Corrections of zone.tab for CN entries

Clive D.W. Feather clive at demon.net
Tue Dec 18 15:49:48 UTC 2001


Oscar van Vlijmen said:
> Listed below is a complete list of the current administrative regions of
> China.

Readers might want to note that each of these has an official number,
documented in ISO 3166.

> The Chinese Central Government has divided China into different regions,
> which consists of :
> 23 Provinces 
> 5 Autonomous Regions
> 4 Municipalities 
> 1 Special Administrative Region

Agreed.

> The provinces with their capitals are:
34  Anhui - Hefei 
35  Fujian - Fuzhou 
62  Gansu - Lanzhou 
44  Guangdong - Guangzhou
52  Guizhou - Guiyang 
46  Hainan - Haikou 
13  Hebei - Shijiazhuang
23  Heilongjiang - Harbin
41  Henan - Zhengzhou 
42  Hubei - Wuhan 
43  Hunan - Changsha 
32  Jiangsu - Nanjing 
36  Jiangxi - Nanchang 
22  Jilin - Changchun 
21  Liaoning - Shenyang
63  Qinghai - Xining 
61  Shaanxi - Xian 
37  Shandong - Jinan 
14  Shanxi - Taiyuan 
51  Sichuan - Chengdu 
71  Taiwan - Taipei         (!)
53  Yunnan - Kunming 
33  Zhejiang - Hangzhou

> The autonomous regions with their capitals are:
45  Guangxi Zhuang - Nanning
15  Nei Monggol (Inner Mongolia) - Hohhot
64  Ningxia Hui - Yinchuan
54  Xizang (Tibet) - Lhasa
65  Xinjiang Uigur (or ... Uygur; chinese prefer Uigur) - Urumqi

> The 4 municipalities are:
11  Beijing
50  Chongqing
31  Shanghai
12  Tianjin

> The special administrative region is:
91  Hong Kong

[I can't see the logic behind the numbering. Is it geographical ?]

11  Beijing Municipality
12  Tianjin Municipality
13  Hebei
14  Shanxi
15  Nei Monggol (Inner Mongolia)
21  Liaoning
22  Jilin
23  Heilongjiang
31  Shanghai Municipality
32  Jiangsu
33  Zhejiang
34  Anhui
35  Fujian
36  Jiangxi
37  Shandong
41  Henan
42  Hubei
43  Hunan
44  Guangdong
45  Guangxi Zhuang
46  Hainan
50  Chongqing Municipality
51  Sichuan
52  Guizhou
53  Yunnan
54  Xizang (Tibet)
61  Shaanxi
62  Gansu
63  Qinghai
64  Ningxia Hui
65  Xinjiang Uigur
71  Taiwan
91  Hong Kong SAR

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