorities: Yunnan Province