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.
4390
Locality
DongShi Township
French
Ville de Canton de Dong
Chinese
Spanish
DongShi Township
Italian
DongShi Township
Portuguese
DongShi Township
Germain
DongShi Township
Pinyin
Dong1 Shi4 Xiang1
PinyinPlain
DongShiXiang
Zipcode
886
Phone Prefix
635
LatLng

2

ID
Locality Ref.
5024
Locality
DongShan Township
French
Canton de DongShan
Chinese
Spanish
DongShan Township
Italian
DongShan Township
Portuguese
DongShan Township
Germain
DongShan Township
Pinyin
Dong1 Shan1 Xiang1
PinyinPlain
DongShanXiang
Zipcode
886
Phone Prefix
733
LatLng

3

ID
Locality Ref.
5199
Locality
DongYin Township
French
Canton de DongYin
Chinese
Spanish
DongYin Township
Italian
DongYin Township
Portuguese
DongYin Township
Germain
DongYin Township
Pinyin
Dong1 Yin3 Xiang1
PinyinPlain
DongYinXiang
Zipcode
886
Phone Prefix
212
LatLng

4

ID
Locality Ref.
5600
Locality
DongShaQunDao
French
DongShaQunDao
Chinese
Spanish
DongShaQunDao
Italian
DongShaQunDao
Portuguese
DongShaQunDao
Germain
DongShaQunDao
Pinyin
Dong1 Sha1 Qun2 Dao3
PinyinPlain
DongShaQunDao
Zipcode
886
Phone Prefix
817
LatLng

5

ID
Locality Ref.
5611
Locality
DongHe Township
French
Canton de DongHe
Chinese
Spanish
DongHe Township
Italian
DongHe Township
Portuguese
DongHe Township
Germain
DongHe Township
Pinyin
Dong1 He2 Xiang1
PinyinPlain
DongHeXiang
Zipcode
886
Phone Prefix
959
LatLng

6

ID
Locality Ref.
5926
Locality
DongShi Township
French
Ville de Canton de Dong
Chinese
Spanish
DongShi Township
Italian
DongShi Township
Portuguese
DongShi Township
Germain
DongShi Township
Pinyin
Dong1 Shi2 Xiang1
PinyinPlain
DongShiXiang
Zipcode
886
Phone Prefix
614
LatLng

7

ID
Locality Ref.
16169
Locality
DongShan Township
French
Canton de DongShan
Chinese
Spanish
DongShan Township
Italian
DongShan Township
Portuguese
DongShan Township
Germain
DongShan Township
Pinyin
Dong1 Shan1 Xiang1
PinyinPlain
DongShanXiang
Zipcode
886
Phone Prefix
269
LatLng

8

ID
Locality Ref.
32609
Locality
DaCheng Township
French
Canton de DaCheng
Chinese
Spanish
DaCheng Township
Italian
DaCheng Township
Portuguese
DaCheng Township
Germain
DaCheng Township
Pinyin
Da4 Cheng2 Xiang1
PinyinPlain
DaChengXiang
Zipcode
886
Phone Prefix
527
LatLng

9

ID
Locality Ref.
32844
Locality
DaNei Township
French
Canton de DaNei
Chinese
Spanish
DaNei Township
Italian
DaNei Township
Portuguese
DaNei Township
Germain
DaNei Township
Pinyin
Da4 Nei4 Xiang1
PinyinPlain
DaNeiXiang
Zipcode
886
Phone Prefix
742
LatLng

10

ID
Locality Ref.
32918
Locality
DaTong Township
French
Canton de DaTong
Chinese
Spanish
DaTong Township
Italian
DaTong Township
Portuguese
DaTong Township
Germain
DaTong Township
Pinyin
Da4 Tong2 Xiang1
PinyinPlain
DaTongXiang
Zipcode
886
Phone Prefix
267
LatLng
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