Villages of the People's Republic of China

Updated on Dec 01, 2023

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Simplified Chinese 村级行政区 Hanyu Pinyin Cūn Jí Xíngzhèngqū Hanyu Pinyin Cūn		Traditional Chinese 村級行政區 Chinese 村 Chinese 嘎查

Villages (Chinese: 村; pinyin: Cūn), formally village-level divisions (村级行政区; Cūn Jí Xíngzhèngqū) in China, serve as a fundamental organizational unit for its rural population (census, mail system). Basic local divisions like neighborhoods and communities are not informal like in the West, but have defined boundaries and designated heads (one per area). In 2000, China's densely populated villages (>100 persons/square km) had a population greater than 500 million and covered more than 2 million square kilometers, or more than 20% of China's total area.

Urban

Residential community (simplified Chinese: 社区; traditional Chinese: 社區; pinyin: shèqū)

Residential committees (simplified Chinese: 居民委员会; traditional Chinese: 居民委員會; pinyin: jūmín wěiyuánhuì)

Residential groups (simplified Chinese: 居民小组; traditional Chinese: 居民小組; pinyin: Jūmín xiǎozǔ

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Urban village (Chinese: 城中村; pinyin: chéngzhōngcūn) one that spontaneously and naturally exists within urban area, which is not an administrative division.

Rural

Administrative village or Village (Chinese: 行政村 or 村; pinyin: xíngzhèngcūn or cūn)

Gaqa (Chinese: 嘎查; pinyin: gāchá) only for Inner Mongolia.

Ethnic village (Chinese: 民族村; pinyin: mínzúcūn) only for village populated by Ethnic minority.

Village committees (simplified Chinese: 村民委员会; traditional Chinese: 村民委員會; pinyin: cūnmín wěiyuánhuì)

Villager groups (simplified Chinese: 村民小组; traditional Chinese: 村民小組; pinyin: cūnmín xiǎozǔ)

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Natural village (Chinese: 自然村; pinyin: zìráncūn) one that spontaneously and naturally exists within rural area, which is not an administrative division.

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