Villages of China

formally
Village-level divisions

Chinese name

村级行政区

村級行政區

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Cūn Jí Xíngzhèngqū

Alternative Chinese name

Chinese

村

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Cūn

Second alternative Chinese name

Chinese

嘎查

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Gāchá

Tibetan name

Tibetan

གྲོང་ཚོ

Transcriptions
Wylie	grong tsho
Tibetan Pinyin	Chongco

Zhuang name

Zhuang

Cunh

Mongolian name

Mongolian Cyrillic

тосгон (typical villages, 村)
гацаа (gatsaa) translate as Gaqa(嘎查)

Mongolian script

ᠲᠣᠰᠬᠣᠨ
ᠭᠠᠴᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ

Transcriptions
SASM/GNC	togson gaqaa

Uyghur name

Uyghur

كەنت‎

Transcriptions
Latin Yëziqi	kent

Kazakh name

Kazakh

قىستاق
қыстақ
qıstaq

Kyrgyz name

Kyrgyz

قىشتاق
кыштак
kıştak

Administrative divisions of China
Province-level (1st) Municipalities Provinces Autonomous regions Special administrative regions
Sub-provincial level Sub-provincial cities Sub-provincial autonomous prefectures Sub-provincial city districts
Prefecture-level (2nd) Prefectural cities Autonomous prefectures Leagues (Aimag) (abolishing) 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 Ethnic districts Banners (Hoxu) Autonomous 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 Subdistrict bureaux Sum Ethnic sum County-controlled districts County-controlled district bureaux (obsolete) Management committees Town-level city (pilot)
Analogous township level units Management areas Management committee Areas Farms area (Overseas Chinese Farm Region [zh]), Prison area, University towns, etc.
Village level (5th) (Grassroots Autonomous Organizations) Villages · Gaqa · Ranches Village Committees Communities Residential Committees
Others Regions Capital cities New areas Autonomous administrative divisions National Central Cities Special Economic Zones
History: before 1912, 1912–49, 1949–present Administrative division codes
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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. By 2020, all incorporated villages (with proper conditions making it possible) had road access, the last village——to be, connected being remote village in Sichuan province's Butuo County.

Types of villages※

Urban※

Residential community (simplified Chinese: 社区; traditional Chinese: 社區; pinyin: shèqū)
- Residents' committee (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

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※

Administrative village/Village (Chinese: 行政村 or 村; pinyin: xíngzhèngcūn or cūn)
Hamlet or Band (Chinese: 屯; pinyin: tún)
Gacha (Chinese: 嘎查; pinyin: gāchá) only for Inner Mongolia.
Ranch (Chinese: 牧委会; pinyin: mùwěihuì) only for Qinghai.
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)

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

Autonomous areas

Municipalities

References※

^ Ellis 2004.
^ "Paved road links China's "last village" with outside world - Xinhua | English.news.cn". Archived from the original on July 5, 2020.

Bibliography

Ellis, E.C. (2004). DeFries, R. S.; Asner, G. P.; Houghton, R. A. (eds.). "Long-term ecological changes in the densely populated rural landscapes of China" (PDF). Geophysical Monographs. Ecosystems and Land Use Change. 153. Washington, D.C.: American Geophysical Union: 303–320. Bibcode:2004GMS...153..303E. doi:10.1029/153GM23. ISBN 0-87590-418-1.
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.

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v t e Lists of village-level divisions of China
Provinces	Anhui Fujian Gansu Guangdong Guizhou Hainan Hebei Heilongjiang Henan Hubei Hunan Jiangsu Jiangxi Jilin Liaoning Qinghai Shaanxi Shandong Shanxi Sichuan Yunnan Zhejiang
Autonomous regions	Guangxi Inner Mongolia (Nei Mongol) Ningxia Tibet (Xizang) Xinjiang
Municipalities	Beijing Chongqing Shanghai Tianjin
See also: List of county-level divisions of China

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