Administrative Division of the People's Republic of China (2005 Edition)

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 from the end of 2004, approved by the State Council.
2. In this compendium, 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 compendium 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 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 divisions.
6. The population figures of county-level and above administrative divisions listed in this compendium are from the 2003 statistics of the Ministry of Public Security. For districts, counties, and cities where administrative divisions changed in 2004, the population data were provided by the local governments.
7. The land area data of county-level and above administrative divisions listed in this compendium 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 syllables of the first Chinese character of the place names, with homophonic characters arranged by stroke order from simple to complex.