How Chinese name their localities: province, county, city, town, district

Updated 2012-02-14 00:32:54

China is a country on the continent Asia, her capital is Beijing. Here is the hierarchy of the China administrative divisions: China is subdivided into provinces, that are at their turn subdivided into region cities, that are at their turn subdivided into counties, cities counties, that are at their turn subdivided into townships, that are at their turn subdivided into villages.

In China, The Names of Chinese Metropolitan Cities or strategic localities have names since centuries: LuoYang 洛阳, Ninghai 宁海, HangZhou 杭州, Liuzhou 柳州. It's regrettable that Chang An 长安, The Long Peace, capitat of six chinese dynasties be renamed as Xi'An 西安, peace at the West. This collection regroups 11 4398 names of provinces, counties, cities, towns, districts of large cities, names of streets, those of schools, comitees... Please not hesitate to launch a search...

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3101

ID
Locality Ref.
114687
Locality
HuangGangShiShiXia District
French
District de HuangGangShiShiXia
Chinese
Spanish
HuangGangShiShiXia District
Italian
HuangGangShiShiXia District
Portuguese
HuangGangShiShiXia District
Germain
HuangGangShiShiXia District
Pinyin
HUANG2 GANG1 SHI4 SHI4 XIA2 QU1
PinyinPlain
HuangGangShiShiXiaQu
Zipcode
438200
CodeLocality
421101
Phone Prefix
713
LatLng

3102

ID
Locality Ref.
114688
Locality
HuangShanShiShiXia District
French
District de HuangShanShiShiXia
Chinese
Spanish
HuangShanShiShiXia District
Italian
HuangShanShiShiXia District
Portuguese
HuangShanShiShiXia District
Germain
HuangShanShiShiXia District
Pinyin
HUANG2 SHAN1 SHI4 SHI4 XIA2 QU1
PinyinPlain
HuangShanShiShiXiaQu
Zipcode
245600
CodeLocality
341001
Phone Prefix
229
LatLng

3103

ID
Locality Ref.
114689
Locality
HuangShiShiShiXia District
French
District de HuangShiShiShiXia
Chinese
Spanish
HuangShiShiShiXia District
Italian
HuangShiShiShiXia District
Portuguese
HuangShiShiShiXia District
Germain
HuangShiShiShiXia District
Pinyin
HUANG2 SHI2 SHI4 SHI4 XIA2 QU1
PinyinPlain
HuangShiShiShiXiaQu
Zipcode
435000
CodeLocality
420201
Phone Prefix
714
LatLng

3104

ID
Locality Ref.
114690
Locality
HeiHeShiShiXia District
French
District de HeiHeShiShiXia
Chinese
Spanish
HeiHeShiShiXia District
Italian
HeiHeShiShiXia District
Portuguese
HeiHeShiShiXia District
Germain
HeiHeShiShiXia District
Pinyin
HEI1 HE2 SHI4 SHI4 XIA2 QU1
PinyinPlain
HeiHeShiShiXiaQu
Zipcode
164200
CodeLocality
231101
Phone Prefix
456
LatLng

3105

ID
Locality Ref.
114691
Locality
QiQiHaErShiShiXia District
French
District de QiQiHaErShiShiXia
Chinese
Spanish
QiQiHaErShiShiXia District
Italian
QiQiHaErShiShiXia District
Portuguese
QiQiHaErShiShiXia District
Germain
QiQiHaErShiShiXia District
Pinyin
QI2 QI2 HA1 ER3 SHI4 SHI4 XIA2 QU1
PinyinPlain
QiQiHaErShiShiXiaQu
Zipcode
162400
CodeLocality
230201
Phone Prefix
452
LatLng

3106

ID
Locality Ref.
114692
Locality
LongYanShiShiXia District
French
District de LongYanShiShiXia
Chinese
Spanish
LongYanShiShiXia District
Italian
LongYanShiShiXia District
Portuguese
LongYanShiShiXia District
Germain
LongYanShiShiXia District
Pinyin
LONG2 YAN2 SHI4 SHI4 XIA2 QU1
PinyinPlain
LongYanShiShiXiaQu
Zipcode
366200
CodeLocality
350801
Phone Prefix
597
LatLng

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