Northwest China

Xibei (Chinese西北) is the Chinese term for the Greater Northwest China. It includes the following administrative units at the provincial level:

These provinces and autonomous regions all lie west of the Heihe - Tengchong line and are characterized mostly by large area with low population density. They are inhabited by national minorities, in part, the Han Chinese are in the big cities mostly in the majority.

All these areas are far from the sea and have some very distinct continental climate with low rainfall.

Northeast China (东北) | North China (华北) | East China (华东) | central and southern China (中南) | Northwest China (西北) | Southwest China (西南)

  • Region in China
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