List of county-level divisions of China

Administrative divisions
of China
Sub-provincial level
Sub-provincial cities

Sub-provincial autonomous prefectures

Sub-provincial city districts
Prefectural cities

Autonomous prefectures

Leagues (Aimag)
(abolishing)

Prefectures

(abolishing)
Sub-prefectural-level
Sub-prefectural cities

Provincial-controlled cities

Provincial-controlled counties

Provincial-controlled districts
Analogous county level units
Management areas
Management committee
Townships

Ethnic townships

Towns

Subdistricts
Subdistrict bureaux

Sum

Ethnic sum

County-controlled districts
County-controlled district bureaux
(obsolete)

Management committees

Town-level city

(pilot)
Analogous township level units
Management areas
Management committee

Areas

Farms area (Overseas Chinese Farm Region [zh]), Prison area, University towns, etc.

History: before 1912, 1912–49, 1949–present

Administrative division codes
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County-level divisions are the third level of administration of the People's Republic of China and include counties, autonomous counties, banners, autonomous banners, county-level cities and districts. Most county-level divisions are administered as part of prefecture-level divisions, but some are administered directly by province-level divisions. Among the county-level divisions, this list also includes the Republic of China-controlled Taiwan Province and fractured Fujian Province.

The following lists show all county-level divisions in each province-level division.

Provinces

East

Northwest

Southwest

Central

South

North

Northeast

Autonomous regions

Municipalities

Special administrative regions