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List Of Prefectures In The People's Republic Of China
All provincial-level divisions of China are divided into prefectural-level divisions (second-level): prefectural-level cities, prefectures, autonomous prefectures and leagues. There are 333 prefecture level divisions in China as of January 2019. Number of prefectures in each province ; Note: * () not shown in the list below * [] special divisions List ; Note: * Municipalities (Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai, & Tianjin) are not included but their internal divisions are similar as those of prefectures; * Sub-prefecture-level cities are excluded; * Sub-provincial cities are included, but other types of sub-provincial divisions are not; * * Indicates capital of province. * Bold Sub-provincial city or above. Dissolved prefectures Anhui Chahar (1949-1952) Fujian Hebei Heilongjiang Inner Mongolia Jiangsu Jiangxi Jilin Liaodong (1949-1954) Liaoning Rehe (1949-1955) Shandong Shanxi Songjiang (1949-1954) Suiyuan (1949-1954) Zhejiang See also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China Prefectural-level Divisions And Administrative Divisions (PRoC Claim)
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and borders fourteen countries by land, the most of any country in the world, tied with Russia. Covering an area of approximately , it is the world's third largest country by total land area. The country consists of 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four municipalities, and two Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and Macau). The national capital is Beijing, and the most populous city and financial center is Shanghai. Modern Chinese trace their origins to a cradle of civilization in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain. The semi-legendary Xia dynasty in the 21st century BCE and the well-attested Shang and Zhou dynasties developed a bureaucratic political system to serve hereditary monarchies, or dynasti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |