Administrative Division of the People's Republic of China. 2005

Author: Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People's Republic of China
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features:
1. This administrative division compendium is compiled based on the national administrative division data of county-level and above areas approved by the State Council at the end of 2004.
2. In this compendium, the administrative regions marked as examples are the seats of the people's governments or administrative offices of the higher-level administrative regions.
3. The county-level cities under prefecture-level cities in this compendium are directly administered by provinces or autonomous regions, with prefecture-level cities exercising administrative jurisdiction.
4. The county-level administrative divisions marked with horizontal lines in the map are the seats of the people's governments of autonomous prefectures or the administrative offices of regions and leagues.
5. The postal codes listed in this compendium are those of the seats of people's governments or administrative offices of county-level and above administrative regions.
6. The population figures of county-level and above administrative regions listed in this compendium are based on the statistics of the Ministry of Public Security for the year 2003. The population data of districts, counties, and cities that underwent administrative changes in 2004 were provided by the local people's governments.
7. The land area data of county-level and above administrative regions listed in this compendium were provided by respective regions and are for reference only.
8. To facilitate readers in finding place names and their correct pronunciations, the compilation method of the Index of Administrative Division Names of the People's Republic of China (Part II) follows the phonetic spelling of Mandarin Chinese characters. The arrangement order is based on the phonetic syllables of the first Chinese character of each place name, with homophones arranged in order of stroke complexity.