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This is a list of major cities in East Asia.
People's Republic of China
Shanghai
Beijing
Tianjin
Guangzhou
ShenzhenCity | Chinese | Pinyin | Province | Population (2010) |
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Urban Population (2010) | Administrative Population (2010) |
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Shanghai | 上海 | Shànghǎi | Municipality | 22,315,426 | 23,019,148 |
Beijing | 北京 | Běijīng | Municipality | 18,827,000 | 19,612,368 |
Tianjin | 天津 | Tiānjīn | Municipality | 11,090,314 | 12,937,954 |
Guangzhou | 广州 | Guǎngzhōu | Guangdong | 11,070,654 | 12,700,800 |
Shenzhen | 深圳 | Shēnzhèn | Guangdong | 10,357,938 | 10,357,938 |
Dongguan | 东莞 | Dōngguǎn | Guangdong | 8,220,937 | 8,220,937 |
Chengdu | 成都 | Chéngdū | Sichuan | 7,123,697 | 14,047,625 |
Nanjing | 南京 | Nánjīng | Jiangsu | 6,852,984 | 8,004,680 |
Wuhan | 武汉 | Wǔhàn | Hubei | 6,434,373 | 9,785,392 |
Shenyang | 沈阳 | Shěnyáng | Liaoning | 5,743,718 | 8,106,171 |
Hangzhou | 杭州 | Hángzhōu | Zhejiang | 5,695,313 | 8,700,400 |
Chongqing | 重庆 | Chóngqìng | Municipality | 5,402,721 | 28,846,170 |
Suzhou | 苏州 | Sūzhōu | Jiangsu | 5,349,000 | 10,465,994 |
Harbin | 哈尔滨 | Hārbīn | Heilongjiang | 5,282,083 | 10,635,971 |
Jinan | 济南 | Jǐnán | Shandong | 3,922,180 | 6,814,000 |
Xi'an | 西安 | Xī'ān | Shaanxi | 3,890,098 | 8,467,837 |
Wuxi | 无锡 | Wúxí | Jiangsu | 3,542,319 | 6,372,624 |
Hefei | 合肥 | Héféi | Anhui | 3,352,076 | 5,702,466 |
Changchun | 长春 | Chángchūn | Jilin | 3,341,700 | 7,677,089 |
Changzhou | 常州 | Chángzhōu | Jiangsu | 3,290,548 | 4,591,972 |
Dalian | 大连 | Dàlián | Liaoning | 3,266,905 | 6,690,432 |
Taiyuan | 太原 | Tàiyuán | Shanxi | 3,212,500 | 4,201,591 |
Kunming | 昆明 | Kūnmíng | Yunnan | 3,184,580 | 6,432,212 |
Zhengzhou | 郑州 | Zhèngzhōu | Henan | 3,132,000 | 8,626,505 |
Changsha | 长沙 | Chángshā | Hunan | 3,093,980 | 7,044,118 |
Ningbo | 宁波 | Níngbō | Zhejiang | 3,089,180 | 7,605,700 |
Qingdao | 青岛 | Qīngdǎo | Shandong | 3,063,492 | 8,715,100 |
Zibo | 淄博 | Zībó | Shandong | 3,002,181 | 4,530,600 |
Fuzhou | 福州 | Fúzhōu | Fujian | 2,921,763 | 7,115,370 |
Nanning | 南宁 | Nánníng | Guangxi | 2,875,220 | 6,661,600 |
Taiwan
City | Image | Chinese | Pinyin | County | Population (2017) |
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New Taipei | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/New_Taipei_Skyline_2019.png/125px-New_Taipei_Skyline_2019.png) | 新北 | Xīnběi | Special municipality | 3,979,208 |
Taichung | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Taichung_skyline.png/125px-Taichung_skyline.png) | 臺中 | Táizhōng | Special municipality | 2,778,182 |
Kaohsiung | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Kaohsiung_Skyline_2020.jpg/125px-Kaohsiung_Skyline_2020.jpg) | 高雄 | Gāoxióng | Special municipality | 2,777,873 |
Taipei | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Taipei_Skyline_2022.06.29.jpg/125px-Taipei_Skyline_2022.06.29.jpg) | 臺北 | Táiběi | Special municipality | 2,695,704 |
Taoyuan | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/%E6%A1%83%E5%9C%92%E5%8D%97%E5%B4%8120201226.jpg/125px-%E6%A1%83%E5%9C%92%E5%8D%97%E5%B4%8120201226.jpg) | 桃園 | Táoyuán | Special municipality | 2,171,127 |
Tainan | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/%E6%BC%81%E5%85%89%E5%B3%B6%E8%97%9D%E8%A1%93%E7%AF%80%E7%86%B1%E9%AC%A7%E9%96%8B%E5%B1%95%281%29.jpg/125px-%E6%BC%81%E5%85%89%E5%B3%B6%E8%97%9D%E8%A1%93%E7%AF%80%E7%86%B1%E9%AC%A7%E9%96%8B%E5%B1%95%281%29.jpg) | 臺南 | Táinán | Special municipality | 1,886,267 |
Hsinchu | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Zhubei%2C_Hsinchu_Skyline_20231117.jpg/125px-Zhubei%2C_Hsinchu_Skyline_20231117.jpg) | 新竹 | Xīnzhú | Provincial city | 439,435 |
Keelung | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/%E7%8D%85%E7%90%83%E5%B6%BA%E7%9C%BA%E6%9C%9B%E5%9F%BA%E9%9A%86%E6%B8%AF2017c.jpg/125px-%E7%8D%85%E7%90%83%E5%B6%BA%E7%9C%BA%E6%9C%9B%E5%9F%BA%E9%9A%86%E6%B8%AF2017c.jpg) | 基隆 | Jīlóng | Provincial city | 371,853 |
Chiayi | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Chiayi_Daxili_D9281.jpg/125px-Chiayi_Daxili_D9281.jpg) | 嘉義 | Jiāyì | Provincial city | 269,608 |
Changhua | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Downtown_Zhanghua_%E5%BD%B0%E5%8C%96%E5%B8%82%E5%8D%80_-_panoramio_%281%29.jpg/125px-Downtown_Zhanghua_%E5%BD%B0%E5%8C%96%E5%B8%82%E5%8D%80_-_panoramio_%281%29.jpg) | 彰化 | Zhānghuà | Changhua | 234,053 |
Pingtung | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Pingtung%2C_Taiwan.jpg/125px-Pingtung%2C_Taiwan.jpg) | 屏東 | Píngdōng | Pingtung | 285,804 |
Japan
City | image | Japanese | Prefecture | Population (2010) |
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Special wards of Tokyo | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Tokyo_Skyline20210123.jpg/200px-Tokyo_Skyline20210123.jpg) | 東京特別区 | Tokyo | 8,949,447 |
Yokohama | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Skyline_ofe_YokohamaCity2020.jpg/200px-Skyline_ofe_YokohamaCity2020.jpg) | 横浜 | Kanagawa | 3,689,603 |
Osaka | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Osaka_Umeda_Sky_Building_Panoramablick_05.jpg/200px-Osaka_Umeda_Sky_Building_Panoramablick_05.jpg) | 大阪 | Osaka | 2,666,371 |
Nagoya | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Nagoya_Night_View.jpg/200px-Nagoya_Night_View.jpg) | 名古屋 | Aichi | 2,263,907 |
Sapporo | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/SapporoCity_Skylines2020.jpg/200px-SapporoCity_Skylines2020.jpg) | 札幌 | Hokkaido | 1,914,434 |
Kobe | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Night_view_from_Hotel_Okura_Kobe_31F_20140225.jpg/200px-Night_view_from_Hotel_Okura_Kobe_31F_20140225.jpg) | 神戸 | Hyōgo | 1,544,873 |
Kyoto | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/%E4%BA%AC%E9%83%BD%E5%A4%9C%E6%99%AF_2015_%2831985638715%29.jpg/200px-%E4%BA%AC%E9%83%BD%E5%A4%9C%E6%99%AF_2015_%2831985638715%29.jpg) | 京都 | Kyoto | 1,474,473 |
Fukuoka | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Fukuoka_night_view.jpg/200px-Fukuoka_night_view.jpg) | 福岡 | Fukuoka | 1,463,826 |
Kawasaki | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/KawasakiCity_Skylines2020.jpg/200px-KawasakiCity_Skylines2020.jpg) | 川崎 | Kanagawa | 1,425,678 |
Saitama | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/SaitamaShintoshin_night_view.jpg/200px-SaitamaShintoshin_night_view.jpg) | さいたま | Saitama | 1,222,910 |
Hiroshima | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Night_views_from_Mount_Kogane01.jpg/200px-Night_views_from_Mount_Kogane01.jpg) | 広島 | Hiroshima | 1,174,209 |
Sendai | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/SendaiCity_Skylines_from_Mukaiyama2018.jpg/200px-SendaiCity_Skylines_from_Mukaiyama2018.jpg) | 仙台 | Miyagi | 1,045,903 |
Kitakyushu | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/DownTown_of_Kitakyushu.jpg/200px-DownTown_of_Kitakyushu.jpg) | 北九州 | Fukuoka | 977,288 |
Chiba | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/%E5%B9%95%E5%BC%B5%E6%96%B0%E9%83%BD%E5%BF%83%E5%A4%9C%E6%99%AF.jpg/200px-%E5%B9%95%E5%BC%B5%E6%96%B0%E9%83%BD%E5%BF%83%E5%A4%9C%E6%99%AF.jpg) | 千葉 | Chiba | 962,130 |
Sakai | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Old_Sakai_Port202002.jpg/200px-Old_Sakai_Port202002.jpg) | 堺 | Osaka | 842,134 |
Niigata | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/NiigataCity.jpg/200px-NiigataCity.jpg) | 新潟 | Niigata | 812,192 |
Hamamatsu | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Night_view_of_Hamamatsu_city.jpg/200px-Night_view_of_Hamamatsu_city.jpg) | 浜松 | Shizuoka | 800,912 |
Kumamoto | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Kumamoto_Castle_and_Ky%C5%ABsh%C5%AB_Shinkansen_01.jpg/200px-Kumamoto_Castle_and_Ky%C5%ABsh%C5%AB_Shinkansen_01.jpg) | 熊本 | Kumamoto | 734,294 |
Sagamihara | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Hashimoto%2C_Sagamihara.jpg/200px-Hashimoto%2C_Sagamihara.jpg) | 相模原 | Kanagawa | 717,561 |
Shizuoka | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Shizuoka_Station_from_Choseniwa.jpg/200px-Shizuoka_Station_from_Choseniwa.jpg) | 静岡 | Shizuoka | 716,328 |
Okayama | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Okayama_Station_west_side_-_panoramio.jpg/200px-Okayama_Station_west_side_-_panoramio.jpg) | 岡山 | Okayama | 709,622 |
Mongolia
North Korea
City | Image | Chosŏn'gŭl | Hancha | Province | Population (2008) |
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Pyongyang | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Sunday_Morning_Calm_%28cropped%29.jpg/125px-Sunday_Morning_Calm_%28cropped%29.jpg) | 평양 | 平壤 | Direct-administered city | 3,255,288 |
Hamhung | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Hamhung_North_Korea.jpg/125px-Hamhung_North_Korea.jpg) | 함흥 | 咸興 | South Hamgyong | 768,551 |
Chongjin | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chongjin.jpg/125px-Chongjin.jpg) | 청진 | 清津 | North Hamgyong | 667,929 |
Nampo | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Nampocity.jpg/125px-Nampocity.jpg) | 남포 | 南浦 | Special city | 366,341 |
Wonsan | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Wonsan_waterfront_%282937890043%29.jpg/125px-Wonsan_waterfront_%282937890043%29.jpg) | 원산 | 元山 | Kangwon | 363,127 |
Sinuiju | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Waterfront_at_Sinuiji.jpg/125px-Waterfront_at_Sinuiji.jpg) | 신의주 | 新義州 | North Pyongan | 359,341 |
Tanchon | N/A | 단천 | 端川 | South Hamgyong | 345,876 |
Kaechon | N/A | 개천 | 价川 | South Pyongan | 319,554 |
Kaesong | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Kaesong_in_Summer.jpg/125px-Kaesong_in_Summer.jpg) | 개성 | 開城 | Special-level city | 308,440 |
Sariwon | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Sariwon_City_%2814014952258%29.jpg/125px-Sariwon_City_%2814014952258%29.jpg) | 사리원 | 沙里院 | North Hwanghae | 307,764 |
South Korea
Seoul
Incheon
Daegu
DaejeonCity | Hangul | Hanja | Province | Population (2010) |
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Seoul | 서울 | none[1] | Special city | 9,794,304 |
Busan | 부산 | 釜山 | Metropolitan city | 3,414,950 |
Incheon | 인천 | 仁川 | Metropolitan city | 2,662,509 |
Daegu | 대구 | 大邱 | Metropolitan city | 2,446,418 |
Daejeon | 대전 | 大田 | Metropolitan city | 1,501,859 |
Gwangju | 광주 | 光州 | Metropolitan city | 1,469,293 |
Ulsan | 울산 | 蔚山 | Metropolitan city | 1,082,567 |
Suwon | 수원 | 水原 | Gyeonggi | 1,071,913 |
Changwon | 창원 | 昌原 | South Gyeongsang | 1,058,021 |
Seongnam | 성남 | 城南 | Gyeonggi | 949,964 |
Goyang | 고양 | 高陽 | Gyeonggi | 905,076 |
Yongin | 용인 | 龍仁 | Gyeonggi | 856,765 |
Bucheon | 부천 | 富川 | Gyeonggi | 853,039 |
Ansan | 안산 | 安山 | Gyeonggi | 728,775 |
Cheongju | 청주 | 淸州 | North Chungcheong | 666,924 |
Jeonju | 전주 | 全州 | North Jeolla | 649,728 |
Anyang | 안양 | 安養 | Gyeonggi | 602,122 |
Cheonan | 천안 | 天安 | South Chungcheong | 574,623 |
Namyangju | 남양주 | 南楊州 | Gyeonggi | 529,898 |
Pohang | 포항 | 浦項 | North Gyeongsang | 511,390 |
See also
Notes and references