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]

Types of villages

Urban

• Residential community (simplified Chinese: 社区; traditional Chinese: 社區; pinyin: shèqū)
  • Residents' committee (simplified Chinese: 居民委员会; traditional Chinese: 居民委員會; pinyin: jūmín wěiyuánhuì)
    • Residential groups (simplified Chinese: 居民小组; traditional Chinese: 居民小組; pinyin: jūmín xiǎozǔ

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

• Administrative village or Village (Chinese: 行政村 or 村; pinyin: xíngzhèngcūn or cūn)
• Hamlet or Band (Chinese: 屯; pinyin: tún)
• Gacha (Chinese: 嘎查; pinyin: gāchá) only for Inner Mongolia.
• Ranch (Chinese: 牧委会; pinyin: mùwěihuì) only for Qinghai.
• Ethnic village (Chinese: 民族村; pinyin: mínzúcūn) only for village populated by Ethnic minority.
  • Village committees (simplified Chinese: 村民委员会; traditional Chinese: 村民委員會; pinyin: cūnmín wěiyuánhuì)
    • Villager groups (simplified Chinese: 村民小组; traditional Chinese: 村民小組; pinyin: cūnmín xiǎozǔ)

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

Villages (村)

List of villages in China

Provinces

• List of village-level divisions of Anhui
• List of village-level divisions of Fujian
• List of village-level divisions of Gansu
• List of village-level divisions of Guangdong
• List of village-level divisions of Guizhou
• List of village-level divisions of Hainan
• List of village-level divisions of Hebei
• List of village-level divisions of Heilongjiang
• List of village-level divisions of Henan
• List of village-level divisions of Hubei
• List of village-level divisions of Hunan
• List of village-level divisions of Jiangsu
• List of village-level divisions of Jiangxi
• List of village-level divisions of Jilin
• List of village-level divisions of Liaoning
• List of village-level divisions of Qinghai
• List of village-level divisions of Shaanxi
• List of village-level divisions of Shandong
• List of village-level divisions of Shanxi
• List of village-level divisions of Sichuan
• List of village-level divisions of Yunnan
• List of village-level divisions of Zhejiang

Autonomous areas

• List of village-level divisions of Guangxi
• List of village-level divisions of Inner Mongolia
• List of village-level divisions of Ningxia
• List of village-level divisions of the Tibet Autonomous Region
• List of village-level divisions of Xinjiang

Municipalities

• List of village-level divisions of Beijing
• List of village-level divisions of Chongqing
• List of village-level divisions of Shanghai
• List of village-level divisions of Tianjin