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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161

ID
Locality Ref.
60389
Locality
ZhuZhou City
French
Ville de ZhuZhou
Chinese
Spanish
ZhuZhou City
Italian
ZhuZhou City
Portuguese
ZhuZhou City
Germain
ZhuZhou City
Pinyin
Zhu1 Zhou1 Shi4
PinyinPlain
ZhuZhouShi
Zipcode
412000
CodeLocality
430200
Phone Prefix
731
LatLng

162

ID
Locality Ref.
60574
Locality
GuiLin City
French
Ville de GuiLin
Chinese
Spanish
GuiLin City
Italian
GuiLin City
Portuguese
GuiLin City
Germain
GuiLin City
Pinyin
Gui4 Lin2 Shi4
PinyinPlain
GuiLinShi
Zipcode
541000
CodeLocality
450300
Phone Prefix
773
LatLng

163

ID
Locality Ref.
61471
Locality
MeiZhou City
French
Ville de MeiZhou
Chinese
Spanish
MeiZhou City
Italian
MeiZhou City
Portuguese
MeiZhou City
Germain
MeiZhou City
Pinyin
Mei2 Zhou1 Shi4
PinyinPlain
MeiZhouShi
Zipcode
514000
CodeLocality
441400
Phone Prefix
753
LatLng

164

ID
Locality Ref.
61672
Locality
WuZhou City
French
Ville de WuZhou
Chinese
Spanish
WuZhou City
Italian
WuZhou City
Portuguese
WuZhou City
Germain
WuZhou City
Pinyin
Wu2 Zhou1 Shi4
PinyinPlain
WuZhouShi
Zipcode
543000
CodeLocality
450400
Phone Prefix
774
LatLng

165

ID
Locality Ref.
61976
Locality
ChuXiongYiZuZiZhiZhou
French
ChuXiongYiZuZiZhiZhou
Chinese
Spanish
ChuXiongYiZuZiZhiZhou
Italian
ChuXiongYiZuZiZhiZhou
Portuguese
ChuXiongYiZuZiZhiZhou
Germain
ChuXiongYiZuZiZhiZhou
Pinyin
Chu3 Xiong2 Yi2 Zu2 Zi4 Zhi4 Zhou1
PinyinPlain
ChuXiongYiZuZiZhiZhou
Zipcode
675000
CodeLocality
532300
Phone Prefix
878
LatLng

166

ID
Locality Ref.
62099
Locality
YuLin City
French
Ville de YuLin
Chinese
Spanish
YuLin City
Italian
YuLin City
Portuguese
YuLin City
Germain
YuLin City
Pinyin
Yu2 Lin2 Shi4
PinyinPlain
YuLinShi
Zipcode
719000
CodeLocality
610800
Phone Prefix
912
LatLng

167

ID
Locality Ref.
62996
Locality
WuWei City
French
Ville de WuWei
Chinese
Spanish
WuWei City
Italian
WuWei City
Portuguese
WuWei City
Germain
WuWei City
Pinyin
Wu3 Wei1 Shi4
PinyinPlain
WuWeiShi
Zipcode
733000
CodeLocality
620600
Phone Prefix
935
LatLng

168

ID
Locality Ref.
63101
Locality
WuYi City
French
Ville de WuYi
Chinese
Spanish
WuYi City
Italian
WuYi City
Portuguese
WuYi City
Germain
WuYi City
Pinyin
Wu3 Yi4 Shi4
PinyinPlain
WuYiShi
Zipcode
430000
CodeLocality
420100
Phone Prefix
27
LatLng

169

ID
Locality Ref.
63368
Locality
BiJieDi District
French
District de BiJieDi
Chinese
Spanish
BiJieDi District
Italian
BiJieDi District
Portuguese
BiJieDi District
Germain
BiJieDi District
Pinyin
Bi4 Jie2 Di4 Qu1
PinyinPlain
BiJieDiQu
Zipcode
221700
CodeLocality
522400
Phone Prefix
857
LatLng

170

ID
Locality Ref.
64464
Locality
YongZhou City
French
Ville de YongZhou
Chinese
Spanish
YongZhou City
Italian
YongZhou City
Portuguese
YongZhou City
Germain
YongZhou City
Pinyin
Yong3 Zhou1 Shi4
PinyinPlain
YongZhouShi
Zipcode
425000
CodeLocality
431100
Phone Prefix
746
LatLng

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