Similarly to a higher-level administrative units, the borders of a town would typically include an urban core (a small town with the population on the order of 10,000 people), as well as rural area with some villages (村; cūn, or 庄; zhuāng).
A typical provincial map would merely show a town as a circle centered at its urban area and labeled with its name, while a more detailed one (e.g., a map of a single county-level division) would also show the borders dividing the county or county-level city into towns (镇) and/or township (乡) and subdistrict (街道) units.
The town in which the county level government, and usually the division's main urban area), are located is often not marked on less-detailed maps, because its location is usually labeled with the name of the county level division rather than the name of the actual town into which this urban area falls. For example, the county government of Tongshan County is located in Tongyang Town (通羊镇; Tōngyáng zhèn),[2] but the maps would normally show it with a circle labeled "Tongshan County" (通山县) or simply "Tongshan" (通山). Road signs would also normally show distance to "Tongshan" rather than "Tongyang".
On the other hand, more detailed maps - e.g., maps of individual prefecture-level cities in a provincial atlas - would label the county seat location with both the name of the county (e.g., 通山县; Tōngshān xiàn) and, below, and in a smaller font, with the name of the township (e.g., 通羊镇; Tōngyáng zhèn).[3]
Intercity buses, trains, or riverboats destined to, or stopping at a county seat may designate its destination either by the name of the county or the name of the county-seat township.
In contrast to the PRC, in the official translation adopted in the ROC, both the characters "鄉" (pinyin: xiāng) and "鎮" (zhèn) are translated as "townships", with zhèn specifically being "urban" township, 'with xiāng specifically translated as "rural" township
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In the central urban area of Longgang Town (龙港镇; Lónggǎng Zhèn), a typical town of Yangxin County, Hubei
Maoping Town, the county seat of Zigui County, is often labeled "Zigui" on less-detailed maps
^Google Maps: [1]. To get to Tongshan, Hubei, one can first search Google Maps for "Xianning", and then scroll south and south-east along S208 and S209
^Compare e.g. the provincial map and individual prefectures' maps in the Road Atlas of Hubei (湖北省公路里程地图册; published by SinoMaps Press, 2007, ISBN978-7-5031-4380-9), or in any other comparable atlas.
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towns, china, this, article, includes, list, general, references, lacks, sufficient, corresponding, inline, citations, please, help, improve, this, article, introducing, more, precise, citations, january, 2018, learn, when, remove, this, template, message, whe. This article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations January 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message When referring to political divisions of China town is the standard English translation of the Chinese 镇 traditional 鎮 pinyin zhen Wade Giles chen4 The Constitution of the People s Republic of China classifies towns as third level administrative units along with for example townships Chinese 乡 pinyin xiang 1 A township is typically smaller in population and more remote than a town Town Zhen Chinese nameSimplified Chinese镇Traditional Chinese鎮TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinZhenother MandarinXiao erjingج ـTibetan nameTibetanག ང ར ལ TranscriptionsWyliedrong delTibetan PinyinChongdaiZhuang nameZhuangCinMongolian nameMongolian scriptᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤTranscriptionsSASM GNCbalɣasuUyghur nameUyghurبازارلىق TranscriptionsLatin YeziqiBazarliqManchu nameManchu scriptᠴᠣᠯᡥᠣᠷᠣᠨKazakh nameKazakhقالاشىع ҚalashykSimilarly to a higher level administrative units the borders of a town would typically include an urban core a small town with the population on the order of 10 000 people as well as rural area with some villages 村 cun or 庄 zhuang Contents 1 Map representation 2 Usage of zhen in Taiwan 3 Gallery 4 ReferencesMap representation EditA typical provincial map would merely show a town as a circle centered at its urban area and labeled with its name while a more detailed one e g a map of a single county level division would also show the borders dividing the county or county level city into towns 镇 and or township 乡 and subdistrict 街道 units The town in which the county level government and usually the division s main urban area are located is often not marked on less detailed maps because its location is usually labeled with the name of the county level division rather than the name of the actual town into which this urban area falls For example the county government of Tongshan County is located in Tongyang Town 通羊镇 Tōngyang zhen 2 but the maps would normally show it with a circle labeled Tongshan County 通山县 or simply Tongshan 通山 Road signs would also normally show distance to Tongshan rather than Tongyang On the other hand more detailed maps e g maps of individual prefecture level cities in a provincial atlas would label the county seat location with both the name of the county e g 通山县 Tōngshan xian and below and in a smaller font with the name of the township e g 通羊镇 Tōngyang zhen 3 Intercity buses trains or riverboats destined to or stopping at a county seat may designate its destination either by the name of the county or the name of the county seat township Usage of zhen in Taiwan EditMain article Township Republic of China In contrast to the PRC in the official translation adopted in the ROC both the characters 鄉 pinyin xiang and 鎮 zhen are translated as townships with zhen specifically being urban township with xiang specifically translated as rural townshipGallery Edit In the central urban area of Longgang Town 龙港镇 Longgǎng Zhen a typical town of Yangxin County Hubei Maoping Town the county seat of Zigui County is often labeled Zigui on less detailed mapsReferences Edit Administrative Division english gov cn Retrieved 2018 03 30 Google Maps 1 To get to Tongshan Hubei one can first search Google Maps for Xianning and then scroll south and south east along S208 and S209 Compare e g the provincial map and individual prefectures maps in the Road Atlas of Hubei 湖北省公路里程地图册 published by SinoMaps Press 2007 ISBN 978 7 5031 4380 9 or in any other comparable atlas Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Towns of China amp oldid 1095454838, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
