Not to be confused with Special administrative regions of China.
For the five autonomous regions, see Guangxi, Inner Mongolia (Nei Menggu), Ningxia, Tibet (Xizang), and Xinjiang.
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Autonomous regions 自治区 Zìzhìqū
Category
Unitary state
Location
China
Number
5 (Guangxi, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Tibet, and Xinjiang)
Populations
110,879,058[a]
Areas
4,380,000 km2 (1,690,000 sq mi)[b]
Government
Regional People's Government, Central People's Government
Subdivisions
Prefecture-level city, prefecture, league, sub-provincial autonomous prefecture, autonomous prefecture
Administrative divisions of China
Province-level (1st)
Municipalities
Provinces
Autonomous regions
Special administrative regions
Sub-provincial level
Sub-provincial cities
Sub-provincial autonomous prefectures
Sub-provincial city districts
Prefecture-level (2nd)
Prefectural cities
Autonomous prefectures
Leagues (Aimag)
(abolishing)
Prefectures
(abolishing)
Sub-prefectural-level
Sub-prefectural cities
Provincial-controlled cities
Provincial-controlled counties
Provincial-controlled districts
County level (3rd)
Counties
Autonomous counties
County-level cities
Districts Ethnic districts
Banners (Hoxu) Autonomous banners
Shennongjia Forestry District
Liuzhi Special District
Wolong Special Administrative Region
Workers and peasants districts
(obsolete)
Analogous county level units
Management areas Management committee
Township level (4th)
Townships
Ethnic townships
Towns
Subdistricts
Subdistrict bureaux
Sum
Ethnic sum
County-controlled districts
County-controlled district bureaux
(obsolete)
Management committees
Town-level city
(pilot)
Analogous township level units
Management areas Management committee
Areas
Farms area (Overseas Chinese Farm Region [zh]), Prison area, University towns, etc.
Village level (5th)
(Grassroots Autonomous Organizations)
Villages · Gaqa · Ranches
Village Committees
Communities
Residential Committees
Others
Regions
Capital cities
New areas
Autonomous administrative divisions
National Central Cities
Special Economic Zones
History: before 1912, 1912–49, 1949–present
Administrative division codes
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The autonomous regions (Chinese: 自治区; pinyin: Zìzhìqū) are one of four types of province-level divisions of China. Like Chinese provinces, an autonomous region has its own local government, but under the law of the People's Republic of China, an autonomous region has more legislative rights, such as the right to "formulate self-government regulations and other separate regulations."[1] An autonomous region is the highest level of minority autonomous entity in China, which has a comparably higher population of a particular minority ethnic group.
There are five autonomous regions in China: Guangxi, Inner Mongolia (Nei Menggu), Ningxia, Tibet (Xizang), and Xinjiang (Chinese Turkestan).
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