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Villages in China Wikipedia

The village (Chinese language|Chinese:, pinyin: cun) in China serves as organizational (census, mail system) and not so much importance in political representative power. Basic local divisions like neighborhoods and communities are not informal like in the West, but have defined boundaries and designated heads (one per area):

In general, urban areas are organized into neighborhood committees (居民委员会 jūm??nwěiyu??nhu?? or simply 居委会 jūwěihu??), while rural areas are organized into village committees (村民委员会 cūnm??nwěiyu??nhu?? or simply 村委会 cūnwěihu??) or villager groups (村民小组 cūnm??nxiǎozǔ). A "village" in this case can either be a natural village (自然村 z??r??ncūn), or one that spontaneously and naturally exists, or an administrative village (行政村 x??ngzh??ngcūn), which is a bureaucratic entity.

Instead of neighborhood committees and sub-districts, a city could have:

• neighborhood (居民区 jūm??nqū)

• community (社区 sh??qū)

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Last Modified:   2005-11-04