List of prefectures in China

All provincial-level divisions of China are divided into prefectural-level divisions (second-level): prefectural-level cities, prefectures, autonomous prefectures and leagues. There are 339 official prefecture level divisions in China as of January 2019: 333 under the control of the People's Republic of China, and 6 in the claimed Taiwan Province.

Number of prefectures in each province

Note:

• () not shown in the list below
• [] special divisions

List

Note:

• Municipalities (Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai, & Tianjin) are not included but their internal divisions are similar as those of prefectures.
• Sub-prefecture-level cities are excluded.
• Sub-provincial cities are included, but other types of sub-provincial divisions are not.
• The six prefectures of Taiwan Province are not listed.
• <nowiki>*</nowiki> Indicates capital of province.
• Bold Sub-provincial city or above.

Dissolved prefectures

Anhui

Chahar (1949–1952)

Fujian

Hebei

Heilongjiang

Inner Mongolia

Jiangsu

Jiangxi

Jilin

Liaodong (1949–1954)

Liaoning

Rehe (1949–1955)

Shandong

Shanxi

Songjiang (1949–1954)

Suiyuan (1949–1954)

Zhejiang

See also

• Prefectures of China
• Administrative divisions of China
• Sub-provincial divisions in China
• Prefecture-level city
• Provincial city
• List of top Chinese cities by GDP
• List of top Chinese cities by GDP per capita
• List of prefecture-level divisions of China by GDP
• List of cities in China by population
• List of cities in China
• List of twin towns and sister cities in China
• List of capitals in China
• Sub-provincial divisions in Mainland China
• List of urban agglomerations in China
• Global city

Notes