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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HanShan District
邯山区
Hebei
56000
China
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HanDan County
邯郸县
Hebei
56000
China
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HanDan City
邯郸市
Hebei
56000
China
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Qiu County
邱县
Hebei
57450
China
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FuCheng County
阜城县
Hebei
53700
China
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FuPing County
阜平县
Hebei
73200
China
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YangYuan County
阳原县
Hebei
75800
China
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LongHua County
隆化县
Hebei
68150
China
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LongYao County
隆尧县
Hebei
22350
China
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Xiong County
雄县
Hebei
71800
China
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