The Administrative division codes of the People's Republic of China identify the
administrative divisions of China at
county level and above. They are published by the
National Bureau of Statistics of China
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with the latest version issued on September 30, 2015.
Coding scheme
Reading from left to right, administrative division codes contain the following information:
* The first and second digits identify the highest level administrative division, which may be a
province,
autonomous region,
municipality or
Special Administrative Region (SAR).
* Digits three and four show summary data for the associated
prefecture-level city,
prefecture
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(地区 ''dìqū''),
autonomous prefecture
Autonomous prefectures () are one type of autonomous administrative divisions of China, existing at the prefectural level, with either ethnic minorities forming over 50% of the population or being the historic home of significant minorities. A ...
,
Mongolian league,
municipal city district or
county
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. Codes 01 – 20 and 51 – 70 identify provincial level cities, codes 21 – 50 represent prefectures, autonomous prefectures and Mongolian leagues.
*The fifth and sixth digits represent the county-level division – city district,
county-level city,
county
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and the
banner area of Inner Mongolia. Codes 01 – 18 represent municipal districts or regions (autonomous prefectures and Mongolian leagues) under the jurisdiction of county-level cities. Codes 21 – 80 stand for counties and Mongolian banner areas while codes 81 – 99 represent county level cities directly administered by a province.
Division codes for statistic use
Division codes for statistic use consist of administrative division codes and another 6 digits, identify
administrative division
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s of China at
village level and above.
For example, 110102 007 003, 110102 refers to
Xicheng District, Beijing, 007 refers to
Yuetan Subdistrict and 003 refers to
Yuetan Community
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.
See also
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Administrative divisions of China
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ISO 3166-2:CN
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OKATO, a somewhat similar numeric code system used in Russia
References
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National Standards of the People's Republic of China (Guobiao) GB/T 2260—1999
External links
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