Sub-prefecture-level city

Administrative divisions of China
This article is part of a series on
Provincial level (1st) Municipalities Provinces Autonomous regions Special administrative regions
Sub-provincial level Sub-provincial cities Sub-provincial autonomous prefectures Sub-provincial city districts
Prefectural level (2nd) Prefectures Prefectural cities Autonomous prefectures Leagues
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 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 Sums Ethnic sums 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, Prison area, University towns etc.
Village level (5th) informal (Grassroots Autonomous Organizations) Villages · Gaqas Village Committees Residential communities Residential Committees
Other Regions Capital cities New areas Autonomous administrative divisions National Central Cities Special Economic Zones
History: before 1912, 1912–49, 1949–present Administrative division codes

A sub-prefecture-level municipality (Chinese: 副地级市, pinyin: fùdìjíshì), sub-prefecture-level city, or vice-prefecture-level municipality, is an unofficial designation for a type of administrative division of China. A sub-prefecture-level 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-prefecture-level cities are often (but not always) administered directly by the provincial government, with no intervening prefecture level administration.

Examples of sub-prefecture-level 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-prefecture-level cities that nevertheless belong to a prefecture: Golmud^[1] (Haixi, Qinghai), Manzhouli^[2] (Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia).

List of sub-prefecture-level divisions

Note

Bold not under any prefecture subordination

Name	Province	Population (2010)	Area (km²)	Prefecture Seat
Qian'an	Hebei	728,160	1,208	Qian'an Town
Xinji	Hebei	615,919	951	Xinji Town
Dingzhou	Hebei	1,165,182	1,274	Qingfengdian Town
Jiyuan	Henan	660,000	1,931	Qinyuan Subdistrict
Xiantao	Hubei	240,000	2,538	Shazui Subdistrict
Qianjiang	Hubei	998,525	774	Yunlin Subdistrict
Tianmen	Hubei	1,731,482	2,004	Jingling Subdistrict
Shennongjia	Hubei	76,140	3,253	Songbai Town
Manzhouli	Inner Mongolia	152,473	424	Dongshan Subdistrict
Erenhot	Inner Mongolia	74,197	450	Ulan Subdistrict
Golmud	Qinghai	215,213	123,460	Kunlunlu Subdistrict
Shihezi^[3]	Xinjiang	640,000	460	Xincheng Subdistrict
Beitun^[3]	Xinjiang	76,300	910	Beitun Town
Tiemenguan^[3]	Xinjiang	50,000	590	Boguqi Town
Tumxuk^[3]	Xinjiang	110,000	1,927	Qiganquelei Subdistrict
Aral^[3]	Xinjiang	166,205	5,258	Jinyinchuanlu Subdistrict
Wujiaqu^[3]	Xinjiang	72,782	710	Junkenlu Subdistrict
Shuanghe^[3]	Xinjiang	53,800	742	Hongxingerlu Subdistrict
Kokdala^[3]	Xinjiang	80,000	980	Xingfulu Subdistrict
Wuzhishan	Hainan	104,122	1,129	Chongshan Town
Qionghai	Hainan	483,217	1,693	Jiaji Town
Wenchang	Hainan	537,428	2,485	Wencheng Town
Wanning	Hainan	545,597	1,884	Wancheng Town
Dongfang	Hainan	408,309	2,256	Basuo Town
Gongyi	Henan	807,857	1,041	Zijinglu Subdistrict
Ruzhou	Henan	927,934	1,573	Meishan Subdistrict
Dengzhou	Henan	1,468,061	2,300	Huazhou Subdistrict
Yongcheng	Henan	1,240,296	2,068	Yanji Town
Gongqingcheng	Jiangxi	118,986	64	Chashan Subdistrict
Ruijin	Jiangxi	618,885	2,447	Xianghu Town
Fengcheng	Jiangxi	1,336,392	2,830	Hezhou Subdistrict
Kunshan	Jiangsu	1,646,318	865	Yushan Town
Taixing	Jiangsu	1,074,300	1,253	Jichuan Subdistrict
Gongzhuling	Jilin	1,093,314	4,027	Dongsan Sub
Meihekou	Jilin	615,367	2,175	Xinhua Subdistrict
Suifenhe	Heilongjiang	132,315	427	Suifenhe Town
Hancheng	Shaanxi	391,164	1,591	Xincheng Subdistrict
Renhuai	Guizhou	546,477	1,789	Yanjin Subdistrict

References

↑ Baidu
↑ Baidu
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Established and administered by Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, a entity different from Xinjiang Province.

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, January 11, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.