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8-477: Luoding , is a county-level city in the northwestern part of Guangdong province (粤北), South China . It is administered as part of the prefecture-level city of Yunfu . As early as 10,000 years ago, there were ancient people inhabited within Luoding City. Famous monument is the rock carving called Long Anyan Grottoes ( 龍盦巖石窟 ). Luoding borders Guangxi to the northwest. This Guangdong location article
16-470: 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
24-1092: 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
32-569: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 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
40-1365: Is a county-level city with powers approaching those of prefecture-level cities . Examples include, Xiantao ( Hubei ), Qianjiang ( Hubei ), Tianmen ( Hubei ) and Jiyuan ( Henan ). Ethnic Townships of China 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 Ethnic townships (officially translated as nationality townships ), ethnic towns , and ethnic sums are fourth-level administrative units designated for ethnic minorities of political divisions in
48-524: 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
56-1803: The People's Republic of China . They are not considered to be autonomous and do not enjoy the laws pertaining to the larger ethnic autonomous areas such as autonomous regions , autonomous prefectures , autonomous counties , and autonomous banners . The only ethnic sum is the Evenk Ethnic Sum in Old Barag Banner , Inner Mongolia. Taiyuan She-nation Ethnic Township ( 太源畲族乡 ) in Yanshan County Huangbi She-nation Ethnic Township ( 篁碧畲族乡 ) in Yanshan County Zhangping She-nation Ethnic Township ( 樟坪畲族乡 ) in Guixi City Jinzhu She-nation Ethnic Township ( 金竹畲族乡 ) in Le'an County Chitu She-nation Ethnic Township ( 赤土畲族乡 ) in Nankang City Donggu She-nation Ethnic Township ( 东固畲族乡 ) in Qingyuan District Longgang She-nation Ethnic Township ( 龙冈畲族乡 ) in Yongfeng County Jinping Minority-nation Ethnic Township ( 金坪民族乡 ) in Xiajiang County The PRC has claimed Taiwan and Penghu as part of its territory and there are no ethnic townships in this region. See Indigenous Areas of
64-430: 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",
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