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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ID
Locality Ref.
6202
Locality
DongLiao County
French
Comté de DongLiao
Chinese
Spanish
DongLiao County
Italian
DongLiao County
Portuguese
DongLiao County
Germain
DongLiao County
Pinyin
Dong1 Liao2 Xian4
PinyinPlain
DongLiaoXian
Zipcode
136600
CodeLocality
220422
Phone Prefix
437
LatLng

82

ID
Locality Ref.
6320
Locality
DongYang City
French
Ville de DongYang
Chinese
Spanish
DongYang City
Italian
DongYang City
Portuguese
DongYang City
Germain
DongYang City
Pinyin
Dong1 Yang2 Shi4
PinyinPlain
DongYangShi
Zipcode
322100
CodeLocality
330783
Phone Prefix
579
LatLng

83

ID
Locality Ref.
6331
Locality
DongA County
French
Comté de DongA
Chinese
Spanish
DongA County
Italian
DongA County
Portuguese
DongA County
Germain
DongA County
Pinyin
Dong1 A1 Xian4
PinyinPlain
DongAXian
Zipcode
252200
CodeLocality
371524
Phone Prefix
635
LatLng

84

ID
Locality Ref.
6348
Locality
DongLing District
French
District de DongLing
Chinese
Spanish
DongLing District
Italian
DongLing District
Portuguese
DongLing District
Germain
DongLing District
Pinyin
Dong1 Ling2 Qu1
PinyinPlain
DongLingQu
Zipcode
110000
CodeLocality
210112
Phone Prefix
24
LatLng

85

ID
Locality Ref.
6380
Locality
DongFeng District
French
District de DongFeng
Chinese
Spanish
DongFeng District
Italian
DongFeng District
Portuguese
DongFeng District
Germain
DongFeng District
Pinyin
Dong1 Feng1 Qu1
PinyinPlain
DongFengQu
Zipcode
154000
CodeLocality
230805
Phone Prefix
454
LatLng

86

ID
Locality Ref.
6533
Locality
LiangDang County
French
Comté de LiangDang
Chinese
Spanish
LiangDang County
Italian
LiangDang County
Portuguese
LiangDang County
Germain
LiangDang County
Pinyin
Liang3 Dang1 Xian4
PinyinPlain
LiangDangXian
Zipcode
742400
CodeLocality
622629
Phone Prefix
939
LatLng

87

ID
Locality Ref.
6614
Locality
GeJiu City
French
Ville de GeJiu
Chinese
Spanish
GeJiu City
Italian
GeJiu City
Portuguese
GeJiu City
Germain
GeJiu City
Pinyin
Ge4 Jiu4 Shi4
PinyinPlain
GeJiuShi
Zipcode
661000
CodeLocality
532501
Phone Prefix
873
LatLng

88

ID
Locality Ref.
6795
Locality
ZhongYuan District
French
District de ZhongYuan
Chinese
Spanish
ZhongYuan District
Italian
ZhongYuan District
Portuguese
ZhongYuan District
Germain
ZhongYuan District
Pinyin
Zhong1 Yuan2 Qu1
PinyinPlain
ZhongYuanQu
Zipcode
450000
CodeLocality
410102
Phone Prefix
371
LatLng

89

ID
Locality Ref.
6967
Locality
ZhongNing County
French
Comté de ZhongNing
Chinese
Spanish
ZhongNing County
Italian
ZhongNing County
Portuguese
ZhongNing County
Germain
ZhongNing County
Pinyin
Zhong1 Ning2 Xian4
PinyinPlain
ZhongNingXian
Zipcode
722100
CodeLocality
640521
Phone Prefix
922
LatLng

90

ID
Locality Ref.
7018
Locality
ZhongShan District
French
District de ZhongShan
Chinese
Spanish
ZhongShan District
Italian
ZhongShan District
Portuguese
ZhongShan District
Germain
ZhongShan District
Pinyin
Zhong1 Shan1 Qu1
PinyinPlain
ZhongShanQu
Zipcode
116000
CodeLocality
210202
Phone Prefix
411
LatLng

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