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Subdistrict (Jiedao)
Chinese name
Chinese街道
Tibetan name
Tibetanཁྲོམ་གཞུང་།
Zhuang name
ZhuangGailoh
Mongolian name
Mongolian CyrillicЗээл гудамж
Mongolian scriptᠵᠡᠭᠡᠯᠢ ᠭᠤᠳᠤᠮᠵᠢ
Uyghur name
Uyghurكوچا باشقارمىسى‎
Kazakh name
Kazakhكوشە ءىس باسقارماسى
Kyrgyz name
Kyrgyzكۅچۅ باشقارماسى

A subdistrict (Chinese: 街道 / 街; pinyin: jiēdào / jiē[1]; lit. 'streets[note 1] and avenues[note 2] / streets') is one of the smaller administrative divisions of China.[2] It is a form of township-level division which is typically part of a larger urban area, as opposed to a discrete town (zhèn, 镇) surrounded by rural areas, or a rural township (xiāng, 乡).

In general, urban areas are divided into subdistricts and a subdistrict is sub-divided into several residential communities or neighbourhoods as well as into villagers' groups (居民区/居住区, 小区/社区, 村民小组).

The subdistrict's administrative agency is the subdistrict office (Chinese: 街道办事处; pinyin: jīedào bànshìchù)[3] or simply the jiedao ban (街道办, jiēdào bàn). Because of the influence of the literal meaning of the Chinese word for 'subdistrict' (street [街道, jiedao]), the term is prone to alternative translations like 'street community'.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Chinese: 街; pinyin: jiē; lit. 'east-west public thoroughfare'
  2. ^ Chinese: 道; pinyin: dào; lit. 'north-south public thoroughfare'

References

  1. ^ "【街道】 jiēdào 名 {...} 2 指街道办事处: {...}" 現代漢語詞典(第七版). Contemporary Chinese Dictionary (Seventh Edition). 商務印書舘. The Commercial Press. 1 September 2016. p. 663. ISBN 978-7-100-12450-8.
  2. ^ 精选汉英词典(第四版). [Concise Chinese-English Dictionary (Fourth Edition).] (in English and Chinese). 牛津大学出版社与商务印书舘. Oxford University Press and The Commercial Press. 2011. p. 248. 街道 jiēdào (名)1 street 2 what concerns the neighborhood: ~ 办事处 subdistrict office. {...}
  3. ^ "【街道办事处】 jiēdào bànshìchù 市辖区、不设区的市的人民政府派出机关。在上一级政府领导下，负责本辖区内的社区服务、经济发展、社会治安等工作。" 現代漢語詞典(第七版). Contemporary Chinese Dictionary (Seventh Edition). 商務印書舘. The Commercial Press. 1 September 2016. p. 663. ISBN 978-7-100-12450-8.
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