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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281

ID
Locality Ref.
102294
Locality
TieLing City
French
Ville de TieLing
Chinese
Spanish
TieLing City
Italian
TieLing City
Portuguese
TieLing City
Germain
TieLing City
Pinyin
Tie3 Ling2 Shi4
PinyinPlain
TieLingShi
Zipcode
112000
CodeLocality
211200
Phone Prefix
410
LatLng

282

ID
Locality Ref.
102458
Locality
TongRenDi District
French
District de TongRenDi
Chinese
Spanish
TongRenDi District
Italian
TongRenDi District
Portuguese
TongRenDi District
Germain
TongRenDi District
Pinyin
Tong2 Ren2 Di4 Qu1
PinyinPlain
TongRenDiQu
Zipcode
224300
CodeLocality
522200
Phone Prefix
856
LatLng

283

ID
Locality Ref.
102501
Locality
TongChuan City
French
Ville de TongChuan
Chinese
Spanish
TongChuan City
Italian
TongChuan City
Portuguese
TongChuan City
Germain
TongChuan City
Pinyin
Tong2 Chuan1 Shi4
PinyinPlain
TongChuanShi
Zipcode
727000
CodeLocality
610200
Phone Prefix
919
LatLng

284

ID
Locality Ref.
102547
Locality
TongLing City
French
Ville de TongLing
Chinese
Spanish
TongLing City
Italian
TongLing City
Portuguese
TongLing City
Germain
TongLing City
Pinyin
Tong2 Ling2 Shi4
PinyinPlain
TongLingShi
Zipcode
244000
CodeLocality
340700
Phone Prefix
562
LatLng

285

ID
Locality Ref.
102636
Locality
YinChuan City
French
Ville de YinChuan
Chinese
Spanish
YinChuan City
Italian
YinChuan City
Portuguese
YinChuan City
Germain
YinChuan City
Pinyin
Yin2 Chuan1 Shi4
PinyinPlain
YinChuanShi
Zipcode
750000
CodeLocality
640100
Phone Prefix
951
LatLng

286

ID
Locality Ref.
102814
Locality
XiLinGuoLeMeng
French
XiLinGuoLeMeng
Chinese
Spanish
XiLinGuoLeMeng
Italian
XiLinGuoLeMeng
Portuguese
XiLinGuoLeMeng
Germain
XiLinGuoLeMeng
Pinyin
Xi2 Lin2 Guo1 Le4 Meng2
PinyinPlain
XiLinGuoLeMeng
Zipcode
26000
CodeLocality
152500
Phone Prefix
479
LatLng

287

ID
Locality Ref.
102922
Locality
JinZhou City
French
Ville de JinZhou
Chinese
Spanish
JinZhou City
Italian
JinZhou City
Portuguese
JinZhou City
Germain
JinZhou City
Pinyin
Jin3 Zhou1 Shi4
PinyinPlain
JinZhouShi
Zipcode
121000
CodeLocality
210700
Phone Prefix
416
LatLng

288

ID
Locality Ref.
103130
Locality
ZhenJiang City
French
Ville de ZhenJiang
Chinese
Spanish
ZhenJiang City
Italian
ZhenJiang City
Portuguese
ZhenJiang City
Germain
ZhenJiang City
Pinyin
Zhen4 Jiang1 Shi4
PinyinPlain
ZhenJiangShi
Zipcode
212000
CodeLocality
321100
Phone Prefix
511
LatLng

289

ID
Locality Ref.
103537
Locality
ChangChun City
French
Ville de ChangChun
Chinese
Spanish
ChangChun City
Italian
ChangChun City
Portuguese
ChangChun City
Germain
ChangChun City
Pinyin
Chang2 Chun1 Shi4
PinyinPlain
ChangChunShi
Zipcode
130000
CodeLocality
220100
Phone Prefix
431
LatLng

290

ID
Locality Ref.
103660
Locality
ChangSha City
French
Ville de ChangSha
Chinese
Spanish
ChangSha City
Italian
ChangSha City
Portuguese
ChangSha City
Germain
ChangSha City
Pinyin
Chang2 Sha1 Shi4
PinyinPlain
ChangShaShi
Zipcode
410000
CodeLocality
430100
Phone Prefix
731
LatLng

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