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.
478
Locality
QiMei Township
French
Canton de QiMei
Chinese
Spanish
QiMei Township
Italian
QiMei Township
Portuguese
QiMei Township
Germain
QiMei Township
Pinyin
Qi1 Mei3 Xiang1
PinyinPlain
QiMeiXiang
Zipcode
886
Phone Prefix
883
LatLng

2

ID
Locality Ref.
481
Locality
QiGu Township
French
Canton de QiGu
Chinese
Spanish
QiGu Township
Italian
QiGu Township
Portuguese
QiGu Township
Germain
QiGu Township
Pinyin
Qi1 Gu3 Xiang1
PinyinPlain
QiGuXiang
Zipcode
886
Phone Prefix
724
LatLng

3

ID
Locality Ref.
593
Locality
WanDan Township
French
Canton de WanDan
Chinese
Spanish
WanDan Township
Italian
WanDan Township
Portuguese
WanDan Township
Germain
WanDan Township
Pinyin
Wan4 Dan1 Xiang1
PinyinPlain
WanDanXiang
Zipcode
886
Phone Prefix
913
LatLng

4

ID
Locality Ref.
758
Locality
WanLuan Township
French
Canton de WanLuan
Chinese
Spanish
WanLuan Township
Italian
WanLuan Township
Portuguese
WanLuan Township
Germain
WanLuan Township
Pinyin
Wan4 Luan2 Xiang1
PinyinPlain
WanLuanXiang
Zipcode
886
Phone Prefix
923
LatLng

5

ID
Locality Ref.
955
Locality
WanRong Township
French
Canton de WanRong
Chinese
Spanish
WanRong Township
Italian
WanRong Township
Portuguese
WanRong Township
Germain
WanRong Township
Pinyin
Wan4 Rong2 Xiang1
PinyinPlain
WanRongXiang
Zipcode
886
Phone Prefix
979
LatLng

6

ID
Locality Ref.
992
Locality
WanLi Township
French
Canton de WanLi
Chinese
Spanish
WanLi Township
Italian
WanLi Township
Portuguese
WanLi Township
Germain
WanLi Township
Pinyin
Wan4 Li3 Xiang1
PinyinPlain
WanLiXiang
Zipcode
886
Phone Prefix
207
LatLng

7

ID
Locality Ref.
1055
Locality
SanYi Township
French
Canton de SanYi
Chinese
Spanish
SanYi Township
Italian
SanYi Township
Portuguese
SanYi Township
Germain
SanYi Township
Pinyin
San1 Yi4 Xiang1
PinyinPlain
SanYiXiang
Zipcode
886
Phone Prefix
367
LatLng

8

ID
Locality Ref.
1328
Locality
SanDiMen Township
French
Canton de SanDiMen
Chinese
Spanish
SanDiMen Township
Italian
SanDiMen Township
Portuguese
SanDiMen Township
Germain
SanDiMen Township
Pinyin
San1 Di4 Men2 Xiang1
PinyinPlain
SanDiMenXiang
Zipcode
886
Phone Prefix
901
LatLng

9

ID
Locality Ref.
1613
Locality
SanXing Township
French
Canton de SanXing
Chinese
Spanish
SanXing Township
Italian
SanXing Township
Portuguese
SanXing Township
Germain
SanXing Township
Pinyin
San1 Xing1 Xiang1
PinyinPlain
SanXingXiang
Zipcode
886
Phone Prefix
266
LatLng

10

ID
Locality Ref.
1715
Locality
SanMin District
French
District de SanMin
Chinese
Spanish
SanMin District
Italian
SanMin District
Portuguese
SanMin District
Germain
SanMin District
Pinyin
San1 Min2 Qu1
PinyinPlain
SanMinQu
Zipcode
886
Phone Prefix
807
LatLng

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