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Provinces
Autonomous regions
Sub-provincial autonomous prefectures
Prefectural cities
Autonomous prefectures
Provincial-controlled cities
Provincial-controlled counties
Autonomous counties
County cities
City-controlled districts Ethnic districts
Banners
Autonomous banners
Forestry districts
Special districts
Management areas
Ethnic townships
Towns
Subdistricts Subdistrict bureaux
Sumus
Ethnic sumus
Prefectural bureaux
Neighbourhood Committee
Town-level city (pilot)
County-controlled districts County-controlled district bureaux
Village · Gacha Village Committees
Community
State-level new areas Autonomous administrative divisions National Central Cities
An autonomous region (Chinese: 自治区; pinyin: Zìzhìqū) (AR) is a first-level administrative subdivision of China. Like Chinese provinces, an autonomous region has its own local government, but an autonomous region has more legislative rights. An autonomous region is a minority entity which has a higher population of a particular minority ethnic group.
The Inner Mongolia autonomous region was established in 1947; Xinjiang was made autonomous in 1955; Guangxi and Ningxia in 1958, and Tibet in 1965. The designation of Guangxi and Ningxia as Zhuang and Hui autonomous areas, respectively, was bitterly protested by the local Han Chinese, who made up two-thirds of the population of each region. Although Mongols made up even less of a percentage of Inner Mongolia, the ensuing Chinese Civil War gave little opportunity for protest.[1]
Note: In the "Third Largest Ethnic" column is the ethnic group given in brackets, after the names of the autonomous regions and Han people.
Guangdong, Nanning, Vietnam, Zhuang people, Yunnan
Fujian, Guangxi, China, Xinjiang, Beijing
Hohhot, Mongolia, Hebei, Shanxi, Liaoning
Yinchuan, Gansu, Hui people, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia
Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Autonomous regions of China, Provinces of China, Qiqihar
Townships of the People's Republic of China, Shanghai, China, Chongqing, Subdistricts of the People's Republic of China
Hong Kong, Beijing, Macau, Shanghai, Taiwan