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694:Latin Yëziqi
467:Tibetan name
450:Hanyu Pinyin
383:Hanyu Pinyin
333:Chinese name
300:Subdivisions
239:Third level
202:
153:edit summary
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117:(March 2023)
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1457:Sui dynasty
1453:Han dynasty
1441:Qin dynasty
1353:third level
1273:before 1912
1213:Communities
1177:Prison area
1169: [
1118:(obsolete)
929:Prefectures
795:Kyrgyz name
766:Kazakh name
757:Möllendorff
739:Manchu name
708:Yengi Yeziⱪ
666:Uyghur name
544:Korean name
527:Zhuang name
265:Prefectures
61:introducing
1709:Categories
1612:References
1533:Government
1481:magistrate
1461:commandery
1426:See also:
1412:prefecture
1162:Farms area
1107:Ethnic sum
1041:(obsolete)
283:Government
112:in Chinese
44:references
1617:Citations
1543:secretary
1512:zìzhìxiàn
1402:The term
1357:provinces
1271:History:
1245:New areas
1076:Townships
999:Districts
854:Provinces
289:Various,
269:Provinces
171:talk page
1688:(1962),
1569:See also
1553:de facto
1465:counties
1408:district
1323:Counties
982:Counties
835:of China
722:SASM/GNC
649:SASM/GNC
311:Township
251:Location
236:Category
147:provide
1678:Sources
1551:), the
1537:As the
1422:History
1385:banners
1277:1912–49
1234:Regions
1133:(pilot)
714:Nah̡iyə
679:
473:Tibetan
169:to the
151:in the
114:.
57:improve
1663:
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1548:中共县委书记
1410:" or "
1369:Hainan
1345::
1343:pinyin
1337::
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1228:Others
1183:, etc.
800:Kyrgyz
771:Kazakh
728:Naĥiyə
700:Nahiye
677:ناھىيە
672:Uyghur
550:Hangul
533:Zhuang
502:rdzong
478:རྫོང་།
324:County
275:Number
194:County
46:, but
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1157:Areas
1087:Towns
817:oodan
811:оодан
805:وودان
788:audan
782:аудан
776:اۋدان
761:hiyan
750:ᡥᡳᠶᠠᠨ
655:siyan
631:ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ
579:hyeon
496:Wylie
359:縣級行政區
345:县级行政区
243:of a
131:DeepL
1661:ISBN
1636:ISBN
1600:xian
1433:Xian
1404:xian
1391:and
1367:and
1359:and
1348:Xiàn
616:Шянь
593:hyŏn
516:Zong
456:Xiàn
307:Town
204:Xiàn
145:must
143:You
1507:自治县
1175:),
1101:Sum
538:Yen
133:or
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1562:县长
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