Prefecture-level divisions of China
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China is officially divided into 339 prefecture-level divisions, which rank below provinces and above counties as the second-level administrative division in the country. Of these, 333 are located in territory controlled by the People's Republic of China, while 6 are located in land controlled by Taiwan.[lower-alpha 1]
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Quick Facts Prefecture-level division地级行政区 Dì Jí Xíngzhèngqū, Category ...
Prefecture-level division 地级行政区 Dì Jí Xíngzhèngqū | |
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Category | Second level administrative division of a unitary state |
Location | China |
Number | 339 prefecture-level divisions including 6 in Taiwan Province[lower-alpha 1] |
Populations | 444 (Sansha) – 14,047,625 (Chengdu) |
Areas | 13 km2 (5.0 sq mi) (Sansha) – 472,472 km2 (182,422 sq mi) (Bayingolin) |
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Simplified Chinese | 地级行政区 | ||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 地級行政區 | ||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 地区 | ||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 地區 | ||||||||
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Tibetan | ས་ཁུལ་ | ||||||||
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Zhuang | Dagih | ||||||||
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Mongolian Cyrillic | Translate as League (盟) ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭ | ||||||||
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Uyghur | ۋىلايىت | ||||||||
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Manchu script | ᠪᠠ | ||||||||
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There are four types of prefecture-level divisions:
- 299 Prefecture-level cities (293 in Mainland China and 6 in the claimed Taiwan Province)[lower-alpha 1]
- 30 Autonomous prefectures
- 7 Prefectures
- 3 Leagues
Of these, leagues and prefectures are in the process of being abolished and transformed into one of the other two types of prefecture-level divisions.