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Special Administrative & Autonomous Region

China Special Region	Hong Kong 香港特別行政區	Macau 澳門特別行政區	Tibet 西藏自治區	Xinjiang 新疆维吾尔自治區	Ningxia 寧夏回族自治區	Inner Mongolia 内蒙古自治區	Guangxi 廣西壮族自治區
Capital	NA	NA	Lhasa 拉薩市	Ürümqi Wushi or Tihwa 烏魯木齊市	Yinchuan 银川市	Hohhot 呼和浩特市	Nanning 南寧市
Feature	Special Administrative Region	Special Administrative Region	Autonomous Region	Autonomous Region	Autonomous Region	Autonomous Region	Autonomous Region
Background	The colony remained under United Kingdom control until 1997	The colony remained under Portuguese control since 1557 until 1999	Since 1368 The Chinese Ming dynasty	The earliest known settlement in the area can be dated to the 7th century CE	Ningxia was incorporated into Gansu in 1954 but was separated from Gansu in 1958	Before the rise of the Mongols in the 13th century, what is now central and western Inner Mongolia	In 214 BC, the Han Chinese general Zhao Tuo (Vietnamese:) claimed most of southern China for Qin Shi Huang before the emperor's death.
Law	Basic Law One country, two systems	Basic Law One country, two systems	Law of Regional autonomy practiced in areas where minority nationalities live in concentrated communities.	Law of Regional autonomy practiced in areas where minority nationalities live in concentrated communities.	Law of Regional autonomy practiced in areas where minority nationalities live in concentrated communities.	Law of Regional autonomy practiced in areas where minority nationalities live in concentrated communities.	Law of Regional autonomy practiced in areas where minority nationalities live in concentrated communities.
Economic	Exchange Stock market & Financing Service; Land Property; Import & Export Trading Service; Tourism	Major on casino gaming and tourism.	Tourism	Tourism	Agriculture	Agriculture	Agriculture; Tourism; Economic and Technological
Currency	HKD	MOP	RMB	RMB	RMB	RMB	RMB
Language	Cantonese; English	Cantonese; Portuguese	Tibetic	Turkic	Mandarin	Mandarin; Mongolian	Mandarin; Cantonese
GDP	Estimate US$484 billion (2018)	Estimate $78.1 billion (2018)	Estimate US$19 billion (2017)	Estimate US$40.65 billion (2017)	Estimate US$ 51.16 billion (2017)	Estimate US$ 238.50 billion (2017)	Estimate US$302.09 billion (2017)
Population	7.4 M	0.65M	3.18M	3.55M	6.62M	24.70M	48.38M
Area	1,104km2	115.3 km2	1,228,400 km2	14,577 km2	66,399.73 km2	1,183,000 km2	236,700 km2
Well Known	The region is first known to have been occupied by humans during the Neolithic period, about 6,000 years ago. World's top listed - most densely populated region	World know ‘Oriental Las Vegas’ World's top listed - most densely populated region	Tibet after the Mongol conquest of Tibet andYuan administrative rule in the 13th and 14th centuries.	A major hub on the Silk Road during China'sTang dynasty, and developed its reputation as a leading cultural and commercial center during the Qing dynasty in the 19th century.	By the 11th century, the Tangut people had established the Western Xia Dynasty on the outskirts of the then-Song dynasty.	Much of what is known about the history of Greater Mongolia, including Inner Mongolia, is known through Chinese chronicles and historians.	The name "Guangxi" can be traced to the "Expansive" or "Wide" province Guangzhou 廣州 of the Eastern Wu, who controlled southeastern China during the Three Kingdoms period. Guilin formed one of its commanderies.