Administrative Divisions
Guizhou is made up of 9 prefecture-level divisions, 88 county-level divisions, and 1543 township-level divisions.
The nine prefecture-level divisions are:
| Map | # | Name | Administrative Seat | Hanzi Hanyu Pinyin |
Population (2010) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — Prefecture-level city — | |||||
| 6 | Guiyang | Yunyan District | 贵阳市 Guìyáng Shì |
4,324,561 | |
| 1 | Bijie | Qixingguan District | 毕节市 Bìjíe Shì |
6,536,370 | |
| 2 | Zunyi | Honghuagang District | 遵义市 Zūnyì Shì |
6,127,009 | |
| 3 | Tongren | Bijiang District | 铜仁市 Tóngrén Shì |
3,092,365 | |
| 4 | Liupanshui | Zhongshan District | 六盘水市 Liùpánshuǐ Shì |
2,851,180 | |
| 5 | Anshun | Xixiu District | 安顺市 Ānshùn Shì |
2,297,339 | |
| — Autonomous prefecture — | |||||
| 7 | Qianxi'nan (for Buyei & Miao) |
Xingyi | 黔西南布依族苗族自治州 Qiánxī'nán Bùyīzú Miáozú Zìzhìzhōu |
2,805,857 | |
| 8 | Qiannan (for Buyei & Miao) |
Duyun | 黔南布依族苗族自治州 Qiánnán Bùyīzú Miáozú Zìzhìzhōu |
3,231,161 | |
| 9 | Qiandongnan (for Miao & Dong) |
Kaili | 黔东南苗族侗族自治州 Qiándōngnán Miáozú Dòngzú Zìzhìzhōu |
3,480,626 | |
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