Blank Map of China

The 31 province-level divisions of mainland China on one sheet.

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Each province-level division is a button. Use the arrow keys to move between them and Enter to choose. Names are read out in Study, and once a province-level division is answered.

All 31 province-level divisions on the diagram

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East China 7

  1. Anhui
  2. Fujian
  3. Jiangsu
  4. Jiangxi
  5. Shandong
  6. Shanghai
  7. Zhejiang

North China 5

  1. Beijing
  2. Hebei
  3. Inner Mongolia
  4. Shanxi
  5. Tianjin

Northeast China 3

  1. Heilongjiang
  2. Jilin
  3. Liaoning

Northwest China 5

  1. Gansu
  2. Ningxia
  3. Qinghai
  4. Shaanxi
  5. Xinjiang

South Central China 6

  1. Guangdong
  2. Guangxi
  3. Hainan
  4. Henan
  5. Hubei
  6. Hunan

Southwest China 5

  1. Chongqing
  2. Guizhou
  3. Sichuan
  4. Tibet
  5. Yunnan

How this list was compiled: Items made on 2026-09-26; names, ids and accepted spellings are Natural Earth's. Licence: public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)

The drawing: Drawn for this site from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_50m_admin_1_states_provinces_lakes (scale 1:50,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_50m_admin_1_states_provinces_lakes.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Surrounding land from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_50m_admin_0_countries_lakes (scale 1:50,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_50m_admin_0_countries_lakes.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Albers equal-area conic projection, central meridian 104°E, standard parallels 25°N and 47°N. Outlines simplified; small islands are left out. Licence: public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)

How it works

This blank map of China shows its 31 province-level divisions on the mainland: 22 provinces, 5 autonomous regions and 4 municipalities, from Xinjiang in the west to Shanghai on the coast.

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Blank, numbered or named

The sheet opens blank. Choose Numbered to put a number on each of the 31 divisions of mainland China, or Named for their names, then press Print this map; the answer key prints on its own sheet.

A China outline map by province

Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia and Tibet are the three largest; the municipalities of Shanghai, Tianjin and Beijing are the smallest, and Shanghai and Tianjin carry rings. Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan are drawn as land but not numbered.

  • For a first test, print Numbered and ask one area at a time, such as the seven divisions of East China.

Questions and answers

How many provinces does China have?

The mainland has 31 province-level divisions: 22 provinces, 5 autonomous regions and 4 municipalities. All 31 are numbered on this map.

Which is the largest province of China?

Xinjiang, an autonomous region in the far north-west, is the largest division, followed by Inner Mongolia and Tibet.

Which are the four municipalities?

Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and Chongqing. They are cities governed at the same level as a province. Chongqing, inland on the Yangtze, is by far the largest in area.