County (China)

Counties (县) are found in the <a href="/facts/County-level_divisions_of_China/2EDGcDPV">third level</a> of the administrative hierarchy in <a href="/facts/Provinces_of_China/e3hWhWHj">provinces</a> and <a href="/facts/Autonomous_regions_of_China/Sg8QebcG">autonomous regions</a> and the second level in <a href="/facts/Direct-controlled_municipality/bcoau0rn">municipalities</a> and <a href="/facts/Hainan/wUWoHo1V">Hainan</a>, a level that is known as "county level" and also contains <a href="/facts/Autonomous_county/eyCvYnPe">autonomous counties</a>, <a href="/facts/County-level_city/2xDSg84X">county-level cities</a>, <a href="/facts/Banners_of_Inner_Mongolia/WTvDyzG8">banners</a>, <a href="/facts/Banners_of_Inner_Mongolia/WTvDyzG8">autonomous banners</a> and <a href="/facts/District_(China)/Kjntjonc">city districts</a>. There are 1,355 counties in <a href="/facts/Mainland_China/HFXJcUky">mainland China</a> out of a total of 2,851 county-level divisions.
The term xian is sometimes translated as "district" or "prefecture" when put in the context of <a href="/facts/History_of_China/TNqRSvQ4">Chinese history</a>.

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County (China)