Villages (Chinese: ; 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]

formally
Village-level divisions
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese村级行政区
Traditional Chinese村級行政區
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinCūn Jí Xíngzhèngqū
Alternative Chinese name
Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinCūn
Second alternative Chinese name
Chinese嘎查
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGāchá
Tibetan name
Tibetanགྲོང་ཚོ
Transcriptions
Wyliegrong tsho
Tibetan PinyinChongco
Zhuang name
ZhuangCunh
Mongolian name
Mongolian Cyrillicтосгон (typical villages, 村)
гацаа (gatsaa) translate as Gaqa(嘎查)
Mongolian scriptᠲᠣᠰᠬᠣᠨ
ᠭᠠᠴᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ
Transcriptions
SASM/GNCtogson
gaqaa
Uyghur name
Uyghurكەنت
Transcriptions
Latin Yëziqikent
Kazakh name
Kazakhقىستاق
қыстақ
qıstaq
Kyrgyz name
Kyrgyzقىشتاق
кыштак
kıştak

Types of villages

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Urban

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Note
Urban village (Chinese: 城中村; pinyin: chéngzhōngcūn) one that spontaneously and naturally exists within urban area, which is not an administrative division.

Rural

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A typical rural village in Hainan, China
 
The building housing the local village committee and other government offices and organizations in Baiwan Village, Xiqiuwan Township, Badong County, Hubei
Note
Natural village (Chinese: 自然村; pinyin: zìráncūn) one that spontaneously and naturally exists within rural area, which is not an administrative division.

Lists of village-level divisions

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Villages ()

List of villages in China

Provinces
Autonomous areas
Municipalities

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Ellis 2004.
  2. ^ "Paved road links China's "last village" with outside world - Xinhua | English.news.cn". Archived from the original on July 5, 2020.
Bibliography
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