Friday, October 10, 2008

List of administrative divisions of Hebei

The of Hebei, a of the People's Republic of China, consists of prefecture-level divisions subdivided into county-level divisions then subdivided into township-level divisions. These are:

* 11 prefecture-level divisions
** all of which are prefecture-level cities
* 172 county-level divisions
** 22 county-level cities
** 108
** 6 autonomous counties
** 36 s
* 2207 township-level divisions
** 1 district public office
** 937 s
** 979 s
** 55 ethnic townships
** 235 subdistricts

All of these administrative divisions are explained in greater detail at Political divisions of China. This chart lists only prefecture-level and county-level divisions of Hebei.


Recent changes:
* 1995: Dongkuang District of Tangshan Prefecture-level City is renamed Guye District.
* 1996: Hengshui Prefecture becomes Hengshui Prefecture-level City; Hengshui County-level City becomes Taocheng County.
* 1996: Qiu County is renamed Qiu County .
* 1996: Qian'an County becomes Qian'an County-level City.
* 1997: Suburban District of Cangzhou Prefecture-level City is disbanded.
* 2000: Anci District is created in Langfang Prefecture-level City.
* 2001: Suburban District of Shijiazhuang Prefecture-level City is disbanded; Yuhua District is created within Shijiazhuang Prefecture-level City.
* 2002: Fengnan County-level City of Tangshan Prefecture-level City becomes Fengnan District; Fengrun County and New District of Tangshan Prefecture-level City are merged to become Fengrun District.

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