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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PingDing County
平定县
Shanxi
45200
China
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PingYao County
平遥县
Shanxi
31100
China
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PingLu County
平陆县
Shanxi
44300
China
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PingShun County
平顺县
Shanxi
47400
China
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PingLu District
平鲁区
Shanxi
36800
China
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YanLing County
广灵县
Shanxi
37500
China
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Ying County
应县
Shanxi
37600
China
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XinZhou City
忻州市
Shanxi
34000
China
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XinFu District
忻府区
Shanxi
34000
China
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HuaiRen County
怀仁县
Shanxi
38300
China
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