I am not native speaker of [[English language|English]]

I can not converse Chinese language. I can not understand listening the voices of Chinese language. I can not pronounce Chinese language. But I know the meanings of some Chinese characters, and some else characters of the rest I don't know them.

Chinese cities

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One day I transcribed some data into my notebook from the UNSTAT site. The next day I went to a library bringing the notebook, and check up with a book titled 《中国1990年人口普查资料 第一册》Tabulation on the 1990 population census of The People's Republic of China (ISBN 7-5037-1093-4). I transcribed many Chinese characters of some cities' names from the table number 2-4 of the census-book. And I spent about one week to compare them with en:Wikipedia.

The differences on the UNSTAT-site

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As a result, I noticed some unpresumable differences of spelling (misspellings or variants of romanization) between the UNSTAT-site and en:Wikipedia, as below.

Unpresumable different spellings
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UN-site shows
Population of City Proper
Which city have the population?
The census-book shows
市人口(但不含市辖县)
spelling in en:Wikipedia
Bele - 160753 新疆,zh:博乐市 Bole, Xinjiang
Boutou - 494656 河北省,zh:泊头市 Botou
Chuozhou - 469903 山西省,zh:朔州市 Shuozhou
Dayomg - 408466 湖南省,zh:大庸市 Dayong
Ermei - 396445 四川省,zh:峨眉山市 Emeishan City
Erzhou - 906426 湖北省,zh:鄂州市 Ezhou
Feshan - 629410 I could not look up
广东省,zh:佛山市 - 429410 Foshan
Fulin - 1018146 四川省,zh:涪陵市 Fuling
Guijao - 173022 山西省,zh:古交市 Gujiao
Guikong - 1387939 广西,zh:贵港市 Guigang
Hailuen - 764548 黑龙江省,zh:海伦市 Hailun
Haozhou - 1222018 安徽省,zh:亳州市 Bozhou
Huangshi(Zhejiang) - 888631 浙江省,zh:黄岩市 Huangyan
Huangyan District
Huichun - 183755 吉林省,zh:珲春市 Hunchun
Jiageda - 132222 黑龙江省,zh:加格达奇 Jiagedaqi
Jiagedaqi District
Jiaolong - 479135 吉林省,zh:蛟河市 Jiaohe
Jiayvguan[1] - 109987 甘肃省,zh:嘉峪关市 Jiayuguan
Kaiyuan (Iaoning)[2] - 587530 辽宁省,zh:开原市 Kaiyuan, Liaoning
Liuan - 198179 安徽省,zh:六安市 Lu'an
Manzhaoli[3] - 137790 内蒙古,zh:满洲里市 Manzhouli
Meixian - 234350 广东省,zh:梅州市 Meizhou
Saoxing - 293404 浙江省,zh:绍兴市 Shaoxing
Shuangyasha - 504223 黑龙江省,zh:双鸭山市 Shuangyashan
Sipin - 407186 吉林省,zh:四平市 Siping (city)
Wuwe - 876073 甘肃省,zh:武威市 Wuwei
Yizhen - 561827 江苏省,zh:仪征市 Yizheng
Yizhou - 778419 安徽省,zh:宣州市 Xuanzhou District
Yutian - 321271 云南省,zh:玉溪市 Yuxi
Zhaoyang - 978310 湖北省,zh:枣阳市 Zaoyang
This table does not contain
(1) apostrophe before "an", such as Xi'an, Ji'an,
(2) "er" and "r", such as Haerbin/Harbin
(3) following 13 cities
Akesu/Aksu, Aletay/Altay, Atushi/Artux,
Hami/Kumul, Hetian/Hotan, Huhehaote/Hohhot,
Kashi/Kashgar, Kelamayi/Karamay, Kuerle/Korla,
Lasa/Lhasa, Tulufan/Turfan, Wulumuqi/Ürümqi,
Xilinhaote/Xilinhot,
Different population of city proper
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And also I noticed three differences of population between the UNSTAT-site and the census-book, besides Foshan/Feshan.

UN-site shows The census-book shows
Qianjiang - 950158 873894 - 湖北省,zh:潜江市
Shenzhen - 875175 875176 - 广东省,zh:深圳市
Zhanjiang - 1399569 1099569 - 广东省,zh:湛江市

Solution of the ambiguities

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UN-site shows
Population of City Proper
The census-book shows (Romanized)
Daan - 403897 吉林省,zh:大安市 Da'an, Jilin
Dali - 432235 云南省,zh:大理市 Dali, Yunnan
Fengcheng - 1090020 江西省,zh:丰城市 Fengcheng, Jiangxi
Fuyang - 232349 安徽省,zh:阜阳市 Fuyang, Anhui
Heshan - 135071 广西,zh:合山市 Heshan, Guangxi
Jinzhou - 736297 辽宁省,zh:锦州市 Jinzhou, Liaoning
Nanyang - 374600 河南省,zh:南阳市 Nanyang, Henan
Pingxiang - 1388427 江西省,zh:萍乡市 Pingxiang, Jiangxi
Qianjiang 湖北省,zh:潜江市 Qianjiang, Hubei
Qidong - 1136421 江苏省,zh:启东市 Qidong, Jiangsu
Taizhou - 255114 江苏省,zh:泰州市 Taizhou, Jiangsu
Tongchuan - 414031 陕西省,zh:铜川市 Tongchuan, Shaanxi
Wugang - 296653 河南省,zh:舞钢 Wugang, Henan
Xinyi - 883650 江苏省,zh:新沂市 Xinyi, Jiangsu
Yuanjiang - 716492 湖南省,zh:沅江市 Yuanjiang, Hunan

Some cities have renamed

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The below table includes 'Establishment of new prefectual-level city and Changing former county-level city to district'.

Renamed cities after 1990
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UN-site shows The census-book shows New name of the city
Daxian - 326886 四川省,zh:达县市 Tongchuan District
in Dazhou,zh:达州市
Dayomg - 408466 湖南省,zh:大庸市 Zhangjiajie,zh:张家界市
Dongsheng - 147026 内蒙古,zh:东胜市 Dongsheng District
in Ordos City,zh:鄂尔多斯市
Fuyu - 944932 吉林省,zh:扶余市 Songyuan,zh:松原市
Guichi - 571068 安徽省,zh:贵池市 Guichi District
in Chizhou,zh:池州市
Hailaer - 205744 内蒙古,zh:海拉尔市 Hailar District
in Hulunbuir,zh:呼伦贝尔市
Hunjiang - 721841 吉林省,zh:浑江市 Baishan,zh:白山市
Jining(Inner Mongolia) - 193085 内蒙古,zh:集宁市 Jining District
in Ulaan Chab,zh:乌兰察布市
Jinxi - 829280 辽宁省,zh:锦西市 Huludao,zh:葫芦岛市
Linchuan - 872657 江西省,zh:临川市 Linchuan District
in Fuzhou, Jiangxi,zh:抚州市
Which name is newest?
Linhe - 433654 内蒙古,zh:临河市 Linhe District
in Baynnur,zh:巴彦淖尔市
Puqi - 458500 湖北省,zh:蒲圻市 Chibi, Hubei,zh:赤壁市
literary Red Cliffs
Shangzhou - 511326 陕西省,zh:商州市 Shangzhou District
in Shangluo,zh:商洛市
Shashi - 372216 湖北省,zh:沙市市 Shashi District
in Jingzhou,zh:荆州市
Tiefa - 206689 辽宁省,zh:铁法市 Diaobingshan,zh:调兵山市
Xifeng - 270435 甘肃省,zh:西峰市 Xifeng District
in Qingyang,zh:庆阳市
Yizhou - 778419 安徽省,zh:宣州市 Xuanzhou District
Xuancheng,zh:宣城市
Yuci - 467127 山西省,zh:榆次市 Yuci District
Jinzhong,zh:晋中市
Zhicheng - 384703 湖北省,zh:枝城市 Yidu, Hubei,zh:宜都市