How many counties (including county-level cities and districts) are there in China?

By February 2020, there will be 1323 counties, 965 municipal districts and 387 county-level cities in China.

County-level administrative regions:

County-level administrative regions, that is, the general name of administrative regions with the same administrative status as counties, are the three-level administrative regions of People's Republic of China (PRC), including municipal districts, county-level cities, counties, autonomous counties, banners, autonomous banners, forest areas and special zones. Usually it is under the jurisdiction of prefecture-level administrative regions, and a few are directly under the jurisdiction of provincial administrative regions.

By February 2020, there are 2,846 county-level administrative districts in China, including 965 municipal districts, 387 county-level cities, 323 counties 1 323, autonomous counties 1 65,438+07, 49 flags, 3 autonomous flags and forest areas1650.

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Administrative divisions:

County-level administrative districts are the general names of administrative divisions with the same administrative status as "counties", which govern township-level administrative districts and are the administrative divisions at the next higher level of townships, towns and their foreign-level administrative districts.

According to the three-level administrative division system, county-level administrative districts belong to the second-level administrative districts, which are the administrative divisions of municipalities directly under the central government (national first-level administrative districts).

According to the four-level administrative division system, the county-level administrative district belongs to the third-level administrative district and is the administrative division of the prefecture-level administrative district.

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