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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2671

ID
Locality Ref.
106811
Locality
QingXiu District
French
District de QingXiu
Chinese
Spanish
QingXiu District
Italian
QingXiu District
Portuguese
QingXiu District
Germain
QingXiu District
Pinyin
Qing1 Xiu4 Qu1
PinyinPlain
QingXiuQu
Zipcode
530000
Phone Prefix
771
LatLng

2672

ID
Locality Ref.
106824
Locality
QingYang District
French
District de QingYang
Chinese
Spanish
QingYang District
Italian
QingYang District
Portuguese
QingYang District
Germain
QingYang District
Pinyin
Qing1 Yang2 Qu1
PinyinPlain
QingYangQu
Zipcode
610000
CodeLocality
510105
Phone Prefix
28
LatLng

2673

ID
Locality Ref.
106864
Locality
QingTongXia City
French
Ville de QingTongXia
Chinese
Spanish
QingTongXia City
Italian
QingTongXia City
Portuguese
QingTongXia City
Germain
QingTongXia City
Pinyin
Qing1 Tong2 Xia2 Shi4
PinyinPlain
QingTongXiaShi
Zipcode
751600
CodeLocality
640381
Phone Prefix
953
LatLng

2674

ID
Locality Ref.
106872
Locality
QingYang County
French
Comté de QingYang
Chinese
Spanish
QingYang County
Italian
QingYang County
Portuguese
QingYang County
Germain
QingYang County
Pinyin
Qing1 Yang2 Xian4
PinyinPlain
QingYangXian
Zipcode
242800
CodeLocality
341723
Phone Prefix
566
LatLng

2675

ID
Locality Ref.
106915
Locality
QingLongManZuZiZhi County
French
Comté de QingLongManZuZiZhi
Chinese
Spanish
QingLongManZuZiZhi County
Italian
QingLongManZuZiZhi County
Portuguese
QingLongManZuZiZhi County
Germain
QingLongManZuZiZhi County
Pinyin
Qing1 Long2 Man3 Zu2 Zi4 Zhi4 Xian4
PinyinPlain
QingLongManZuZiZhiXian
Zipcode
66500
CodeLocality
130321
Phone Prefix
335
LatLng

2676

ID
Locality Ref.
106935
Locality
JingYu County
French
Comté de JingYu
Chinese
Spanish
JingYu County
Italian
JingYu County
Portuguese
JingYu County
Germain
JingYu County
Pinyin
Jing4 Yu3 Xian4
PinyinPlain
JingYuXian
Zipcode
135200
CodeLocality
220622
Phone Prefix
439
LatLng

2677

ID
Locality Ref.
106940
Locality
JingAn County
French
Comté de JingAn
Chinese
Spanish
JingAn County
Italian
JingAn County
Portuguese
JingAn County
Germain
JingAn County
Pinyin
Jing4 An1 Xian4
PinyinPlain
JingAnXian
Zipcode
330600
CodeLocality
360925
Phone Prefix
795
LatLng

2678

ID
Locality Ref.
106945
Locality
JingZhouMiaoZuTongZuZiZhi County
French
Comté de JingZhouMiaoZuTongZuZiZhi
Chinese
Spanish
JingZhouMiaoZuTongZuZiZhi County
Italian
JingZhouMiaoZuTongZuZiZhi County
Portuguese
JingZhouMiaoZuTongZuZiZhi County
Germain
JingZhouMiaoZuTongZuZiZhi County
Pinyin
Jing4 Zhou1 Miao2 Zu2 Tong1 Zu2 Zi4 Zhi4 Xian4
PinyinPlain
JingZhouMiaoZuTongZuZiZhiXian
Zipcode
418400
CodeLocality
431229
Phone Prefix
745
LatLng

2679

ID
Locality Ref.
106950
Locality
JingJiang City
French
Ville de JingJiang
Chinese
Spanish
JingJiang City
Italian
JingJiang City
Portuguese
JingJiang City
Germain
JingJiang City
Pinyin
Jing4 Jiang1 Shi4
PinyinPlain
JingJiangShi
Zipcode
214500
CodeLocality
321282
Phone Prefix
523
LatLng

2680

ID
Locality Ref.
106982
Locality
JingXi County
French
Comté de JingXi
Chinese
Spanish
JingXi County
Italian
JingXi County
Portuguese
JingXi County
Germain
JingXi County
Pinyin
Jing4 Xi1 Xian4
PinyinPlain
JingXiXian
Zipcode
533800
CodeLocality
451025
Phone Prefix
776
LatLng

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