Jiyuan ( simplified Chinese : 济源 ; traditional Chinese : 濟源 ; pinyin : Jìyuán ) is a sub-prefecture-level city in northwestern Henan province, People's Republic of China. It borders the prefecture-level cities of Jiaozuo and Luoyang to the east and southwest respectively, as well as the province of Shanxi to the north.
10-522: The sub-prefecture-level city of Jiyuan administers 5 subdistrict and 11 towns . Jiyuan is named after the Ji river whose source is said to be a spring located on the west of the city. Jiyuan was a county belonging to Jiaozuo City in the past, then it was divided from the city. The former Ji River —one of the ancient "Four Rivers", alongside the Yangtze , Huai , and Yellow Rivers —originated around Jiyuan, which
20-470: A few are governed directly by 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 a city, which is a municipal entity, and a county, which is an administrative division of a prefecture. Most county-level cities were created in the 1980s and 1990s by replacing denser populated counties . County-level cities are not " cities " in
30-1092: A number of towns ( Katoomba , Springwood , etc.). Provinces Autonomous regions Sub-provincial autonomous prefectures Autonomous prefectures Leagues (Aimag) (abolishing) Prefectures Provincial-controlled cities Provincial-controlled counties Autonomous counties County-level cities Districts Ethnic districts Banners (Hoxu) Autonomous banners Shennongjia Forestry District Liuzhi Special District Wolong Special Administrative Region Workers and peasants districts Ethnic townships Towns Subdistricts Subdistrict bureaux Sum Ethnic sum County-controlled districts County-controlled district bureaux (obsolete) Management committees Town-level city Areas Villages · Gaqa · Ranches Village Committees Communities Capital cities New areas Autonomous administrative divisions National Central Cities History: before 1912 , 1912–49 , 1949–present As of 3 April 2023, there are 408 county-level cities in total: A sub-prefectural city
40-608: A prefecture: Golmud ( Haixi , Qinghai ), Manzhouli ( Hulunbuir , Inner Mongolia ). County-level city A county-level municipality ( Chinese : 县级市 ), county-level city or county city , formerly known as prefecture-controlled city (1949–1970: 专辖市 ; 1970–1983: Chinese : 地辖市 ), is a county-level administrative division of the People's Republic of China . County-level cities have judicial but no legislative rights over their own local law and are usually governed by prefecture-level divisions , but
50-410: Is an unofficial designation for a type of administrative division of China. A sub-prefectural city is officially considered to be a county-level city , but it has more power de facto because the cadres assigned to its government are one half-level higher in rank than those of an "ordinary" county-level city—though still lower than those of a prefecture-level city . While county-level cities are under
60-524: Is used. While the idea of a "city" being a unit consisting of several "towns" is not a common one in English-speaking world , a somewhat similar naming convention is used for local government areas in some parts of Australia. For example, in New South Wales such a unit may often be called a "city" (rather than a traditional "shire"), and consist of "towns". E.g. City of Blue Mountains is made of
70-493: The administrative jurisdiction of prefecture-level divisions, sub-prefectural cities are often (but not always) administered directly by the provincial government, with no intervening prefecture level administration. Examples of sub-prefectural cities that does not belong to any prefecture: Jiyuan ( Henan Province), Xiantao , Qianjiang and Tianmen ( Hubei ), Shihezi , Tumxuk , Aral , and Wujiaqu ( Xinjiang ). Examples of sub-prefectural cities that nevertheless belong to
80-1618: The capital of the Xia Dynasty and was well known for its wealth between the Period of Warring States and Han Dynasty. In Shang dynasty it was a Fang state - Ya (亞方). There are many crops grown in Jiyuan, such as wheat , peanut , cotton , sweet potato , maize and other crops. Sub-prefecture-level city Provinces Autonomous regions Sub-provincial autonomous prefectures Autonomous prefectures Leagues (Aimag) (abolishing) Prefectures Provincial-controlled cities Provincial-controlled counties Autonomous counties County-level cities Districts Ethnic districts Banners (Hoxu) Autonomous banners Shennongjia Forestry District Liuzhi Special District Wolong Special Administrative Region Workers and peasants districts Ethnic townships Towns Subdistricts Subdistrict bureaux Sum Ethnic sum County-controlled districts County-controlled district bureaux (obsolete) Management committees Town-level city Areas Villages · Gaqa · Ranches Village Committees Communities Capital cities New areas Autonomous administrative divisions National Central Cities History: before 1912 , 1912–49 , 1949–present A sub-prefectural municipality ( simplified Chinese : 副地级市 ; traditional Chinese : 副地級市 ; pinyin : fùdìjíshì ), sub-prefectural city , or vice-prefectural municipality ,
90-430: The strictest sense of the word, since they usually contain rural areas many times the size of their urban, built-up area. This is because the counties that county-level cities have replaced are themselves large administrative units containing towns , villages and farmland. To distinguish a "county-level city" from its actual urban area (the traditional meaning of the word "city"), the term " 市区 " (shìqū) or "urban area",
100-624: Was the source of its name, Chinese for "Source of the Ji ". (Today, the Ji has been entirely subsumed by the Yellow River, which shifted to the bed of the Ji during its massive 1852 flood.) According to the latest archaeological findings, as early as around 10,000 years ago, precisely at the end of the Paleolithic Period and the beginning of the Neolithic Period, people have lived here. It used to be
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