Town (China)
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| Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China This article is part of the series: Political divisions of China |
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When referring to Political Divisions of China, town is the standard English translation of the Chinese 鎮 (simplified: 镇; pinyin: zhèn; Wade-Giles chen4). It is smaller in population and more remote than a township (乡; pinyin: xiāng).
However, the ROC official translation, both xiāng (鄉) and zhèn (鎮) are translated as "townships", with zhèn specifically being "rural" township.de:Großgemeinde (China) ja:鎮 zh:镇
