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

Updated 2012-02-14 00:32:54

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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ID
Locality Ref.
66851
Locality
Cang County
French
Comté de Cang
Chinese
Spanish
Cang County
Italian
Cang County
Portuguese
Cang County
Germain
Cang County
Pinyin
Cang1 Xian4
PinyinPlain
CangXian
Zipcode
61000
CodeLocality
130921
Phone Prefix
317
LatLng

72

ID
Locality Ref.
66869
Locality
CangLang District
French
District de CangLang
Chinese
Spanish
CangLang District
Italian
CangLang District
Portuguese
CangLang District
Germain
CangLang District
Pinyin
Cang1 Lang4 Qu1
PinyinPlain
CangLangQu
Zipcode
215000
CodeLocality
320502
Phone Prefix
512
LatLng

73

ID
Locality Ref.
66874
Locality
CangYuanZuZiZhi County
French
Comté de CangYuanZuZiZhi
Chinese
Spanish
CangYuanZuZiZhi County
Italian
CangYuanZuZiZhi County
Portuguese
CangYuanZuZiZhi County
Germain
CangYuanZuZiZhi County
Pinyin
Cang1 Yuan2 Zu2 Zi4 Zhi4 Xian4
PinyinPlain
CangYuanZuZiZhiXian
Zipcode
677400
CodeLocality
530927
Phone Prefix
883
LatLng

74

ID
Locality Ref.
69110
Locality
ChengJiang District
French
District de ChengJiang
Chinese
Spanish
ChengJiang District
Italian
ChengJiang District
Portuguese
ChengJiang District
Germain
ChengJiang District
Pinyin
Cheng2 Jiang1 Qu1
PinyinPlain
ChengJiangQu
Zipcode
512000
CodeLocality
440204
Phone Prefix
751
LatLng

75

ID
Locality Ref.
70722
Locality
ChunHua County
French
Comté de ChunHua
Chinese
Spanish
ChunHua County
Italian
ChunHua County
Portuguese
ChunHua County
Germain
ChunHua County
Pinyin
Chun2 Hua4 Xian4
PinyinPlain
ChunHuaXian
Zipcode
711200
CodeLocality
610430
Phone Prefix
29
LatLng

76

ID
Locality Ref.
70727
Locality
ChunAn County
French
Comté de ChunAn
Chinese
Spanish
ChunAn County
Italian
ChunAn County
Portuguese
ChunAn County
Germain
ChunAn County
Pinyin
Chun2 An1 Xian4
PinyinPlain
ChunAnXian
Zipcode
311700
CodeLocality
330127
Phone Prefix
571
LatLng

77

ID
Locality Ref.
72904
Locality
ChaoNan District
French
District de ChaoNan
Chinese
Spanish
ChaoNan District
Italian
ChaoNan District
Portuguese
ChaoNan District
Germain
ChaoNan District
Pinyin
Chao2 Nan2 Qu1
PinyinPlain
ChaoNanQu
Zipcode
515100
CodeLocality
440514
Phone Prefix
754
LatLng

78

ID
Locality Ref.
72908
Locality
ChaoAn County
French
Comté de ChaoAn
Chinese
Spanish
ChaoAn County
Italian
ChaoAn County
Portuguese
ChaoAn County
Germain
ChaoAn County
Pinyin
Chao2 An1 Xian4
PinyinPlain
ChaoAnXian
Zipcode
515600
CodeLocality
445121
Phone Prefix
768
LatLng

79

ID
Locality Ref.
72940
Locality
ChaoYang District
French
District de ChaoYang
Chinese
Spanish
ChaoYang District
Italian
ChaoYang District
Portuguese
ChaoYang District
Germain
ChaoYang District
Pinyin
Chao2 Yang2 Qu1
PinyinPlain
ChaoYangQu
Zipcode
515100
CodeLocality
440513
Phone Prefix
754
LatLng

80

ID
Locality Ref.
72968
Locality
ChengJiang County
French
Comté de ChengJiang
Chinese
Spanish
ChengJiang County
Italian
ChengJiang County
Portuguese
ChengJiang County
Germain
ChengJiang County
Pinyin
Cheng2 Jiang1 Xian4
PinyinPlain
ChengJiangXian
Zipcode
652500
CodeLocality
530422
Phone Prefix
877
LatLng

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