Village or Village level divisions in China serves as a fundamental organizational unit for its rural population (census, mail system). Basic local divisions like neighborhoods and communities are not informal like in the West, but have defined boundaries and designated heads (one per area). In 2000, China’s densely populated villages (>100 persons/square km) had a population greater than 500 million and covered more than 2 million square kilometers, or more than 20% of China
Village or Village level divisions in China serves as a fundamental organizational unit for its rural population (census, mail system). Basic local divisions like neighborhoods and communities are not informal like in the West, but have defined boundaries and designated heads (one per area). In 2000, China’s densely populated villages (>100 persons/square km) had a population greater than 500 million and covered more than 2 million square kilometers, or more than 20% of China’s total area (Ellis 2004).
Fields
- Administrative Division
- Level
Source
- Glitchdata Research
Links
Where the data comes from now
- National Bureau of Statistics – statistical standards — Official administrative division and urban-rural classification codes down to village level.
- Administrative-divisions-of-China (GitHub) — Widely used open dataset of China's five division levels including villages, from NBS codes.
- Wikipedia – administrative divisions of China — Reference on the division hierarchy and how village-level units are defined.
Formats
CSV, HTML, ODS, PDF, TXT, XLSX
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Where to get it
glitchdata catalogues this dataset but does not host the files here. It is published in the glitchdata shop (free), where the download covers every format listed above.
Last updated on the source site: 2013-11-30.