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19-512: Ji County or Jixian may refer to the county-level divisions in China: Ji County, Shanxi ( 吉县 ) Jizhou District, Tianjin , formerly Ji County ( 蓟县 ) Jizhou District, Hengshui , Hebei, formerly Ji County ( 冀县 ) Weihui , Henan, formerly Ji County ( 汲县 ) See also [ edit ] Ji (disambiguation) Jixian (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

38-482: A less detailed map, Xianning would be indicated by a point, more or less corresponding to the coordinates of its city government. Other populous areas may also be exhibited as points, such as the county of Tongshan , with no indication that Tongshan is, in fact, enclosed by Xianning. On a more detailed map, Xianning would be drawn as an area, similar to a county of the United States, and Tongshan would be drawn as

57-435: A prefectural level city from its actual urban area (city in the strict sense), the term shìqū (市区; "urban area"), is used. The first prefectural level cities were created on 5 November 1983. Over the following two decades, prefectural level cities have come to replace the vast majority of Chinese prefectures; the process is still ongoing. Most provinces are composed entirely or nearly entirely of prefectural level cities. Of

76-475: A smaller area within Xianning. This convention may lead to difficulty in the identification of places mentioned in older sources. For example, Guo Moruo writes that he was born in the town of Shawan, within the prefecture of Leshan, and attended primary school in the town of Jiading. A modern map is unlikely to show either town: Shawan, because it is too small, and Jiading, because it is the seat of Leshan, and

95-578: Is a county-level city with powers approaching those of prefectural level cities. There are a total of three classifications of prefecture-level cities: In Europe and North America, cities are generally represented as points, while counties are represented as areas. Thus, Bloomington, Indiana , is indicated on the map by a point, which is distinct from, and enclosed by, the area of Monroe County, Indiana . In China, however, large cities such as Xianning may, in reality, contain both urban and rural elements. Moreover, they may enclose counties or other cities. On

114-593: Is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. During the Republican era, many of China's prefectural cities were designated as counties as the country's second level division below a province. From 1949 to 1983, the official term was a province-administrated city (Chinese: 省辖市). Prefectural level cities form

133-516: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ji County, Shanxi Under the Zhou , the area of present-day Ji County was part of the territory of Jin . Its principal town Erqu ( 二屈 ; Èrqū ) was the seat of the appenage given to Duke Xian 's son Ji Yiwu , who later became known as Duke Hui . During the Three Kingdoms period ,

152-2088: Is located at the southern end of the Lüliang Mountains . The Yellow River flows through Ji County, as well as the Qingshui River ( 清水河 ), and the Xinshui River  [ zh ] . The county is home to the Hukou Waterfall . Ji County is divided into three towns and five townships . The county government is seated in the town of Jichang  [ zh ] . The county's three towns are Jichang, Tunli  [ zh ] , and Hukou  [ zh ] . The county's five townships are Checheng Township  [ zh ] , Wencheng Township  [ zh ] , Dongcheng Township  [ zh ] , Baishansi Township  [ zh ] , and Zhongduo Township  [ zh ] . Prefecture-level city Provinces Autonomous regions Sub-provincial autonomous prefectures Autonomous prefectures Leagues (Aimag) (abolishing) Prefectures Provincial-controlled cities Provincial-controlled 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 Ethnic townships Towns Subdistricts Subdistrict bureaux Sum Ethnic sum County-controlled districts County-controlled district bureaux (obsolete) Management committees Town-level city Areas Villages · Gaqa · Ranches Village Committees Communities Capital cities New areas Autonomous administrative divisions National Central Cities History: before 1912 , 1912–49 , 1949–present A prefecture-level city ( Chinese : 地级市(地級市) ; pinyin : Dìjíshì ) or prefectural city

171-434: Is simultaneously a city, which is a municipal entry with subordinate districts, and a prefecture with subordinate county-level cities and counties which is an administrative division of a province. A prefectural level city is often not a "city" in the usual sense of the term (i.e., a large continuous urban settlement), but instead an administrative unit comprising, typically, a main central urban area (the core city, city as in

190-474: Is therefore indicated on the map by a point labelled "Leshan." A more detailed map would show Shawan as a district within Leshan, but Jiading would still be missing. Statistics of China such as population and industrial activity are generally reported along prefectural city lines. Thus, the relatively unknown city of Huangshi has 2.5 million residents, more than most European capitals, but upon closer inspection,

209-512: The Republic of China as their special municipalities . Criteria that a prefecture must meet to become a prefectural level city: Fifteen large prefectural level cities have been granted the status of sub-provincial city , which gives them much greater autonomy. Shijiazhuang , Suzhou , and Zhengzhou are the largest prefectural level cities with populations approaching or exceeding some sub-provincial cities. A sub-prefecture-level city

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228-525: The 22 provinces and five autonomous regions of the PRC, only nine provinces ( Yunnan , Guizhou , Qinghai , Heilongjiang , Sichuan , Gansu , Jilin , Hubei , and Hunan ) and three autonomous regions ( Xinjiang , Tibet , and Inner Mongolia ) have at least one or more second level or prefectural level divisions that are not prefectural level cities. In the case of the disputed Taiwan , it has six prefectural level cities, but these are governed separately by

247-730: The Jiyang Commandery was abolished, and was merged into the newly formed Wencheng Commandery  [ zh ] . During the Republic of China , Ji County was established, and placed under the jurisdiction of Hedong Circuit  [ zh ] . Upon the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the area was placed under the Linfen Prefecture, which was renamed to the Jinnan Prefecture  [ zh ] in 1954. The Jinnan Prefecture

266-857: The area belonged to the Pingyang Commandery  [ zh ] within the Cao Wei . The area belonged to the Northern Wei dynasty , undergoing numerous administrative changes during the 5th century. The area then belonged to the Northern Qi and then the Northern Zhou dynasty . The area belonged to the Sui dynasty upon its establishment in 581 CE, and was incorporated as the Jiyang Commandery ( 吉阳郡 ). In 584 CE,

285-512: The core urban area, and towns also form small urban areas scattered in the rural. The larger prefectural level cities span over 100 kilometres (62 mi). Prefectural level cities nearly always contain multiple counties , county level cities , and other such sub-divisions. This results from the fact that the formerly predominant prefectures, which prefectural level cities have mostly replaced, were themselves large administrative units containing cities, smaller towns, and rural areas. To distinguish

304-474: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ji_County&oldid=948597596 " Category : County name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing Chinese-language text Short description

323-575: The second level of the administrative structure (alongside prefectures , leagues and autonomous prefectures ). Administrative chiefs (mayors) of prefectural level cities generally have the same rank as a division chief (Chinese: 司长 ) of a national ministry. Since the 1980s, most former prefectures have been renamed into prefecture-level cities. A prefectural level city is a "city" (Chinese: 市 ; pinyin: shì ) and "prefecture" (Chinese: 地区 ; pinyin: dìqū ) that have been merged into one consolidated and unified jurisdiction. As such it

342-407: The usual sense, usually with the same name as the prefectural level city) surrounded by rural areas, which together are divided into districts, and some surrounding counties or county-level cities governed by the prefecture-level city on behalf of the province, which all have their own urban areas surrounded by their own rural areas. The urban areas of the surrounding counties are usually smaller than

361-645: Was abolished in 1970, and Ji County fell under the jurisdiction of the newly formed Linfen Prefecture  [ zh ] . In 2000, the Linfen Prefecture was changed to the prefecture-level city of Linfen . The county was afflicted by the 2021 China floods , which flooded the Yellow River , destroying buildings throughout the county. The county spans approximately 1,780 square kilometers in area, bordering Yaodu District and Pu County to its east, Xiangning County to its south, Yichuan County to its west, and Daning County to its north. The county

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