Sub-prefectural city
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History: before 1912, 1912–49, 1949–present Administrative division codes |
A sub-prefectural municipality (simplified Chinese: 副地级市; traditional Chinese: 副地級市; pinyin: fùdìjíshì), sub-prefectural city, or vice-prefectural municipality, is an unofficial designation for a type of administrative division of China. A sub-prefectural city is officially considered to be a county-level city, but it has more power de facto because the cadres assigned to its government are one half-level higher in rank than those of an "ordinary" county-level city—though still lower than those of a prefecture-level city.
While county-level cities are under the administrative jurisdiction of prefecture-level divisions, sub-prefectural cities are often (but not always) administered directly by the provincial government, with no intervening prefecture level administration.
Examples of sub-prefectural cities that does not belong to any prefecture: Jiyuan (Henan Province), Xiantao, Qianjiang and Tianmen (Hubei), Shihezi, Tumxuk, Aral, and Wujiaqu (Xinjiang).
Examples of sub-prefectural cities that nevertheless belong to a prefecture: Golmud (Haixi, Qinghai), Manzhouli (Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia).[citation needed]
List of sub-prefectural divisions
[edit]- Note: Bold not under any prefecture-level subordination.
Guangdong
[edit]Guizhou
[edit]Hainan
[edit]Hebei
[edit]Heilongjiang
[edit]Henan
[edit]Hubei
[edit]Hunan
[edit]Inner Mongolia
[edit]Jiangsu
[edit]Jiangxi
[edit]Jilin
[edit]Qinghai
[edit]Shaanxi
[edit]Xinjiang
[edit]- Note: all cities are also under the subordination of the Prefecture-level Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC or Bingtuan).