China Administrative Divisions Map - Provinces, Regions & Major Cities #1519065 (License: Personal Use)

This monochrome political map displays China’s 34 first-level administrative divisions-including provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities, and special administrative regions-with precise borders and major urban centers like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Urumqi. A scale bar (1:18,000,000), latitude/longitude grid, Tropic of Cancer, and inset maps of the South China Sea islands and national overview enhance usability. The map reflects the 1989 administrative structure, with notes indicating boundaries based on the 1984 “Relief Map of People’s Republic of China.”

Used in educational resources, government publications, geography textbooks, and online encyclopedias to illustrate China’s territorial organization; serves users seeking authoritative, simplified cartographic references for study or reporting.