A List of Maps and Basic Information About China's Mainland Provinces

Capital city: Hefei
Provincial population: 64.6 million
Famous for:

• Yellow Mountains (Huang Shan)
• UNESCO villages and Huizhou Architecture
• Jiuhuashan, one of China's 4 Holy Buddhist mountains.

Capital city: Fuzhou
Provincial population: 35.1 million
Famous for:

• Xiamen (formerly "Amoy"),
• Gulangyu
• Wuyishan Scenic Area
• Wulong Tea
• Hakka architecture

Capital city: Lanzhou
Provincial population: 29.2 million
Famous for:

• Gansu Provincial Museum in Lanzhou
• Ming-era Great Wall Jiayuguan Pass
• Dunhuang City for Silk Road history and Mogao Grottoes
• Hexi Corridor portion of the Silk Road
• Tibetan Autonomous Area encompassing Labrang Monastery

Capital city: Guangzhou
Provincial population: 113 million
Famous for: factories and industry; its capital, Guangzhou (formerly "Canton").

Capital city: Guiyang
Provincial population: 39 million
Famous for: large populations of minority peoples such as the Miao, Dong, and Buyi.​

Capital city: Haikou
Provincial population: 7.2 million
Famous for: beaches at Yalong Bay

Capital city: Shijiazhuang
Provincial population: 68 million
Famous for: Chengde's Qing Dynasty summer palace (UNESCO Cultural World Heritage Site), Great Wall Shanhaiguan Pass, the easternmost end of the Ming-era Great Wall.

Capital city: Harbin
Provincial population: 38.2 million
Famous for: historically being part of Manchuria; Harbin's annual Ice & Snow Festival

Capital city: Zhengzhou
Provincial population: 98.7 million
Famous for:

• The Yellow River area - the cradle of Chinese Civilization
• Shaolin Temple
• The Longmen Grottoes

Capital city: Changsha
Provincial population: 67 million
Famous for:

• Delicious spicy food
• Mao Zedong's birth village of Shaoshan Chong
• Wulingyuan scenic area

Capital city: Wuhan
Provincial population: 60.2 million​
Famous for: The Three Gorges on the Yangtze River

Capital city: Nanjing
Provincial population: 75.5 million
Famous for:

• Nanjing - ​the ancient capital of China and site of major Japanese atrocities during WWII
• Suzhou - UNESCO World Heritage Site full of gardens and temples
• Yixing where China's most famous clay teapots are made

Capital city: Nanchang
Provincial population: 42.8 million
Famous for:

• Jingdezhen - the home of Chinese porcelain
• Lushan National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Capital city: Changchun
Provincial population: 42.2 million
Famous for: 

• Being historically part of Manchuria
• The scenery at Heaven Lake on the North Korean border

Capital city: Shenyang
Provincial population: 27.1 million
Famous for:

• Being historically part of Manchuria
• Manchu cultural and historical sites (the Qing Dynasty was established by the Manchus in Liaoning who then moved their capital to the Forbidden City in Beijing)
• Dalian, a beautiful port city with beaches and foreign architecture

Capital city: Xining
Provincial population: 5.4 million
Famous for:

• The Qinghai-Tibet Railway
• Qinghai Lake, China's largest saltwater lake, and scenic area
• Tibetan autonomous area outside Xining around Kumbum Monastery

Capital city: Xi'an
Provincial population: 37 million
Famous for:

• Terracotta Warriors Museum
• Xi'an's Muslim quarter and ancient city wall

Capital city: Jinan
Provincial population: 91.8 million
Famous for:

• Qingdao's famous International Beer Festival
• Qufu - home of Confucius (the Kong family)

Capital city: Taiyuan
Provincial population: 33.4 million
Famous for:

• Pingyao, a Ming-era walled city
• Wutaishan, one of China's 4 holy Buddhist mountains
• Datong Buddhist grottoes

Capital city: Chengdu
Provincial population: 87.3 million
Famous for:

• Chengdu's many attractions
• Qingcheng Mountain
• Spicy Sichuan (or Szechuan) cuisine
• Giant Pandas
• Emeishan, one of China's 4 holy Buddhist mountains

Capital city: Kunming
Provincial population: 44.2 million
Famous for:

• A large population of minority groups
• Lijiang, a UNESCO World Heritage Site famed for its Naxi minority culture
• Shangri-La, an ethnic Tibetan community in the high mountains
• Xishuangbanna, a trekking area famed for beautiful scenery

Capital city: Hangzhou
Provincial population: 47.2 million
Famous for:

• Longjing tea, the most famous of Chinese green teas
• Putuoshan, one of China's 4 holy Buddhist mountains
• Hangzhou's West Lake
• Moganshan Scenic Area