Town (China)
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| Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China |
| Province level |
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| Provinces |
| Autonomous regions |
| Municipalities |
| Special Administrative Regions (SARs) |
| Prefecture level |
| Prefectures Autonomous prefectures |
| Prefecture-level cities Sub-provincial cities |
| Leagues |
| County level |
| Counties Autonomous counties |
| County-level cities Sub-prefecture-level cities |
| City districts |
| Banners Autonomous banners |
| Township level |
| Townships (ethnic) Sumu (ethnic) |
| Towns |
| Subdistricts |
| County districts (defunct) |
When referring to Political Divisions of China, town is the standard English translation of the Chinese 鎮 (simplified: 镇; pinyin: zhèn; Wade-Giles chen4). It is smaller in population and more remote than a township (乡; pinyin: xiāng).
However, the ROC official translation, both xiāng (鄉) and zhèn (鎮) are translated as "townships", with zhèn specifically being "urban" township, 'with 'xiāng specifically translated as "rural" township
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