With a surface of 9 600 000 km² at 70% mountainous, from the arid desert of Gobi to the green hills of the Canton, while passing by the immense plain of the North of China, China is composed today of 34 administrative units on the level of the province.

Resume: Province: 23, Autonomous Region: 5, Metropolitain City: 4, Special Zone: 2

All these entities constitute the first layer of the Chinese Administration, Equivalent Provinces, they are directly responsible for the central government at Pekin (Beijing) except for the Island of Taiwan.

The 2 special zones HongKong and Macao ended with a peaceful decolonization with a legislative supreme at a semi-democratic mode. The 4 metropolitan cities are characterized by their small managed surface and a strong urban and industrial concentration. In the 5 autonomous areas the national minorities are in a majority in their respective area. The remainder (a number of 23) are normal provinces whose population is primarily of Han - 95% of the Chinese population.

France is a country on the continent Europe, her capital is Paris. Here is the hierarchy of the France administrative divisions: France is subdivided into regions, that are at their turn subdivided into departments, that are at their turn subdivided into cantons, that are at their turn subdivided into communes, cities, that are at their turn subdivided into villages, called-places.

In China, The Names of Chinese Metropolitan Cities or strategic localities have names since centuries: LuoYang 洛阳, Ninghai 宁海, HangZhou 杭州, Liuzhou 柳州. It's regrettable that Chang An 长安, The Long Peace, capitat of six chinese dynasties be renamed as Xi'An 西安, peace at the West. This collection regroups 11 4398 names of provinces, counties, cities, towns, districts of large cities, names of streets, those of schools, comitees... Please not hesitate to launch a search...