Recent Changes in Administrative Divisions
- 1996
- Lishi County becomes Lishi (county-level city).
- Suburban District of Jincheng (prefecture-level city) becomes Zezhou County.
- Fenyang County becomes Fenyang (county-level city).
- 1997 - Reorganization of the districts of Taiyuan (prefecture-level city): Nancheng, Beicheng, Hexi, Nanjiao and Beijia Districts are disbanded and replaced with Xiaodian, Yingze, Xinghualing, Jiancaoping, Wanbailin and Jinyuan Districts.
- 1999 - Jinzhong Prefecture becomes Jinzhong (prefecture-level city); its capital, Yuci (county-level city), becomes Yuci District.
- 2000
- Xinzhou Prefecture becomes Xinzhou (prefecture-level city); its capital, Xinzhou (county-level city), becomes Xinfu District.
- Yuncheng Prefecture becomes Yuncheng (prefecture-level city); its capital, Yuncheng (county-level city), becomes Yanhu District.
- Linfen Prefecture becomes Linfen (prefecture-level city); its capital, Linfen (county-level city), becomes Yaodu District.
- 2003 - The last prefecture of the Shanxi Province, Lüliang Prefecture, becomes Lüliang (prefecture-level city); its capital, Lishi (county-level city), becomes Lishi District.
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County-level divisions of Shanxi Province
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Taiyuan
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Lists of prefectural-level divisions and lists of county-level divisions of the People's Republic of China
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| Provinces |
- Anhui
- Fujian
- Gansu
- Guangdong
- Guizhou
- Hainan
- Hebei
- Heilongjiang
- Henan
- Hubei
- Hunan
- Jiangsu
- Jiangxi
- Jilin
- Liaoning
- Qinghai
- Shaanxi
- Shandong
- Shanxi
- Sichuan
- Yunnan
- Zhejiang
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| Autonomous regions |
- Guangxi
- Inner Mongolia (Nei Mongol)
- Ningxia
- Tibet (Xizang)
- Xinjiang
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| Municipalities |
- Beijing
- Chongqing
- Shanghai
- Tianjin
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- See also: Districts of Hong Kong
- Municipalities of Macau
- Administrative divisions of the Republic of China
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