Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People's Republic of China 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 Briefing 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 briefing, the administrative divisions marked with asterisks 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 briefing 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 briefing 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 briefing are from the statistics of the Ministry of Public Security for the year 2003. The population data of districts, counties, and cities where administrative divisions changed in 2004 were provided by the local governments.
7. The land area data of county-level and above administrative divisions listed in this briefing were 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 pinyin syllable of the first character of the place names, with homophonic characters arranged by stroke complexity.