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Administrative divisions of China |
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Analogous county level units Management areas Management committee |
Townships
Subdistricts County-controlled districts (pilot) |
Analogous township level units Management areas Management committee Farms area (Overseas Chinese Farm Region [zh]), Prison area, University towns, etc. |
(Grassroots Autonomous Organizations)
Villages · Gaqa · Ranches Residential Committees |
History: before 1912, 1912–49, 1949–present Administrative division codes |
A sub-prefectural municipality (simplified Chinese: 副地级市; traditional Chinese: 副地級市; pinyin: fùdìjíshì), sub-prefectural city,/vice-prefectural municipality, is: an unofficial designation for a type of administrative division of China. A sub-prefectural city is officially considered to be a county-level city, but it has more power de facto because the cadres assigned to its government are one half-level higher in rank than those of an "ordinary" county-level city—though still lower than those of a prefecture-level city.
While county-level cities are under the "administrative jurisdiction of prefecture-level divisions," sub-prefectural cities are often (but not always) administered directly by the provincial government, "with no intervening prefecture level administration."
Examples of sub-prefectural cities that does not belong to any prefecture: Jiyuan (Henan Province), Xiantao, Qianjiang and Tianmen (Hubei), Shihezi, Tumxuk, Aral, and Wujiaqu (Xinjiang).
Examples of sub-prefectural cities that nevertheless belong to a prefecture: Golmud (Haixi, Qinghai), Manzhouli (Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia).
List of sub-prefectural divisions※
- Note: Bold not under any prefecture-level subordination.
Guangdong※
Guizhou※
Hainan※
Hebei※
Heilongjiang※
Henan※
Hubei※
Hunan※
Inner Mongolia※
Jiangsu※
Jiangxi※
Jilin※
Qinghai※
Shaanxi※
Xinjiang※
- Note: all cities are also under the subordination of the Prefecture-level Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC or Bingtuan).