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Provincial capitals and abbreviations of 23 provinces in China.
23 provinces

General administrative province:

Hebei (Hebei and Shijiazhuang), Shanxi (Shanxi and Taiyuan), Liaoning (Liaoning and Shenyang), Jilin (Jilin and Changchun), Heilongjiang (Harbin), Jiangsu (Jiangsu and Nanjing), Zhejiang (Zhejiang and Hangzhou), Anhui (Anhui and Hefei) and Fujian (Fujian). Guangzhou), Hainan Province (Qionghai, Haikou), Sichuan Province (Sichuan or Sichuan, Chengdu), Guizhou Province (Guizhou or Guangxi, Guiyang), Yunnan Province (Yunnan or Yunnan, Kunming), Shaanxi Province (Shaanxi, xi 'an), Gansu Province (Gansu or Gansu, Lanzhou), Qinghai Province (Qinghai, Xining), Taiwan Province Province (Taiwan Province

Extended data:

The provincial capital, or provincial government, was called "the first city" in ancient times. Known as the provincial capital in Qing Dynasty, it is the provincial administrative center (government residence). The capital of China is a state-level administrative region-generally the political, economic, scientific, educational, cultural and transportation center of the province. In official documents, the administrative centers of autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and special administrative regions are not called provincial capitals. The administrative station of the autonomous region is usually called the capital, and sometimes it is also called the provincial capital when the requirements are not strict; Municipalities directly under the central government and special administrative regions are not called provincial capitals, but directly called government locations, stations or administrative offices.

1, changed due to regime change, which is the most direct factor causing the change of provincial capital. The new regime often has different development thinking strategies from the original regime, and the problems left by the original regime often change dramatically, and at the same time, the resistance is small, so the provincial capital moves mostly in 19 12 and 1950- 1954 after the regime change.

2, the need of safety requirements. For example, Guangxi moved its capital between Guilin and Nanning for border defense reasons.

3. The need of economic development. Economic development needs convenient transportation and the geographical location of the center, especially emerging cities such as Harbin and Zhengzhou, which are located at the railway interchange.

4. The provincial capital gains and losses caused by capital gains and losses like Nanjing.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-provincial capital