The largest village in China is the Village of Dariyabuyi in Xinjiang
Dari Yabuyi Folk Village along the Great River is located in the depths of the Taklamakan Desert about 250 kilometers north of the county seat of Tian County, in the territory of Dariyabuyi Township, Tian County. The inhabitants of the village along the Great River lived a closed life for a long time, basically losing contact with the outside world, and it was not until modern times, with the involvement of desert explorers at home and abroad, that the situation here was exposed at home and abroad. The village belongs to the characteristic folk village. The houses throughout the village are sporadically dotted in the vast oasis area, and the dispersion is particularly strong. The house building adapts to the arid desert environment, mostly made of poplar wood to make the support of the house, and then woven into a wall with red willow branches, etc., there is no furniture in the house, and the sand barrier is used to form a higher terrace, and the carpet is covered with a bed. It is also based on animal husbandry, and the food is mainly meat, supplemented by flour cakes, and does not eat vegetables. The method of making the cake is more special, after the noodles are reconciled, the hands press into a 3 cm thick, tens of centimeters in diameter of the pie, buried in the fire ash and cooked and eaten. Residents have been drinking salty and bitter well water for many years, this well is a seepage pit in the desert, and its excavation method is more special and the folk customs are strong. The Village of Daheyan is located in the lower reaches of the Kriya River, where springs overflow and the original poplar forest is densely packed, and poplar forests with a diameter of 1-2 meters can be seen everywhere. Due to the distance from the county seat and the inconvenience of transportation, it has basically become an isolated village, and gradually formed a distinctive ethnic folk village. The residents belong to the Uyghur Uighurs, but have certain dialect habits, and are the most distinctive residential tribes among the Uyghurs.
The largest township in China is Qimantag Township in Xinjiang
Qimantag Township is a township under the jurisdiction of Ruoqiang County, Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China, with an area of 65,600 square kilometers, and is the largest township-level division in China, located in the southern part of the county, at the northern end of the Changtang Plateau, at the junction of Xinjiang, Qinghai and Tibet provinces, sandwiched between the Qimantag Mountains in the north and the Kunlun Mountains in the south.
The largest town in China is the town of Lop Nur in Xinjiang
Luobu Nur Town, belonging to Ruoqiang County, Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, is located in the northeast of Ruoqiang County, bordering Gansu Province to the east, Tiemulik Township to the south, Tieganlik Township and Yuli County to the west, and Shanshan County and Hami City to the north, with a total area of 51,000 square kilometers.
The largest county in China is Ruoqiang County in Xinjiang
Ruoqiang County is a county under the jurisdiction of Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, located in the southeast of Bazhou and the southeast edge of the Taklamakan Desert. Bordered by Zhimu County to the west, Yuli County and Shanshan County and Hami City to the north, Gansu Province and Qinghai Province to the east, and Tibet Autonomous Region to the south, it is the largest county in the country (about 2 Jiangsu provinces or Zhejiang Provinces). The county has jurisdiction over two management committees, four towns, four townships, and one regiment. There are 15 ethnic groups, including Mongolian, Han, Uyghur, Hui and Dongxiang, of which the number of ethnic minorities accounts for 40%. The county people's government is located in Ruoqiang Town, which is 894 kilometers away from Urumqi City and 444 kilometers away from the prefecture capital Korla. The administrative area is 202298 square kilometers, and as of the end of 2020, Ruoqiang County has a registered population of 80,756 people.
Ruoqiang is the second strategic passage from the interior to Central Asia and Xinjiang to the interior, and was also a necessary route of the ancient "Silk Road". The territory of Ruoqiang County is interspersed with mountains and basins, and the terrain is diverse. To the north is the Tarim Basin and the northern part of the Eastern Tianshan Mountains, and to the southeast and south are the Kunlun Mountains-Argin Mountains, which are part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
The largest county-level city in China is Golmud City in Qinghai
Golmud City is a city under the administration of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province. Golmud City is located in the central and western part of Qinghai Province, the hinterland of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the jurisdiction of the territory is complex, can be roughly divided into the basin plateau and the northern foothills of tanggula mountain two parts, belongs to the typical plateau continental climate; the total area of 119263 square kilometers, jurisdiction of 5 streets, 2 towns, 2 townships. According to the data of the seventh population census, as of 00:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Golmud is 221863 people.
"Golmud" is a Mongolian transliteration, also translated as Gaolumusi, Guoliya, Garmu, meaning "place where the rivers are dense"; Golmud is a strategic fortress connecting Tibet, Xinjiang, Gansu and western China in Qinghai, where the three highway trunk lines of Qinghai-Tibet, Qingxin and Dunge intersect; the Qinghai-Tibet Railway has been fully opened; there are natural landscapes such as the source of the Yangtze River, wanzhang salt bridge, snow mountain glacier, Kunlun snow scenery, Hanhai sunrise, desert forest and other natural landscapes in the territory, and Golmud Kunlun Tourist Area is a national 4A-level tourist scenic spot.
China's largest prefecture-level city is Sansha City in Hainan
Sansha City, a prefecture-level city in Hainan Province, is located in the south-central part of the South China Sea and the south of Hainan Province, with jurisdiction over the islands and reefs of the Xisha Islands, Zhongsha Islands and Nansha Islands and their sea areas, with a land area of more than 20 square kilometers and a land and sea area of more than 2 million square kilometers. Sansha City has Xisha District and Nansha District, and has jurisdiction over 10 communities. The Municipal People's Government is located on Yongxing Island in Xisha District
Sansha is the southernmost prefecture-level administrative region in China, and is also the city with the largest total area, the smallest land area and the smallest population in the country. It has the honorary title of "National Double Support Model City". Sansha City was shortlisted for the 2016 Top 200 World Characteristic Charm Cities.
China's largest autonomous prefecture is the Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang
Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, abbreviated as "Bazhou", belongs to the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, located in the southeast of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, with mountains, basins, rivers, lakes, Gobi, deserts and plain oases, belonging to the middle temperate and warm temperate continental climate. It has a total area of 471,500 square kilometers and administers 1 county-level city, 7 counties and 1 autonomous county.
Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture has a long history, with thousands of years of development history. Both the southern and central roads of the Silk Road pass through Bazhou. The Thirty-Six Kingdoms of the Western Regions in Bazhou include Loulan, Ruoqiang, Zhimu, Xiaowan, Ronglu, Shanguo, Luntai, Yanqi, Yu plough, Canal Plough, and Weisu Eleven. Bazhou's tourism resources are unique, the basic types of tourism resources in the whole state are diverse, in addition to the Natural Landscape of Tianshan Mountain, Kunlun Mountain, Great Desert, Great Lake, Great Grassland and Great Gobi, there are also many historical sites and cultural landscapes, such as Tiemen Pass, Loulan Ancient City Ruins, Sikhqin Thousand Buddha Cave, Milan Ruins, etc.
China's largest province in terms of area is Hainan Province
Hainan Province, abbreviated as "Qiong", is the southernmost provincial-level administrative region of the People's Republic of China, the capital of Haikou. It is a special economic zone and a pilot free trade zone in China. It is located in south China, bordered by the Qiongzhou Strait and Guangdong in the north, the Beibu Bay and Guangxi and Vietnam in the west, the South China Sea and Taiwan in the east, and the Philippines, Brunei and Malaysia in the southeast and south. The total land area of Hainan Province is 35,400 square kilometers, of which Hainan Island is 33,900 square kilometers, and the sea area is about 2 million square kilometers.
The outline of Hainan Island resembles an oval large Sydney pear, the terrain is low and flat on all sides, the middle is high, and it is a dome mountain terrain, with Wuzhi Mountain and Parrot Ridge as the uplift core, descending step by step to the periphery, and is composed of mountainous, hilly, terrace, plain and other landforms. Hainan has a tropical monsoon climate with warm and hot year-round rainfall. As of the end of 2019, Hainan Province has jurisdiction over 4 prefecture-level cities, 5 county-level cities, 4 counties, and 6 autonomous counties.
China's largest autonomous region is the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, abbreviated as "Xin", is located in northwestern China and is one of the five ethnic minority autonomous regions in China. With an area of 1,664,900 square kilometers, it is the largest provincial-level administrative region in China by land area, accounting for one-sixth of China's total land area.
Xinjiang is located in the hinterland of Eurasia, land border more than 5600 kilometers, surrounded by Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Mongolia, India, the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan eight countries border, in history is an important passage of the ancient Silk Road, is now the second "Eurasian land bridge" must pass through, the strategic location is very important. Xinjiang currently has 56 ethnic groups, mainly inhabited by Han, Uyghur, Kazakh, Hui, Mongolian, Kyrgyz, Xibe, Tajik, Uzbek, Manchu, Daur, Tatar, Russian and other ethnic groups, and is one of the five ethnic minority autonomous regions in China. In the results of the sixth national census, the proportion of the population with higher education in 24 provinces and municipalities ranked fifth. Xinjiang will fully implement the 14-year free education policy in southern Xinjiang, promote 14-year free education in other regions, and gradually realize 15 years of free education in the whole region, that is, 3 years before school, 6 years of primary school, 3 years of junior high school, and 3 years of high school.
China's largest municipality is the municipality of Chongqing
Chongqing, referred to as "Yu", also known as Shancheng, is a provincial-level administrative region, municipality directly under the Central Government, a national central city, a megacity of the People's Republic of China, one of the important central cities in China approved by the State Council, the economic center of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, an important modern manufacturing base of the country, and a comprehensive transportation hub in the southwest region. It has a total area of 82,400 square kilometers and administers 26 districts, 8 counties and 4 autonomous counties.
Chongqing is located in the southwest of Chinese mainland, is the economic, financial, scientific and technological innovation, shipping and trade logistics center in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, a national logistics hub, an important strategic fulcrum for the development of the western region, an important connection point between the "Belt and Road" and the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and an inland open highland, a beautiful place with beautiful mountains and clear waters; it is not only known as Jiangcheng, Wudu and Qiaodu, but also famous as a mountain city. Chongqing is dominated by the Han ethnic group, and the ethnic minorities are mainly Tujia and Miao. Rich in tourism resources, there are three gorges of the Yangtze River, the World Cultural Heritage Dazu Rock Carvings, the World Natural Heritage Wulong Karst and the Nanchuan Golden Buddha Mountain and other landscapes.
Chongqing is a national historical and cultural city. In 1189, Emperor Guangzong of Song first enfeoffed King Gong and then assumed the throne, proclaiming himself a "double celebration", hence the name Chongqing. Chongqing is the origin of the "Red Rock Spirit", the birthplace of Bayu culture, "hot pot", "stilt house" and so on have far-reaching influence; in the more than 3,000 years recorded in the written record, it has been the capital of the country three times and the city built four times, known as "Bayu" in history; during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, it was the capital of the National Government.
Chongqing is the largest industrial and commercial city in the southwest region and an important modern manufacturing base of the country. There are 10 state-level key laboratories, 10 national engineering technology research centers, 68 universities, China (Chongqing) Pilot Free Trade Zone, China-Singapore (Chongqing) Strategic Connectivity Demonstration Project, Liangjiang New Area, Yuxin-Europe International Railway, Western (Chongqing) Science City and other strategic projects.