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Administrative divisions of China |
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Special administrative regions |
Sub-provincial city districts |
Leagues (Aimag) (abolishing) |
Provincial-controlled counties Provincial-controlled districts |
Banners (Hoxu) Wolong Special Administrative Region (obsolete) |
Analogous county level units
Management areas
Management committee |
Subdistricts
County-controlled districts (pilot) |
Analogous township level units Farms area (Overseas Chinese Farm Region [zh]), Prison area, University towns, etc. |
Residential Committees |
Others Autonomous administrative divisions Special Economic Zones |
History: before 1912, 1912–49, 1949–present Administrative division codes |
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Asub-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]