How Chinese name their localities: province, county, city, town, district

Updated 2012-02-11 19:07:25

China is a country on the continent Asia, her capital is Beijing. Here is the hierarchy of the China administrative divisions: China is subdivided into provinces, that are at their turn subdivided into region cities, that are at their turn subdivided into counties, cities counties, that are at their turn subdivided into townships, that are at their turn subdivided into villages.

In China, The Names of Chinese Metropolitan Cities or strategic localities have names since centuries: LuoYang 洛阳, Ninghai 宁海, HangZhou 杭州, Liuzhou 柳州. It's regrettable that Chang An 长安, The Long Peace, capitat of six chinese dynasties be renamed as Xi'An 西安, peace at the West. This collection regroups 11 4398 names of provinces, counties, cities, towns, districts of large cities, names of streets, those of schools, comitees... Please not hesitate to launch a search...

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1

ID
Locality Ref.
327
Locality
QiTaiHe City
French
Ville de QiTaiHe
Chinese
Spanish
QiTaiHe City
Italian
QiTaiHe City
Portuguese
QiTaiHe City
Germain
QiTaiHe City
Pinyin
Qi1 Tai2 He2 Shi4
PinyinPlain
QiTaiHeShi
Zipcode
154600
CodeLocality
230900
Phone Prefix
464
LatLng

2

ID
Locality Ref.
1093
Locality
SanYa City
French
Ville de SanYa
Chinese
Spanish
SanYa City
Italian
SanYa City
Portuguese
SanYa City
Germain
SanYa City
Pinyin
San1 Ya4 Shi4
PinyinPlain
SanYaShi
Zipcode
572000
CodeLocality
460200
Phone Prefix
898
LatLng

3

ID
Locality Ref.
1611
Locality
SanMing City
French
Ville de SanMing
Chinese
Spanish
SanMing City
Italian
SanMing City
Portuguese
SanMing City
Germain
SanMing City
Pinyin
San1 Ming2 Shi4
PinyinPlain
SanMingShi
Zipcode
365000
CodeLocality
350400
Phone Prefix
598
LatLng

4

ID
Locality Ref.
2142
Locality
SanMenXia City
French
Ville de SanMenXia
Chinese
Spanish
SanMenXia City
Italian
SanMenXia City
Portuguese
SanMenXia City
Germain
SanMenXia City
Pinyin
San1 Men2 Xia2 Shi4
PinyinPlain
SanMenXiaShi
Zipcode
472000
CodeLocality
411200
Phone Prefix
398
LatLng

5

ID
Locality Ref.
3206
Locality
ShangRao City
French
Ville de ShangRao
Chinese
Spanish
ShangRao City
Italian
ShangRao City
Portuguese
ShangRao City
Germain
ShangRao City
Pinyin
Shang4 Rao2 Shi4
PinyinPlain
ShangRaoShi
Zipcode
334000
CodeLocality
361100
Phone Prefix
793
LatLng

6

ID
Locality Ref.
6079
Locality
DongGuan City
French
Ville de DongGuan
Chinese
Spanish
DongGuan City
Italian
DongGuan City
Portuguese
DongGuan City
Germain
DongGuan City
Pinyin
Dong1 Guan1 Shi4
PinyinPlain
DongGuanShi
Zipcode
523000
CodeLocality
441900
Phone Prefix
769
LatLng

7

ID
Locality Ref.
6103
Locality
DongYing City
French
Ville de DongYing
Chinese
Spanish
DongYing City
Italian
DongYing City
Portuguese
DongYing City
Germain
DongYing City
Pinyin
Dong1 Ying2 Shi4
PinyinPlain
DongYingShi
Zipcode
257000
CodeLocality
370500
Phone Prefix
546
LatLng

8

ID
Locality Ref.
6790
Locality
ZhongWei City
French
Ville de ZhongWei
Chinese
Spanish
ZhongWei City
Italian
ZhongWei City
Portuguese
ZhongWei City
Germain
ZhongWei City
Pinyin
Zhong1 Wei4 Shi4
PinyinPlain
ZhongWeiShi
Zipcode
722000
CodeLocality
640500
Phone Prefix
922
LatLng

9

ID
Locality Ref.
7040
Locality
ZhongShan City
French
Ville de ZhongShan
Chinese
Spanish
ZhongShan City
Italian
ZhongShan City
Portuguese
ZhongShan City
Germain
ZhongShan City
Pinyin
Zhong1 Shan1 Shi4
PinyinPlain
ZhongShanShi
Zipcode
528400
CodeLocality
442000
Phone Prefix
760
LatLng

10

ID
Locality Ref.
7770
Locality
LinXiaHuiZuZiZhiZhou
French
LinXiaHuiZuZiZhiZhou
Chinese
Spanish
LinXiaHuiZuZiZhiZhou
Italian
LinXiaHuiZuZiZhiZhou
Portuguese
LinXiaHuiZuZiZhiZhou
Germain
LinXiaHuiZuZiZhiZhou
Pinyin
Lin2 Xia4 Hui2 Zu2 Zi4 Zhi4 Zhou1
PinyinPlain
LinXiaHuiZuZiZhiZhou
Zipcode
731100
CodeLocality
622900
Phone Prefix
930
LatLng

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