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As of 2017, China administers 33 provincial-level regions, 334 prefecture-level divisions, 2,862 county-level divisions, 41,034 township-level administrations, and 704,382 basic-level autonomies. [1] Each of the levels (except "special administrative regions") corresponds to a level in the Civil Service of the People's Republic of China.
Prefectures are administrative subdivisions of provincial-level divisions. The constitution of the People's Republic of China does not endorse any prefecture-level division, except for autonomous prefectures. Prefectures and leagues are not at all mentioned; provinces are explicitly stated to be divided directly into counties.
This is a list of the first-level administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China (PRC), including all provinces, autonomous regions, special administrative regions and municipalities, in order of their highest points.
World map showing boundaries of many high and low-level administrative divisions. The table below indicates the types and, where known, numbers of administrative divisions used by countries and their major dependent territories.
China is officially (de jure) divided into 34 [a] 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)
PRC-controlled administrative divisions by population (2013). Average Annual Population Growth Rate in each Chinese province (exc. Taiwan), municipality, and autonomous region between 2010 and 2020 according to the Chinese National Bureau of Statistics. This is a list of Chinese administrative divisions in order of their total resident populations.
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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).