Prefectures of China
Second-level administrative divisions of China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Prefectures are one of four types of prefecture-level divisions in China, the second-level administrative division in the country. While at one time[when?] prefectures were the most common prefecture-level division, they are in the process of being abolished[when?] and only seven formally-designated prefectures remain.
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Category | Second level administrative division of a unitary state |
Location | China |
Number | 7 prefectures |
Populations | 95,465 (Ngari) – 3,979,362 (Kaxgar) |
Areas | 46,755 km2 (18,052 sq mi) (Daxing'anling) – 304,683 km2 (117,639 sq mi) (Ngari) |
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Simplified Chinese | 地区级别行政区 | ||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 地區行政區 | ||||||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 地区 | ||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 地區 | ||||||||||||||
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Tibetan | ས་ཁུལ། | ||||||||||||||
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Vietnamese | Địa khu | ||||||||||||||
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Zhuang | Dagih | ||||||||||||||
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Hangul | 지구 | ||||||||||||||
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Mongolian Cyrillic | дугарг | ||||||||||||||
Mongolian script | ᠲᠣᠭᠣᠷᠢᠭ | ||||||||||||||
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Uyghur | ۋىلايەت | ||||||||||||||
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Manchu script | ᡳ ᠪᠠ | ||||||||||||||
Möllendorff | i'ba | ||||||||||||||
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Kazakh | ايماق аймақ aimaq | ||||||||||||||
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Kyrgyz | ايماق аймак ajmaq | ||||||||||||||
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The term "prefecture" is also used as a translation of three unrelated types of administrative divisions that were historically in use in China: the xian, the zhou, and the fu.