Chinese mainland (including Hong Kong and Macao) has 4 municipalities directly under the central government, 2 special administrative regions, 283 prefecture-level cities, 374 county-level cities and 66 1 city. There are 2 municipal hospitals, 5 provincial cities and 365,438+0 counties and cities in Taiwan Province Province, accounting for 38 cities.
A prefecture-level administrative region is a first-level local administrative region between the provincial level and the county level, including prefecture-level cities, regions, autonomous prefectures and leagues.
As a first-class political organization, prefecture-level cities are cities with relatively concentrated population and important political, economic and cultural status in China. Prefecture-level cities are divided into municipal districts, counties, autonomous counties and county-level cities.
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1949 when People's Republic of China (PRC) was founded, the whole country was divided into 30 provinces, 1 autonomous region, 12 municipalities, 5 administrative regions, 1 place, 1 region. Until 1967, the division was adjusted several times, and 1967 was adjusted to 22 provinces, 5 autonomous regions and 3 municipalities directly under the central government, accounting for 30 provincial-level administrative regions, and it was basically fixed thereafter.
From 65438 to 0988, Hainan Island and the South China Sea Islands and their sea areas separated from Guangdong Province and established Hainan Province. 1997, Chongqing municipality under the jurisdiction of Sichuan province was abolished and Chongqing municipality was established. Hongkong and Macao returned to China in 1997 and 1999 respectively, and two new special administrative regions were established one after another. So far, there are 23 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, 4 municipalities directly under the Central Government, 2 special administrative regions and 34 provincial administrative regions.
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