Can you name the capitals of China’s province-level divisions?
Each round highlights one of China’s province-level divisions on the map; type its capital. The quiz asks for 27 capitals, leaving out those with no separate capital. Older spellings count, such as Canton for Guangzhou. There is no timer, and a wrong guess can be tried again.
How to play
- Each round highlights one province-level division on the map of China and names it below the map; a place too small to see is circled. Type its capital in the box at the bottom. Capital letters, accents and punctuation do not matter, and alternative spellings are accepted.
- A correct capital is accepted by itself after a short pause: the place turns green and the next one is highlighted. Press Enter to check any other answer.
- A wrong guess is marked so you can try again, as often as you like. There is no timer.
- Stuck? Press Finish to end the run: the capital is revealed and that place counts as missed.
- The 27 province-level divisions come in shuffled order, each once. Your score counts up to 27 at the top of the board, and naming the last capital completes the run. The answer review below the board lists every round.
- 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
5 capitals end in “-zhou”: Fuzhou, Lanzhou, Guangzhou, Zhengzhou and Hangzhou. Learn which province each belongs to, and the rest of the map gets easier. “Canton” and “Nanking” are accepted for Guangzhou and Nanjing.
All 27 capitals in the quiz
Show all 27 answers
Provinces (22)
| Province-level division | Capital | Also accepted |
|---|---|---|
| Anhui | Hefei | — |
| Fujian | Fuzhou | — |
| Gansu | Lanzhou | — |
| Guangdong | Guangzhou | Canton |
| Guizhou | Guiyang | — |
| Hainan | Haikou | — |
| Hebei | Shijiazhuang | — |
| Heilongjiang | Harbin | — |
| Henan | Zhengzhou | — |
| Hubei | Wuhan | — |
| Hunan | Changsha | — |
| Jiangsu | Nanjing | Nanking |
| Jiangxi | Nanchang | — |
| Jilin | Changchun | — |
| Liaoning | Shenyang | — |
| Qinghai | Xining | — |
| Shaanxi | Xi'an | Xian |
| Shandong | Jinan | — |
| Shanxi | Taiyuan | — |
| Sichuan | Chengdu | — |
| Yunnan | Kunming | — |
| Zhejiang | Hangzhou | — |
Autonomous regions (5)
| Province-level division | Capital | Also accepted |
|---|---|---|
| Guangxi | Nanning | — |
| Inner Mongolia | Hohhot | — |
| Ningxia | Yinchuan | — |
| Tibet | Lhasa | — |
| Xinjiang | Ürümqi | Urumqi, Urumchi |
Every name in the last column is accepted too. Not asked: Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Hong Kong and Macau, with no separate capital.
Frequently asked questions
How many capitals are in the quiz?
27 of the 33 province-level divisions. Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Hong Kong and Macau have no separate capital.
Which other spellings are accepted?
“Canton” for Guangzhou, “Nanking” for Nanjing, “Xian” for Xi'an and “Urumqi” and “Urumchi” for Ürümqi. Capital letters, accents and punctuation never matter.
Which capital is on an island?
Haikou, the capital of Hainan.
Is there a time limit?
No. Take as long as you like: a wrong guess can be tried again, and Finish ends the run whenever you want to stop.
Which capitals count?
The quiz asks for the capitals of 27 of the 33 province-level divisions of China, as listed in the answer key below and checked against the references under Sources. Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Hong Kong and Macau have no separate capital.
Where a place shares its capital, splits it between two cities or has a separate seat of government, every listed city is accepted. The map quiz for the same country asks for the places themselves.
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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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