Cities and towns in China

[Jamuna]

I was searching for the list for big and small cities and big and small towns in china. However i'm not able to come to a conclusion on how chinese cities, towns and villages were called and termed.. Can anyone help me on this. I am looking for a list of big/small cities and towns in china.

 

Thanks in advance,

Jamuna

[abcdefg]

Is this what you are after?

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_China

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_China_by_population

 

These were the top two returns on a Google search. Many more entries on that page.

[skylee]

Also see if this is useful -> Administrative divisions of China

 

According to the wiki article, there are cities at different levels - municipalities, prefertural-level cities, sub-provincial level cities, county-level cities.

[Jamuna]

what i dont understand is how to identify towns and cities and villages in china.. because the system looks unfamiliar to me. pls help me on this.

[roddy]

I can't understand what you're asking for. Try explaining what you need to do, and why.

[Silent]

 

what i dont understand is how to identify towns and cities and villages in china.. because the system looks unfamiliar to me. pls help me on this.

What exactly is it you don't understand? I don't think there is much to understand as it's basicly just a political choice how the country is divided in political entities, unless of course you're an history buff and want to understand the motivations behind the choices made.  I think the link Skylee provided gives a very good overview of the administrative divisions in China. The article also contains plenty of links to get more info on the different (sub)divisions. And if this all is not enough, it provides plenty of leads to do further google searches. I think all the questions you asked should be answered with this. If not, you really should be more specific in what you want/need.