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

Updated 2012-02-11 19:07:25

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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ID
Locality Ref.
6735
Locality
Zhong District
French
District de Zhong
Chinese
Spanish
Zhong District
Italian
Zhong District
Portuguese
Zhong District
Germain
Zhong District
Pinyin
Zhong1 Qu1
PinyinPlain
ZhongQu
Zipcode
886
Phone Prefix
400
LatLng

22

ID
Locality Ref.
6822
Locality
ZhongHe City
French
Ville de ZhongHe
Chinese
Spanish
ZhongHe City
Italian
ZhongHe City
Portuguese
ZhongHe City
Germain
ZhongHe City
Pinyin
Zhong1 He2 Shi4
PinyinPlain
ZhongHeShi
Zipcode
886
Phone Prefix
235
LatLng

23

ID
Locality Ref.
6887
Locality
Zhong City
French
Ville de Zhong
Chinese
Spanish
Zhong City
Italian
Zhong City
Portuguese
Zhong City
Germain
Zhong City
Pinyin
Zhong1 Shi4
PinyinPlain
ZhongShi
Zipcode
886
Phone Prefix
320
LatLng

24

ID
Locality Ref.
6905
Locality
ZhongPu Township
French
Canton de ZhongPu
Chinese
Spanish
ZhongPu Township
Italian
ZhongPu Township
Portuguese
ZhongPu Township
Germain
ZhongPu Township
Pinyin
Zhong1 Pu3 Xiang1
PinyinPlain
ZhongPuXiang
Zipcode
886
Phone Prefix
606
LatLng

25

ID
Locality Ref.
6982
Locality
ZhongLiao Township
French
Canton de ZhongLiao
Chinese
Spanish
ZhongLiao Township
Italian
ZhongLiao Township
Portuguese
ZhongLiao Township
Germain
ZhongLiao Township
Pinyin
Zhong1 Liao2 Xiang1
PinyinPlain
ZhongLiaoXiang
Zipcode
886
Phone Prefix
541
LatLng

26

ID
Locality Ref.
7275
Locality
ZhongShaQunDao
French
ZhongShaQunDao
Chinese
Spanish
ZhongShaQunDao
Italian
ZhongShaQunDao
Portuguese
ZhongShaQunDao
Germain
ZhongShaQunDao
Pinyin
Zhong1 Sha1 Qun2 Dao3
PinyinPlain
ZhongShaQunDao
Zipcode
886
Phone Prefix
818
LatLng

27

ID
Locality Ref.
7440
Locality
ZhongXi District
French
District de ZhongXi
Chinese
Spanish
ZhongXi District
Italian
ZhongXi District
Portuguese
ZhongXi District
Germain
ZhongXi District
Pinyin
Zhong1 Xi1 Qu1
PinyinPlain
ZhongXiQu
Zipcode
886
Phone Prefix
700
LatLng

28

ID
Locality Ref.
7551
Locality
FengYuan City
French
Ville de FengYuan
Chinese
Spanish
FengYuan City
Italian
FengYuan City
Portuguese
FengYuan City
Germain
FengYuan City
Pinyin
Feng1 Yuan2 Shi4
PinyinPlain
FengYuanShi
Zipcode
886
Phone Prefix
420
LatLng

29

ID
Locality Ref.
7684
Locality
FengBin Township
French
Canton de FengBin
Chinese
Spanish
FengBin Township
Italian
FengBin Township
Portuguese
FengBin Township
Germain
FengBin Township
Pinyin
Feng1 Bin1 Xiang1
PinyinPlain
FengBinXiang
Zipcode
886
Phone Prefix
977
LatLng

30

ID
Locality Ref.
8290
Locality
YiZhu Township
French
Canton de YiZhu
Chinese
Spanish
YiZhu Township
Italian
YiZhu Township
Portuguese
YiZhu Township
Germain
YiZhu Township
Pinyin
Yi4 Zhu2 Xiang1
PinyinPlain
YiZhuXiang
Zipcode
886
Phone Prefix
624
LatLng

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