Counties of China
Counties (simplified Chinese: 县; traditional Chinese: 縣; pinyin: Xiàn) are found in the third level of the administrative hierarchy in provinces and autonomous regions and the second level in municipalities and Hainan, a level that is known as "county level" and also contains autonomous counties, county-level cities, banners, autonomous banners and city districts. There are 1,355 counties in mainland China out of a total of 2,851 county-level divisions.
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| Category | Third level administrative division of a unitary state |
| Location | People's Republic of China |
| Found in | Prefectures, Provinces |
| Number | 1,319 (1,307 controlled, 11 claimed) (as of 2023) |
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| Simplified Chinese | 县级行政区 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 縣級行政區 | ||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 县 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 縣 | ||||||||
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| Tibetan name | |||||||||
| Tibetan | རྫོང་། (formerly 宗 in Chinese) | ||||||||
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| Zhuang | Yen | ||||||||
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| Hangul | 현 | ||||||||
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| Mongolian script | ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ | ||||||||
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| Uyghur name | |||||||||
| Uyghur | ناھىيە | ||||||||
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History: before 1912, 1912–49, 1949–present Administrative division codes |
The term xian is sometimes translated as "district" or "prefecture" when put in the context of Chinese history.
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