Province-level divisions of China
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This article is about the first level divisions of the People's Republic of China. For divisions in the Republic of China, see Administrative divisions of Taiwan.
China is officially (de jure) divided into 34[lower-alpha 1] province-level administrative divisions, the first level of administrative division in the country. There are four types of divisions at the province level:
- Provinces (23)
- Autonomous regions (5)
- Municipalities (4)
- Special Administrative Regions (SARs; 2)
Quick Facts Province-level divisions 省级行政区Shěngjí Xíngzhèngqū, Category ...
Province-level divisions 省级行政区 Shěngjí Xíngzhèngqū | |
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Category | Unitary state |
Location | People's Republic of China |
Number | 33-34 (1 claimed) |
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Simplified Chinese | 省级行政区 | ||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 省級行政區 | ||||||||
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province | |||||||||
Chinese | 省 | ||||||||
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Tibetan name | |||||||||
Tibetan | ཞིང་ཆེན། | ||||||||
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Zhuang name | |||||||||
Zhuang | Swngj | ||||||||
Mongolian name | |||||||||
Mongolian script | ᠮᠤᠵᠢ | ||||||||
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Uyghur name | |||||||||
Uyghur | ئۆلكە | ||||||||
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Manchu name | |||||||||
Manchu script | ᡤᠣᠯᠣ | ||||||||
Romanization | golo | ||||||||
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Province-level divisions can trace their origins back to the Yuan dynasty. The political status of Taiwan Province, as well as small portions of other provinces, are disputed.