Prefecture (China)
| Prefecture 地区 Dìqū | |
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| Category | Second level administrative division of a unitary state |
| Location | China |
| Number | 7 prefectures |
| Populations | 95,465 (Ngari) – 3,979,362 (Kaxgar) |
| Areas | 46,755 km2 (18,052 sq mi) (Daxing'anling) – 304,683 km2 (117,639 sq mi) (Ngari) |
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| Simplified Chinese | 地区 | ||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 地區 | ||||||||||||||
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| Tibetan | ས་ཁུལ། | ||||||||||||||
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| Vietnamese | Địa khu | ||||||||||||||
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| Zhuang | Dagih | ||||||||||||||
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| Hangul | 지구 | ||||||||||||||
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| Mongolian Cyrillic | дугарг | ||||||||||||||
| Mongolian script | ᠲᠣᠭᠣᠷᠢᠭ | ||||||||||||||
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| Uyghur | ۋىلايەت | ||||||||||||||
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| Manchu script | ᡳ ᠪᠠ | ||||||||||||||
| Möllendorff | i'ba | ||||||||||||||
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| Kazakh | ايماق аймақ aimaq | ||||||||||||||
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| Kyrgyz | ايماق аймак ajmaq | ||||||||||||||
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History: before 1912, 1912–49, 1949–present Administrative division codes |
Prefectures are one of four types of prefecture-level divisions in China, the second-level administrative division in the country. While at one time prefectures were the most common prefecture-level division, they are in the process of being abolished and only seven formally-designated prefectures remain.
The term "prefecture" is also used as a translation of three unrelated types of administrative divisions that were historically in use in China: the xian, the zhou, and the fu.