used as a lower-tier administrative division, comparable to the county (simplified Chinese: 县; traditional Chinese: 縣; pinyin: xiàn, also translated as...

subdivisions by total area, comparing continents, countries, and first-level administrative country subdivisions. List of first-level administrative divisions...

therefore designed the first hierarchical administrative divisions in China, based on two levels: jùn commanderies and xiàn counties. The Han dynasty that came...

were the battalion level of administrative/military subdivision in the Mongol army. Banner (Inner Mongolia) as an administrative division of Inner Mongolia...

"praefectura") is an administrative jurisdiction traditionally governed by an appointed prefect. This can be a regional or local government subdivision in various...

not part of their original fiefs and were instead organized into counties (xiàn). Eventually, commanderies were developed as marchlands between the major...

Taiwan (Republic of China) is divided into multi-layered statutory subdivisions. Due to the complex political status of Taiwan, there is a significant...

Subdivision Subprefecture Town Township Village Viceroyalty Voivodeship This is an alphabetical list of native non-English terms for administrative divisions;...

should be included to distinguish its pronunciation from the single syllable xian.) The name was adopted in 1369 under the early Ming dynasty. Jesuit missionaries...

is a translation for xian, another type of administrative division in China. Before the 1980s, cities in China were administrative divisions containing...

administrative subdivision between the provincial government and the municipalities. Yukon does not have any second-level administrative subdivision between...

administrative subdivisions recognized by the Ministry of Civil Affairs. These districts within Zhongshan are not formal administrative subdivisions recognized...

117 autonomous counties and banners 1 special district 1 forestry district Xian have existed since the Warring States period and were set up nationwide by...

types of administrative divisions that were historically in use in China: the xian, the zhou, and the fu. Prefectures are administrative subdivisions of provincial-level...

translation "district" is typically associated with xian (縣; xiàn), another Chinese administrative division. The xian is translated as "county" in the context of...

county-level divisions of China History of the administrative divisions of China Attached county, a former sort of xian in late Imperial China County (Taiwan)...

and Vietnam. These districts within Danzhou are not formal administrative subdivisions recognized by the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Conventional name:...

sub-divisions (路廳, luting) and twenty four sub-prefectures (州, zhou) counties (縣, xian). It was also placed under an imperial magistrate (府尹, fuyin). In 1910 with...

hsien, is a de jure second-level administrative division unit in the Republic of China (Taiwan). Under the administrative structure of Taiwan, it is at the...

Měnggǔzú Zìzhìxiàn not Mùléng These administrative zones within Daxing'anling are not formal administrative subdivisions recognized by the Ministry of Civil...

province-level divisions. A county-level city is a "city" (市; shì) and "county" (县; xiàn) that have been merged into one unified jurisdiction. As such, it is simultaneously...

counties (Chinese: 僑州郡縣; pinyin: Qiáo zhōu jùn xiàn) were the consequences of a special administrative regionalization called qiao zhi (僑置) implemented...

do function as such. The administrative zones are not formal administrative subdivisions recognized by the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Nominally part of...

Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-oân-séng; PFS: Thòi-vàn-sén or Thòi-vân-sén) is a de jure administrative division of the Republic of China (ROC). Provinces remain a titular...

County (simplified Chinese: 炎陵县; traditional Chinese: 炎陵縣; pinyin: Yánlíng Xiàn; lit. 'the place of Yan Emperor' s tomb') is a county in Hunan Province,...

pinyin: Huá Xiàn) is a county under the administration of Anyang City, in the north of Henan province, China. Its predecessor administrative area Huazhou/Hua...

Republic of China, is made up of the following administrative divisions. All of these administrative divisions are explained in greater detail at political...

Fujian-Taiwan Province in 1887, the prefecture correspondingly became a subdivision under the newly founded province. When the Qing wrested the island from...

divisions of Gansu. These districts within Jiayuguan are not formal administrative subdivisions recognized by the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Conventional name:...

formerly named Shanyang County (山阳县; 山陽縣; Shānyáng Xiàn), Huai'an County (淮安县; 淮安縣; Huái'ān Xiàn) and Chuzhou District (楚州区; 楚州區; Chǔzhōu Qū). The district...