| formally Village-level divisions | |||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 村级行政区 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 村級行政區 | ||||||
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| Alternative Chinese name | |||||||
| Chinese | 村 | ||||||
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| Second alternative Chinese name | |||||||
| Chinese | 嘎查 | ||||||
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| Tibetan name | |||||||
| Tibetan | གྲོང་ཚོ | ||||||
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| Zhuang name | |||||||
| Zhuang | Cunh | ||||||
| Mongolian name | |||||||
| Mongolian Cyrillic | тосгон (typical villages, 村) гацаа (gatsaa) translate as Gaqa(嘎查) | ||||||
| Mongolian script | ᠲᠣᠰᠬᠣᠨ ᠭᠠᠴᠠᠭᠠ | ||||||
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| Uyghur name | |||||||
| Uyghur | كەنت | ||||||
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| Kazakh name | |||||||
| Kazakh | قىستاق қыстақ qıstaq | ||||||
| Kyrgyz name | |||||||
| Kyrgyz | قىشتاق кыштак kıştak | ||||||
| Administrative divisions of China |
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History: before 1912, 1912–49, 1949–present Administrative division codes |
Villages (Chinese: 村; pinyin: Cūn), formally village-level divisions (村级行政区; Cūn Jí Xíngzhèngqū) in China, serve as a fundamental organizational unit for its rural population (census, mail system). Basic local divisions like neighborhoods and communities are not informal, but have defined boundaries and designated heads (one per area). In 2000, China's densely populated villages (>100 persons/square km) had a population greater than 500 million and covered more than 2 million square kilometers, or more than 20% of China's total area.[1] By 2020, all incorporated villages (with proper conditions making it possible) had road access, the last village to be connected being a remote village in Sichuan province's Butuo County.[2]