Can you name China’s 31 mainland province-level divisions, plus Hong Kong and Macau?
This quiz covers the 31 province-level divisions of mainland China (22 provinces, 5 autonomous regions and 4 municipalities) plus the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau. Type each name to fill in the map; Hong Kong and Macau are marked with dots.
How to play
- Type the name of any province-level division in the box at the bottom of the map. Capital letters, accents and punctuation do not matter, and older spellings such as “Szechuan” or “Peking” and names such as “Xizang” are accepted.
- A correct name is accepted by itself after a short pause. It turns green on the map and is ticked off in its group below the map. A wrong name costs nothing; just keep typing.
- Use the + and − buttons to zoom in on small province-level divisions, then drag to move around. With the map selected, the + and − keys zoom and the arrow keys move it. Select a province-level division you have named to highlight it.
- There is no timer. The game ends when you have named all 33, or press Finish at any time to end it and reveal the province-level divisions you missed.
- Your result is saved in this browser. Once enough people have played a game, the results also show how your score ranks, and you can copy or share an image of your result, or replay.
Tips for playing
Start with the vast regions of the west and north, Xinjiang, Tibet, Qinghai and Inner Mongolia, then work through the north-east and down the coast to Guangdong and the island of Hainan. Many names come in pairs: Hebei and Henan lie north and south of the Yellow River, Hubei and Hunan north and south of Dongting Lake, and Shandong and Shanxi east and west of the Taihang Mountains.
All 33 province-level divisions of China
Show all 33 answers
Provinces (22)
| Province-level division | Capital | Also accepted |
|---|---|---|
| Anhui | Hefei | — |
| Fujian | Fuzhou | — |
| Gansu | Lanzhou | — |
| Guangdong | Guangzhou | — |
| Guizhou | Guiyang | — |
| Hainan | Haikou | — |
| Hebei | Shijiazhuang | — |
| Heilongjiang | Harbin | — |
| Henan | Zhengzhou | — |
| Hubei | Wuhan | — |
| Hunan | Changsha | — |
| Jiangsu | Nanjing | — |
| Jiangxi | Nanchang | — |
| Jilin | Changchun | — |
| Liaoning | Shenyang | — |
| Qinghai | Xining | — |
| Shaanxi | Xi'an | — |
| Shandong | Jinan | — |
| Shanxi | Taiyuan | — |
| Sichuan | Chengdu | Szechuan, Szechwan |
| Yunnan | Kunming | — |
| Zhejiang | Hangzhou | — |
Autonomous regions (5)
| Province-level division | Capital | Also accepted |
|---|---|---|
| Guangxi | Nanning | — |
| Inner Mongolia | Hohhot | Nei Mongol, Nei Menggu |
| Ningxia | Yinchuan | — |
| Tibet | Lhasa | Xizang |
| Xinjiang | Ürümqi | — |
Municipalities (4)
| Province-level division | Capital | Also accepted |
|---|---|---|
| Beijing | — | Peking |
| Chongqing | — | Chungking |
| Shanghai | — | — |
| Tianjin | — | Tientsin |
Special administrative regions (2)
| Province-level division | Capital | Also accepted |
|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong | — | Hongkong |
| Macau | — | Macao |
Names as the quiz shows them, grouped as the game groups them, with each capital for reference; the quiz asks only for the names. Every name in the last column is accepted too. Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Hong Kong and Macau have no separate capital.
Frequently asked questions
How many provinces are in the quiz?
22 provinces, plus 5 autonomous regions, 4 municipalities and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau: 33 answers in all.
Are older spellings like Szechuan accepted?
Yes. Sichuan also takes “Szechuan”, Beijing “Peking”, Tianjin “Tientsin”, Chongqing “Chungking”, Tibet “Xizang” and Inner Mongolia “Nei Mongol”. Shaanxi and Shanxi are different answers, so watch the double “a”.
Is Taiwan included?
No. The quiz covers the 31 province-level divisions of mainland China plus Hong Kong and Macau. Taiwan is not part of this quiz and is not drawn on the map.
Which divisions have no separate capital?
Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Hong Kong and Macau: the municipalities and special administrative regions are cities in their own right. Every province and autonomous region has a capital, such as Chengdu (Sichuan) and Lhasa (Tibet); all of them are listed in the answer key below.
Which is the largest of China’s province-level divisions?
Xinjiang. Measured on this map, it covers the most area of the 33 answers, and Macau the least.
Four kinds of division
Provinces (22) are the standard division. The autonomous regions (5), Guangxi, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Tibet and Xinjiang, are each associated with an ethnic minority. The municipalities (4) are cities governed directly by the central government, and the special administrative regions (2) keep their own legal and economic systems.
Which province-level divisions count?
The 31 province-level divisions of mainland China and the 2 special administrative regions, 33 answers in all. Taiwan is not included. Natural Earth’s Paracel Islands unit is not drawn.
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Sources
Source: Natural Earth · Admin-1 states and provinces, 1:10m, v5.1.2
Public domain boundaries, simplified for a quiz. Projection: Albers equal-area conic, standard parallels 25°N and 47°N, central meridian 105°E. Hong Kong's 18 districts and Macau come from Natural Earth's HKG and MAC units and are dissolved into CN-HK and CN-MO. Natural Earth's Paracel Islands unit is not drawn. Names, groups, alternative names and capitals are curated from the references below; codes follow ISO 3166-2. The map is not a surveying or legal reference.
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