prefecture-level municipality

plural prefecture-level municipalities

1. Synonym of prefecture-level city.

   Wenzhou is a prefecture-level municipality located in the southeast of Zhejiang province.

   2009, Chun Liao, “Firms’ Governance Structure in the Chinese Private Sector”, in The Governance Structures of Chinese Firms: Innovation, Competitiveness, and Growth in a Dual Economy, Springer, →DOI, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 127

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   Yang-ch’üan, Pinyin YANGQUAN, City, eastern Shansi Province (sheng), China. It is a prefecture-level municipality (shih) entirely surrounded by Chin-chung Prefecture (ti-ch’ü).

   2002, “Yang-ch’üan”, in The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, volume 12, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 817, column 1

   Tibet was formally designated an autonomous region in 1965, as part of the separation of religion and civil administration. It is now divided into the dijishi (prefecture-level municipality) of Lhasa, directly under the jurisdiction of the regional government, and six diqu (prefectures), which are subdivided into shixiaqu (districts), xian (counties), and xianjishi (county-level municipalities).

   2011, Kenneth Pletcher, editor, The Geography of China, Britannica Educational Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 301–302

   Synonyms: prefecture-level city