Villages of China
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Chinese name | |||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 村级行政区 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 村級行政區 | ||||||
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Alternative Chinese name | |||||||
Chinese | 村 | ||||||
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Second alternative Chinese name | |||||||
Chinese | 嘎查 | ||||||
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Tibetan name | |||||||
Tibetan | .mw-parser-output .uchenfont-family:"Qomolangma-Dunhuang","Qomolangma-Uchen Sarchen","Qomolangma-Uchen Sarchung","Qomolangma-Uchen Suring","Qomolangma-Uchen Sutung","Qomolangma-Title","Qomolangma-Subtitle","Qomolangma-Woodblock","DDC Uchen","DDC Rinzin",Kailash,"BabelStone Tibetan",Jomolhari,"TCRC Youtso Unicode","Tibetan Machine Uni",Wangdi29,"Noto Sans Tibetan","Microsoft Himalaya".mw-parser-output .umefont-family:"Qomolangma-Betsu","Qomolangma-Chuyig","Qomolangma-Drutsa","Qomolangma-Edict","Qomolangma-Tsumachu","Qomolangma-Tsuring","Qomolangma-Tsutong","TibetanSambhotaYigchung","TibetanTsugRing","TibetanYigchung" གྲོང་ཚོ | ||||||
Zhuang name | |||||||
Zhuang | Cunh | ||||||
Mongolian name | |||||||
Mongolian | translate as Gaqa(嘎查) .mw-parser-output .font-mongfont-family:"Menk Hawang Tig","Menk Qagan Tig","Menk Garqag Tig","Menk Har_a Tig","Menk Scnin Tig","Oyun Gurban Ulus Tig","Oyun Qagan Tig","Oyun Garqag Tig","Oyun Har_a Tig","Oyun Scnin Tig","Oyun Agula Tig","Mongolian BT","Mongolian Baiti","Noto Sans Mongolian","Mongol Usug","Mongolian White","MongolianScript","Code2000","Menksoft Qagan".mw-parser-output .font-mong-mnc,.mw-parser-output .font-mong:lang(mnc-Mong),.mw-parser-output .font-mong:lang(dta-Mong),.mw-parser-output .font-mong:lang(sjo-Mong)font-family:"Abkai Xanyan","Abkai Xanyan LA","Abkai Xanyan VT","Abkai Xanyan XX","Abkai Xanyan SC","Abkai Buleku","Daicing White","Oyun Gurban Ulus Tig","Oyun Qagan Tig","Oyun Garqag Tig","Oyun Har_a Tig","Oyun Scnin Tig","Oyun Agula Tig","Mongolian BT","Mongolian Baiti","Noto Sans Mongolian" ᠭᠠᠴᠠᠭᠠ | ||||||
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Uyghur name | |||||||
Uyghur | .mw-parser-output .font-ugyfont-family:"UKIJ Tuz","UKIJ Nasq","UKIJ Basma","UKIJ_Mac Basma","UKIJ Zilwa","UKIJ Esliye","UKIJ Tuz Basma","UKIJ Tuz Kitab","UKIJ Tuz Gezit","UKIJ Tuz Qara","UKIJ Tuz Qara","UKIJ Tuz Tor","UKIJ Kesme","UKIJ Kesme Tuz","UKIJ Qara","UKIJ Basma Aq","UKIJ Basma Qara","UKIJ Basma Tuz","UKIJ Putuk","UKIJ Tuz Xet","UKIJ Tom Xet","UKIJ Tuz Jurnal","UKIJ Arabic","UKIJ CJK","UKIJ Ekran","UKIJ_Mac Ekran","UKIJ Teng","UKIJ Tor","UKIJ Tuz Tom","UKIJ Mono Keng","UKIJ Mono Tar","UKIJ Nokia","UKIJ SimSun","UKIJ Yanfon","UKIJ Qolyazma","UKIJ Saet","UKIJ Nasq Zilwa","UKIJ Sulus","UKIJ Sulus Tom","UKIJ 3D","UKIJ Diwani","UKIJ Diwani Yantu","UKIJ Diwani Tom","UKIJ Esliye Tom","UKIJ Esliye Qara","UKIJ Jelliy","UKIJ Kufi","UKIJ Kufi Tar","UKIJ Kufi Uz","UKIJ Kufi Yay","UKIJ Merdane","UKIJ Ruqi","UKIJ Mejnuntal","UKIJ Junun","UKIJ Moy Qelem","UKIJ Chiwer Kesme","UKIJ Orxun-Yensey","UKIJ Elipbe","UKIJ Qolyazma Tez","UKIJ Qolyazma Tuz","UKIJ Qolyazma Yantu","UKIJ Ruqi Tuz",FZWWBBOT_Unicode,FZWWHQHTOT_Unicode,Scheherazade,Lateef,LateefGR,"Noto Naskh Arabic","Microsoft Uighur";font-feature-settings:"cv50"1 كەنت | ||||||
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Administrative divisions of China |
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Provincial level (1st) Municipalities Provinces Autonomous regions Special administrative regions |
Sub-provincial level Sub-provincial cities Sub-provincial autonomous prefectures Sub-provincial city districts |
Prefectural level (2nd) Prefectural cities Autonomous prefectures Leagues Prefectures (abolishing) |
Sub-prefectural-level Sub-prefectural cities Provincial-controlled cities Provincial-controlled counties Provincial-controlled districts |
County level (3rd) Counties Autonomous counties County-level cities Districts Banners Shennongjia Forestry District Liuzhi Special District Wolong Special Administrative Region Workers and peasants districts (obsolete) |
Analogous county level units Management areas Management committee |
Township level (4th) Townships Ethnic townships Towns Subdistricts Sums Ethnic sums County-controlled districts Management committees Town-level city (pilot) |
Analogous township level units Management areas Management committee Areas Farms area, Prison area, University towns etc. |
Village level (5th) informal (Grassroots Autonomous Organizations) Villages · Gaqas Residential communities Residential Committees |
Other Regions Capital cities New areas Autonomous administrative divisions National Central Cities Special Economic Zones |
History: before 1912, 1912–49, 1949–present Administrative division codes |
Villages (Chinese: 村; pinyin: Cūn), formally village-level divisions (村级行政区; Cūn Jí Xíngzhèngqū) in China, serve as a fundamental organizational unit for its rural population (census, mail system). Basic local divisions like neighborhoods and communities are not informal, but have defined boundaries and designated heads (one per area). In 2000, China's densely populated villages (>100 persons/square km) had a population greater than 500 million and covered more than 2 million square kilometers, or more than 20% of China's total area.[1]
Contents
1 Types of villages
1.1 Urban
1.2 Rural
2 Lists of village-level divisions
3 See also
4 References
5 External links
Types of villages
Urban
Residential community (simplified Chinese: 社区; traditional Chinese: 社區; pinyin: shèqū)- Residential committees (simplified Chinese: 居民委员会; traditional Chinese: 居民委員會; pinyin: jūmín wěiyuánhuì)
- Residential groups (simplified Chinese: 居民小组; traditional Chinese: 居民小組; pinyin: Jūmín xiǎozǔ
- Residential groups (simplified Chinese: 居民小组; traditional Chinese: 居民小組; pinyin: Jūmín xiǎozǔ
- Residential committees (simplified Chinese: 居民委员会; traditional Chinese: 居民委員會; pinyin: jūmín wěiyuánhuì)
- Note
Urban village (Chinese: 城中村; pinyin: chéngzhōngcūn) one that spontaneously and naturally exists within urban area, which is not an administrative division.
Rural

A typical rural village in Hainan, China

The building housing the local village committee and other government offices and organizations in Baiwan Village, Xiqiuwan Township, Badong County, Hubei
Administrative village or Village (Chinese: 行政村 or 村; pinyin: xíngzhèngcūn or cūn)
Gaqa (Chinese: 嘎查; pinyin: gāchá) only for Inner Mongolia.
Ethnic village (Chinese: 民族村; pinyin: mínzúcūn) only for village populated by Ethnic minority.- Village committees (simplified Chinese: 村民委员会; traditional Chinese: 村民委員會; pinyin: cūnmín wěiyuánhuì)
- Villager groups (simplified Chinese: 村民小组; traditional Chinese: 村民小組; pinyin: cūnmín xiǎozǔ)
- Village committees (simplified Chinese: 村民委员会; traditional Chinese: 村民委員會; pinyin: cūnmín wěiyuánhuì)
- Note
Natural village (Chinese: 自然村; pinyin: zìráncūn) one that spontaneously and naturally exists within rural area, which is not an administrative division.
Lists of village-level divisions
- Villages (村)
List of villages in China
- Provinces
- List of village-level divisions of Anhui
- List of village-level divisions of Fujian
- List of village-level divisions of Gansu
- List of village-level divisions of Guangdong
- List of village-level divisions of Guizhou
- List of village-level divisions of Hainan
- List of village-level divisions of Hebei
- List of village-level divisions of Heilongjiang
- List of village-level divisions of Henan
- List of village-level divisions of Hubei
- List of village-level divisions of Hunan
- List of village-level divisions of Jiangsu
- List of village-level divisions of Jiangxi
- List of village-level divisions of Jilin
- List of village-level divisions of Liaoning
- List of village-level divisions of Qinghai
- List of village-level divisions of Shaanxi
- List of village-level divisions of Shandong
- List of village-level divisions of Shanxi
- List of village-level divisions of Sichuan
- List of village-level divisions of Yunnan
- List of village-level divisions of Zhejiang
- Autonomous areas
- List of village-level divisions of Guangxi
- List of village-level divisions of Inner Mongolia
- List of village-level divisions of Ningxia
- List of village-level divisions of the Tibet Autonomous Region
- List of village-level divisions of Xinjiang
- Municipalities
- List of village-level divisions of Beijing
- List of village-level divisions of Chongqing
- List of village-level divisions of Shanghai
- List of village-level divisions of Tianjin
See also
- Ethnic villages of China
- Organic Law of Village Committees
References
^ Ellis 2004.
- Bibliography
Ellis, E.C. (2004). DeFries, R. S.; Asner, G. P.; Houghton, R. A., eds. "Ecosystems and Land Use Change" Long-term ecological changes in the densely populated rural landscapes of China(PDF). Geophysical Monographs. Washington, D.C.: American Geophysical Union. 153: 303–320..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
Joseph Esherick; Mary Backus Rankin; Joint Committee on Chinese Studies (U.S.) (1990). Chinese Local Elites and Patterns of Dominance. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-06763-9.
Roxann Prazniak (1 January 1999). Of Camel Kings and Other Things: Rural Rebels Against Modernity in Late Imperial China. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-8476-9007-7.
External links
- Chinese Village Government Information Network
- Two Chinese Villages, Two Views of Rural Poverty
- Long-term changes in China's village landscapes are changing the world
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