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A similar case exists with some county-level cities. Some county-level cities are given more autonomy. These cities are known as sub-prefecture-level cities, meaning that they are given a level of power higher than a county, but still lower than a prefecture. Such cities are also half a level higher than what they would normally be. Sub ...
Provinces (Chinese: 省; pinyin: Shěng) are the most numerous type of province-level divisions in the People's Republic of China (PRC). There are currently 22 provinces administered by the PRC and one province that is claimed, but not administered, which is Taiwan , currently administered by the Republic of China (ROC).
This is a list of Chinese administrative divisions in order of their total resident populations. It includes all provinces, autonomous regions, direct-controlled municipalities and special administrative regions controlled by the Republic of China (1912–1949) or the People's Republic of China (1949–present).
All provincial-level divisions of China are divided into prefectural-level divisions (second-level): prefectural-level cities, prefectures, autonomous prefectures and leagues. There are 339 official prefecture level divisions in China as of January 2019: 333 under the control of the People's Republic of China, and 6 in the claimed Taiwan Province.
1,123 districts (965 in Mainland China and 158 in the claimed Taiwan Province) [a] 411 county-level cities (408 in Mainland China and 3 in Taiwan) 1,319 counties (1,307 in Mainland China and 12 controlled by the Republic of China) 117 autonomous counties and banners; 1 special district; 1 forestry district
Most county-level divisions are administered as part of prefecture-level divisions, but some are administered directly by province-level divisions. Among the county-level divisions, this list also includes the Republic of China-controlled Taiwan Province and fractured Fujian Province. The following lists show all county-level divisions in each ...
This is a list of the first-level administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China (PRC), including all provinces (except the claimed Taiwan Province), autonomous regions, special administrative regions, and municipalities, in order of their total land area as reported by the national or provincial-level government.
During the Warlord Era, provinces became largely or completely autonomous and exercised significant national influence. Province-level units proliferated and under the early People's Republic there were over 50. [9] In the mid-1950s, the People's Republic (PRC) made several major reforms to province-level administration.