Villages of China
Appearance
formally Village-level divisions | |||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 村级行政区 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 村級行政區 | ||||||
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Alternative Chinese name | |||||||
Chinese | 村 | ||||||
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Second alternative Chinese name | |||||||
Chinese | 嘎查 | ||||||
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Mongolian name | |||||||
Mongolian script | ᠭᠠᠴᠠᠭᠠ | ||||||
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Administrative divisions of China |
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History: before 1912, 1912–49, 1949–present Administrative division codes |
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.[1]
Types of villages
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
- Residential committees (simplified Chinese: 居民委员会; traditional Chinese: 居民委員會; pinyin: jūmín wěiyuánhuì)
- Note
- Urban village (Chinese: 城中村; pinyin: chéngzhōngcūn) one that spontaneously and naturally exists within urban area, which is not an administrative division.
Rural
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- 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)
- Village committees (simplified Chinese: 村民委员会; traditional Chinese: 村民委員會; pinyin: cūnmín wěiyuánhuì)
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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.
See also
References
- Bibliography
- Ellis, E.C. (2004). DeFries, R. S.; Asner, G. P.; Houghton, R. A. (eds.). "Ecosystems and Land Use Change" Long-term ecological changes in the densely populated rural landscapes of China (PDF). Geophysical Monographs. 153. Washington, D.C.: American Geophysical Union: 303–320.
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- Roxann Prazniak (1 January 1999). Of Camel Kings and Other Things: Rural Rebels Against Modernity in Late Imperial China. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-8476-9007-7.
External links
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