Town (China)
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Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China |
Province level |
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Provinces |
Autonomous regions |
Municipalities |
Special Administrative Regions (SARs) |
Prefecture level |
Prefectures Autonomous prefectures |
Prefecture-level cities Sub-provincial cities |
Leagues |
County level |
Counties Autonomous counties |
County-level cities Sub-prefecture-level cities |
City districts |
Banners Autonomous banners |
Township level |
Townships (ethnic) Sumu (ethnic) |
Towns |
Subdistricts |
County districts (defunct) |
When referring to Political Divisions of China, town is the standard English translation of the Chinese 鎮 (simplified: 镇; pinyin: zhèn; Wade-Giles chen4). It is smaller in population and more remote than a township (乡; pinyin: xiāng).
However, the ROC official translation, both xiāng (鄉) and zhèn (鎮) are translated as "townships", with zhèn specifically being "urban" township, 'with 'xiāng specifically translated as "rural" township