District (China)

Regular districts A regular district under a municipality or prefecture-level city. Ethnic districts A type of city districts which are specially created to protect equal rights and interest of the largest ethnic minority in the district. To carry out this function, the law requires that the head of government of the ethnic district be a member of the titular ethnic minority located in the district. Currently there are five such "ethnic districts": three in Henan, one in Heilongjiang, and one in Inner Mongolia. • Chanhe Hui District • Guancheng Hui District • Shunhe Hui District • Meilisi Daur District • Huimin District (the term Huimin refers to the Hui people) Special district One county-level special district, located in Guizhou. • Liuzhi Special District, Liupanshui Forestry district One special sub-prefectural-level forestry district, located in Hubei. • Shennongjia Ten most populous districts Number of districts per city ==County-controlled districts (obsolete)==

A county-controlled district, sometimes translated as county-governed district; county district; or sub-county () is a sub-county in China. A branch of a county government, a district public office () is the administrative office in a district; it is not a local government. A county-controlled district was once an important subdivision of a county all over China from the 1950s to 1990s. It was common for there to be about five to ten districts in a county, then about three to five towns and townships in a district. After the 1990s, county-controlled districts began to be phased out, and their role was taken over by larger towns or townships created by merging smaller ones. At the end of 2014, there was just one county-controlled district left in China: • Nanshan District (Zhuolu County, Zhangjiakou, Hebei) (See Administrative divisions of China for how these two types of districts fit into the general administrative hierarchy of mainland China.) == Ancient sense ==

If the word "district" is encountered in the context of ancient Chinese history, then the word is a translation for xian, another type of administrative division in China. Xian has been translated using several English terms. In the context of ancient history, "district" and "prefecture" are commonly used, while "county" is used for more contemporary contexts. (See Counties of China for more information on the xian of China.) == See also ==