Corrections of zone.tab for CN entries
Anthony Fok
anthony at thizlinux.com
Thu Dec 20 08:00:59 UTC 2001
On Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 03:49:48PM +0000, Clive D.W. Feather wrote:
> Oscar van Vlijmen said:
> > The Chinese Central Government has divided China into different regions,
> > which consists of :
> > 23 Provinces
> > 5 Autonomous Regions
> > 4 Municipalities
> > 1 Special Administrative Region
As of Year 1999, there are _two_ Special Adminstrative Regions:
Hong Kong SAR, China
Macau SAR, China
> > 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
Not sure about this one. When I searched for Xinjiang, I usually see the
spelling "Uygur" being used on official Chinese government websites. Of
course, your mileage may vary. :-)
> > The special administrative region is:
> 91 Hong Kong
Not sure what the number is for Macau. :-)
Cheers,
Anthony
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