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Macheng
Macheng (麻城市) is a county-level city in Huanggang, northeastern Hubei, at the Hubei-Henan-Anhui junction in the Dabie Mountains; founded 598 AD, city 1986; known for Guifengshan's 100,000-mu ancient azaleas (5A since 2024), Red Army heritage with 49 generals, and Huguang migration roots.
Maoming
Maoming (茂名市), prefecture-level city in southwestern Guangdong on the South China Sea; "Oil City of southern China," founded 1958-1959 around oil shale; named for Jin physician Pan Maoming; 2025 GDP 410.64 billion yuan.
Meishan
Meishan (眉山) is a prefecture-level city in central Sichuan, China, southwest of Chengdu, home to about 3.4 million people and designated a national historical and cultural city in 2026.
Meizhou (梅州)
Meizhou (梅州), a prefecture-level city in northeast Guangdong at the junction with Jiangxi and Fujian, is China's Hakka cultural capital, hometown of Marshal Ye Jianying, with 5.32 million registered and 3.84 million resident people (2024).
Mengzi
Mengzi (蒙自市) is the county-level seat of Honghe Prefecture, southeastern Yunnan, China; 2,228 km², about 601,300 people, birthplace of crossing-the-bridge rice noodles, a Kunming–Hanoi corridor node, 2025 GDP 509.71 billion yuan.
Mianyang, Sichuan
Mianyang (绵阳市), prefecture-level city in northeast Sichuan, China's only approved 'Science and Technology City'; defense-electronics hub around Changhong and Jiuzhou; 2024 GDP 434.40 billion yuan, second in Sichuan.
Mianzhu, Deyang, Sichuan
Mianzhu (绵竹市) is a county-level city of Deyang, Sichuan, China, known for New Year woodblock prints, Jiannanchun liquor, and heavy damage in the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake.
Mingguang, Anhui
Mingguang (明光市), formerly Jiashan County, is a county-level city of Chuzhou in northeastern Anhui, China, on the Jianghuai watershed. Created as a county in 1932, renamed 1994; 2020 population 485,627; 2024 GDP 32.15 billion yuan.
Mudanjiang
Mudanjiang (牡丹江) is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Heilongjiang, China, bordering Russia; a transport hub with 4 national ports, 2.29 million residents (2020 census), and 25.8% of the province's Russia trade.
Nada (city)
Nada (那大镇) is a town in southeastern Danzhou, Hainan, China, and the seat of the Danzhou municipal government. Known for its Qing-era name origin from the Nahen and Datong villages, it had about 249,000 residents in 2018.
Nanchang (南昌)
Nanchang (南昌), capital of Jiangxi Province, China; a 2,200-year-old city of about 6.67 million on the Ganjiang River, home to the Pavilion of Prince Teng, with GDP of 814 billion CNY in 2025.
Nanchong
Nanchong (南充), prefecture-level city in northeastern Sichuan on the Jialing River; 3 districts, Langzhong city, 5 counties; Sichuan's second-largest population; silk 'City of Silk', Three Kingdoms culture, 2024 GDP 286.17 billion yuan.
Nanjing (南京)
Nanjing (南京, Ning), capital of Jiangsu Province on the lower Yangtze, 300 km west of Shanghai; 11 districts, 6,587 km², about 9.6 million residents; former capital as Jiankang of the Six Dynasties and Ming 'southern capital'; 2023 GDP 1,742.14 billion yuan.
Nanning
Nanning (南宁), capital of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southern China, the 'Green City' on the Yongjiang River; 9.02 million residents in 2025, subtropical monsoon climate, China-ASEAN Fair venue, sponge city pilot.
Nanping, Fujian
Nanping (南平), or Minbei, is Fujian's largest prefecture-level city by area (26,300 km²) at the Fujian–Zhejiang–Jiangxi junction and Min River headwaters; its 2025 GDP was 218.97 billion yuan, and it hosts Wuyishan National Park.
Nanqiao
Nanqiao (南桥镇, Nánqiáo Zhèn) is a town of about 361,000 people in Fengxian District, Shanghai, and the district seat. Historic Fengxian county seat (1726 to 1731, again from 1912); core of Fengxian New Town on Metro Line 5.
Neijiang
Neijiang (内江), the "Sweet City" (甜城), is a prefecture-level city on the Tuo River in southeast Sichuan between Chengdu and Chongqing; a former sugar center, birthplace of painter Zhang Daqian, with about 3.14 million residents (2020 census).
Nianbo
Nianbo (碾伯) is a town in Ledu District, Haidong City, Qinghai, China, and the seat of the Ledu District government; a Ming garrison from 1373, it absorbed Ganggou Town in 2006.
Ningbo (宁波)
Ningbo (宁波, Yong), a sub-provincial port city in Zhejiang, China; home of Ningbo-Zhoushan Port, world's busiest by cargo since 2009, 1.4 billion tonnes in 2025; 9.83 million people; former treaty port and Maritime Silk Road hub.
Ningde
Ningde (宁德) is a prefecture-level city on northeastern Fujian's coast, seat at Jiaocheng, with 1,046 km of coastline, Sandu'ao deep-water port, the CATL lithium-battery cluster, China's top large yellow croaker fishery, and a fast-growing mountain-and-sea tourism economy.
Nyingchi
Nyingchi (林芝, sNying-khri), a prefecture-level city in southeastern Tibet on the Yarlung Tsangpo, known as the Jiangnan of Tibet; forested valleys at 3,100 m, the Grand Canyon, Namcha Barwa, and the 2021 Lhasa–Nyingchi railway.
Ordos City
Ordos City (鄂尔多斯市) is a prefecture-level city in southwest Inner Mongolia, China, a major coal and natural gas producer whose Kangbashi new district was famously labeled a "ghost city" by Al Jazeera and Time in 2009–2010.
Panjin
Panjin (盘锦市) is a prefecture-level city in southwest Liaoning, China, at the center of the Liaohe Delta, established 1984. Known for the Liaohe oilfield, vast coastal wetlands, and the Red Beach seepweed flats.
Panzhihua
Panzhihua (攀枝花), formerly Dukou, is a prefecture-level city in far southern Sichuan, China, founded in 1965 as a Third Front steel base around Pangang; it is China's vanadium-titanium capital and the only Chinese city named after a flower.
Peicheng
Peicheng, alternate romanization of the county seat of Pei County (沛县), Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China; pop about 195,000. Qin-era Sishui Commandery seat, home of Liu Bang and the Dafeng Ge; distinct from Picheng town.
Pengze
Pengze County (彭泽县) is a county of Jiujiang, Jiangxi, on the south bank of the Yangtze at the Anhui border. Founded 201 BC and named for the Pengli marsh, it is a historic cotton county with chemicals, building materials, and cotton spinning industries.
Pingdingshan
Pingdingshan (平顶山市), the Eagle City, is a prefecture-level coal-mining city in mid-southern Henan, established 1957, with 4.84 million residents, 10.3 billion tons of coal reserves, and a nylon new-materials industry.
Pingdu
Pingdu (平度) is a county-level city of Qingdao, Shandong, on the Jiaodong Peninsula. Converted from Pingdu County in 1989, it is Shandong's largest county-level city by area (3,166.54 km²) and a leading grain producer.
Pingliang
Pingliang (平凉市), prefecture-level city in eastern Gansu at the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia junction; 11,000 km², 1.85 million residents (2020), coal-energy base, apple and red-cattle farming, Kongtong Mountain 5A site.
Pingwu County
Pingwu County (平武县), Mianyang, Sichuan, China: mountainous county on the Gansu border and upper Fujiang, home to 335 wild giant pandas, Wanglang reserve, Baima Tibetan townships, and Bao'en Temple.