Tanchang County has 11
towns and 13
townships and 1 ethnic township. ;Towns: • Chengguan () •
Hadapu () • Lichuan () • Nanyang () • Guanting () • Shawan () -Towns are upgraded from Township. • Awu () • Nanhe () • Bali () -Towns are established newly. • Linjiangpu ( • Lianghekou () ;Townships • Mu'er Township () • Pangjia Township () • Jiahe Township () • Jiangtai Township () • Chela Township () • Haodi Township () • Hanyuan Township () • Zhuyuan Township () • Xinghua Township () • Ganjiangtou Township () • Xinzhai Township () • Shizi Township () -Township is established newly. • Hejiabao Township () -Former Townships are merged to other. • Boji Township () • Jinmu Township () • Niujia Township () • Dashe Township () • Hejiabao Township () • Qinyu Township () • Huama Township () ;ethnic township • Xinchengzi Tibetan Ethnic Township () ==Climate==