County-controlled district
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A county-controlled district (sometimes translated as county-governed district; county district or sub-county; S.Chinese: 县辖区,区; T.Chinese:縣轄區,區; pinyin
: xiànxiáqǖ, qǖ) is a sub-county in P R China
. as branch of a county government, a district public office(区公所) is the administrative office in a district, it is not a local government
. A county-controlled district was once an important subdivision of a county
all over China from 1950s to 1990s. It was common for there to be about 5 to 10 districts in a county, then about 3 to 5 towns and townships in a district. After the 1990s, county-controlled districts began to be phased out, and their role were taken over by larger town
s or townships created by merging smaller ones.
At the end of 2009, there are just 3 county-controlled districts left in China, all in Xinjiang
.
Pinyin
Pinyin is the official system to transcribe Chinese characters into the Roman alphabet in China, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan. It is also often used to teach Mandarin Chinese and spell Chinese names in foreign publications and used as an input method to enter Chinese characters into...
: xiànxiáqǖ, qǖ) is a sub-county in P R China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
. as branch of a county government, a district public office(区公所) is the administrative office in a district, it is not a local government
Local government
Local government refers collectively to administrative authorities over areas that are smaller than a state.The term is used to contrast with offices at nation-state level, which are referred to as the central government, national government, or federal government...
. A county-controlled district was once an important subdivision of a county
County
A county is a jurisdiction of local government in certain modern nations. Historically in mainland Europe, the original French term, comté, and its equivalents in other languages denoted a jurisdiction under the sovereignty of a count A county is a jurisdiction of local government in certain...
all over China from 1950s to 1990s. It was common for there to be about 5 to 10 districts in a county, then about 3 to 5 towns and townships in a district. After the 1990s, county-controlled districts began to be phased out, and their role were taken over by larger town
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
s or townships created by merging smaller ones.
At the end of 2009, there are just 3 county-controlled districts left in China, all in Xinjiang
Xinjiang
Xinjiang is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. It is the largest Chinese administrative division and spans over 1.6 million km2...
.