Administrative Division of the People's Republic of China 2005

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