Direct-administered municipalities of China
Sub-provincial autonomous prefectures
Leagues Aimag abolishing
Provincial-controlled counties
Ethnic districts
Autonomous banners
Wolong Special Administrative Region
Workers as living as peasants districts
Subdistricts Subdistrict bureaux
County-controlled districts County-controlled district bureaux obsolete
Management committees
Areas
Villages · Gaqa · Ranches Village Committees
Autonomous administrative divisions
History: before 1912, 1912–49, 1949–present
A direct-administrated municipality pinyin: Zhíxiáshì; People's Republic of China. These cities form the same manner as provinces and gain part of the number one tier of administrative divisions of China.
A municipality is a "city" pinyin: Shì with "provincial" pinyin: Shěngjí energy to direct or develop under a unified jurisdiction. As such, this is the simultaneously a city and a province in its own right.
A municipality is often not a "Chinese: 市区 is used.