Subdistricts of China
A subdistrict (Chinese: 街道 / 街; pinyin: jiēdào / jiē; lit. 'streets and avenues / streets') is one of the smaller administrative divisions of China. It is a form of township-level division which is typically part of a larger urban area, as opposed to a discrete town (zhèn, 镇) surrounded by rural areas, or a rural township (xiāng, 乡).
| Administrative divisions of China |
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History: before 1912, 1912–49, 1949–present Administrative division codes |
| Subdistrict (Jiedao) | |||||||||||
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| Chinese | 街道 | ||||||||||
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| Tibetan name | |||||||||||
| Tibetan | ཁྲོམ་གཞུང་། | ||||||||||
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| Zhuang name | |||||||||||
| Zhuang | Gailoh | ||||||||||
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| Mongolian Cyrillic | Зээл гудамж | ||||||||||
| Mongolian script | ᠵᠡᠭᠡᠯᠢ ᠭᠤᠳᠤᠮᠵᠢ | ||||||||||
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| Uyghur name | |||||||||||
| Uyghur | كوچا باشقارمىسى | ||||||||||
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| Kazakh name | |||||||||||
| Kazakh | كوشە ءىس باسقارماسى | ||||||||||
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| Kyrgyz | كۅچۅ باشقارماسى | ||||||||||
In general, urban areas are divided into subdistricts and a subdistrict is sub-divided into several residential communities or neighbourhoods as well as into villagers' groups (居民区/居住区, 小区/社区, 村民小组).
The subdistrict's administrative agency is the subdistrict office (Chinese: 街道办事处; pinyin: jīedào bànshìchù) or simply the jiedao ban (街道办, jiēdào bàn). Because of the influence of the literal meaning of the Chinese word for 'subdistrict' (street [街道, jiedao]), the term is prone to alternative translations like 'street community'.