Subdistrict (China)

A subdistrict (Chinese: 街道 / 街; pinyin: jiēdào / jiē^[1]; lit. 'streets^{[note 1]} and avenues^{[note 2]} / streets') is one of the smaller administrative divisions of China.^[2] It is a form of township-level division which is typically part of a larger urban area, as opposed to a discrete town (zhèn, 镇) surrounded by rural areas, or a rural township (xiāng, 乡).

Subdistrict (Jiedao)
Chinese name
Chinese	街道
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jiēdào Southern Min Hokkien POJ ke-tō
Tibetan name
Tibetan	ཁྲོམ་གཞུང་།
Transcriptions Wylie khrom gzhung Tibetan Pinyin tromzhung
Zhuang name
Zhuang	Gailoh
Mongolian name
Mongolian Cyrillic	Зээл гудамж
Mongolian script	ᠵᠡᠭᠡᠯᠢ ᠭᠤᠳᠤᠮᠵᠢ
Transcriptions SASM/GNC ǰegeli ɣudumǰi
Uyghur name
Uyghur	كوچا باشقارمىسى‎
Transcriptions Latin Yëziqi Kocha Bashqarmisi
Kazakh name
Kazakh	ءمالى باسقارماسى мәлі басқармасы mälı basqarmasy
Kyrgyz name
Kyrgyz	كۅچۅ باشقارماسى көчө башкармасы köçö başqarmasy

In general, urban areas are divided into subdistricts and a subdistrict is sub-divided into several residential communities or neighbourhoods as well as into villagers' groups (居民区/居住区, 小区/社区, 村民小组).

The subdistrict's administrative agency is the subdistrict office (Chinese: 街道办事处; pinyin: jīedào bànshìchù)^[3] or simply the jiedao ban (街道办, jiēdào bàn). Because of the influence of the literal meaning of the Chinese word for 'subdistrict' (street [街道, jiedao]), the term is prone to alternative translations like 'street community'.

See also

• Residential communities of China (社区, Shequ) — residential neighborhood subdivisions administrated by subdistricts.

Notes

1. Chinese: 街; pinyin: jiē; lit. 'east-west public thoroughfare'
2. Chinese: 道; pinyin: dào; lit. 'north-south public thoroughfare'

References

1. "【街道】 jiēdào 名 {...} 2 指街道办事处: {...}" 現代漢語詞典(第七版). Contemporary Chinese Dictionary (Seventh Edition). 商務印書舘. The Commercial Press. 1 September 2016. p. 663. ISBN 978-7-100-12450-8.
2. 精选汉英词典(第四版). [Concise Chinese-English Dictionary (Fourth Edition).] (in English and Chinese). 牛津大学出版社与商务印书舘. Oxford University Press and The Commercial Press. 2011. p. 248. 街道 jiēdào (名)1 street 2 what concerns the neighborhood: ~ 办事处 subdistrict office. {...}
3. "【街道办事处】 jiēdào bànshìchù 市辖区、不设区的市的人民政府派出机关。在上一级政府领导下，负责本辖区内的社区服务、经济发展、社会治安等工作。" 現代漢語詞典(第七版). Contemporary Chinese Dictionary (Seventh Edition). 商務印書舘. The Commercial Press. 1 September 2016. p. 663. ISBN 978-7-100-12450-8.