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  2. Autonomous prefecture - Wikipedia

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    Autonomous prefectures (Chinese: 自治州; pinyin: zìzhìzhōu) are one type of autonomous administrative division in China, existing at the prefectural level, with either ethnic minorities forming over 50% of the population or being the historic home of significant minorities, although the latter situation is most common.

  3. List of prefectures in China - Wikipedia

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    All provincial-level divisions of China are divided into prefectural-level divisions (second-level): prefectural-level cities, prefectures, autonomous prefectures and leagues. There are 339 official prefecture level divisions in China as of January 2019: 333 under the control of the People's Republic of China , and 6 in the claimed Taiwan ...

  4. List of autonomous areas by country - Wikipedia

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    Countries with at least one autonomous area. This list of autonomous areas arranged by country gives an overview of autonomous areas of the world. An autonomous area is defined as an area of a country that has a degree of autonomy, or has freedom from an external authority.

  5. Administrative divisions of China - Wikipedia

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    Xian is often translated as "district" or "prefecture". 117 Autonomous counties: counties with one or more designated ethnic minorities, analogous to autonomous regions and prefectures 360 County-level cities: similar to prefecture-level cities, covering both urban and rural areas. It was popular for counties to become county-level cities in ...

  6. Autonomous regions of China - Wikipedia

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    The autonomous regions (Chinese: 自治区; pinyin: Zìzhìqū) are one of four types of province-level divisions of the People's Republic of China.Like Chinese provinces, an autonomous region has its own local government, but under the law of the People's Republic of China, an autonomous region has more legislative rights, such as the right to "formulate self-government regulations and other ...

  7. Autonomous administrative divisions of China - Wikipedia

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    Autonomous regions, prefectures, counties, and banners were established after communist takeover, following Soviet practice. At first, the nomenclature of these autonomous areas were somewhat confused, with autonomous regions appearing at the province, prefecture, county, and township levels.

  8. Prefecture-level divisions of China - Wikipedia

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    Unlike other prefecture-level divisions, autonomous prefectures are a formal part of the Chinese administrative structure. They were established in 1953 as part of a series of administrative reforms giving greater autonomy to ethnic minorities. [ 2 ]

  9. List of administrative divisions by country - Wikipedia

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    20 prefectures (préfectures) 84 sub-prefectures (sous-préfectures) 198 communes: 1 autonomous commune (commune autonome): Bangui: 4 sub-prefectures (sous-préfectures) 8 urban districts (arrondissements) 16 groups (groupements) 205 neighbourhoods (quartiers) 2 communes: Chad: Unitary 23 regions (régions) 67 departments (départements) [ab]