Villages (), formally village-level divisions () in

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, serve as a fundamental organizational unit for its rural population (census, mail system). Basic local divisions like neighborhoods and communities are not informal, but have defined boundaries and designated heads (one per area). In 2000, China's densely populated villages (>100 persons/square km) had a population greater than 500 million and covered more than 2 million square kilometers, or more than 20% of China's total area. By 2020, all incorporated villages (with proper conditions making it possible) had road access, the last village to be connected being a remote village in

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province's

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Types of villages

Urban

Residential community A residential community is a community, usually a small town or city, that is composed mostly of residents, as opposed to commercial businesses and/or industrial facilities, all three of which are considered to be the three main types of oc ...

() ** Residential committees () *** Residential groups ( ;Note: Urban village () one that spontaneously and naturally exists within urban area, which is not an administrative division.

Rural

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* Administrative village or Village () * Gacha () only for

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. * Ranch () only for

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. * Ethnic village () only for village populated by Ethnic minority. ** Village committees () *** Villager groups () ;Note: Natural village () one that spontaneously and naturally exists within rural area, which is not an administrative division.

Lists of village-level divisions

;Villages ()

List of villages in China This is a list of villages in China. A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town, with a population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. In China, an administrative village () is ...

;Provinces *

List of village-level divisions of Anhui This is a list of an approximate rendering of the names of the village-level divisions of the province of Anhui, People's Republic of China (PRC) into a romanized form derived from Standard Mandarin Pinyin. After province, prefecture, county-l ...

List of village-level divisions of Fujian A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ...

List of village-level divisions of Gansu A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...

* List of village-level divisions of Guangdong *

List of village-level divisions of Guizhou A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ...

* List of village-level divisions of Hainan *

List of village-level divisions of Hebei Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, and 0 ...

* List of village-level divisions of Heilongjiang *

List of village-level divisions of Henan A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ...

List of village-level divisions of Hubei This is a list of an approximate rendering of the names of the village-level divisions of the province of Hubei, People's Republic of China (PRC) into a romanized form derived from Standard Mandarin Pinyin. After province, prefecture, c ...

List of village-level divisions of Hunan A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...

List of village-level divisions of Jiangsu This is a list of an approximate rendering of the names of the village-level divisions of the province of Jiangsu, People's Republic of China (PRC) into a romanized form derived from Standard Mandarin Pinyin. Yancheng Xiangshui Chenjiagang ...

* List of village-level divisions of Jiangxi *

List of village-level divisions of Jilin A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...

List of village-level divisions of Liaoning A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...

List of village-level divisions of Qinghai A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...

List of village-level divisions of Shaanxi A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...

List of village-level divisions of Shandong This is a list of village-level divisions of the province of Shandong, People's Republic of China (PRC). After province, prefecture, county-level divisions, and township-level divisions, village-level divisions constitute the formal fifth-le ...

List of village-level divisions of Shanxi This is a list of village-level divisions of the province of Shanxi, People's Republic of China. After province, prefecture, county-level divisions, and township-level divisions, village-level divisions constitute the formal fifth-level ad ...

List of village-level divisions of Sichuan A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...

List of village-level divisions of Yunnan A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...

List of village-level divisions of Zhejiang A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ...

; Autonomous areas *

List of village-level divisions of Guangxi A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...

List of village-level divisions of Inner Mongolia A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...

List of village-level divisions of Ningxia A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ...

List of village-level divisions of the Tibet Autonomous Region A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ...

List of village-level divisions of Xinjiang A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...

;Municipalities *

List of village-level divisions of Beijing A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby uni ...

List of village-level divisions of Chongqing A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ...

List of village-level divisions of Shanghai A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby uni ...

List of village-level divisions of Tianjin A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ...

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