CTAmap Province/City/County Administrative Division Data, Early 2025

Update Overview

During 2025, two new counties were established in total.

Specific Update Content

County-Level Administrative-Division Changes

Original administrative unit	Affiliated province/city	Affiliated prefecture-level city	Type of change	New administrative unit	Date of change
	Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region	Hotan Prefecture	Establish Hekang County	Hekang County	Announced by the People's Government of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on December 27, 2024
	Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region	Hotan Prefecture	Establish He'an County	He'an County	Announced by the People's Government of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on December 27, 2024

(1) Hekang County has 2 towns under its jurisdiction: Kunling Town (formerly Sailtula Town) and Jiliang Town.

(2) He'an County has 2 towns under its jurisdiction: Hongliu Town (formerly part of Langru Township) and Tianshuihai Town (formerly part of Kashitashi Township).

Original administrative-division name and code	Changed administrative-division name and new code
	Hekang County 653228; He'an County 653229

Intra-Provincial Adjustments

Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

Transfer-out administrative unit	Affiliated province/city	Date of change	Type of change	Transfer-in administrative unit
Hejing County; Yanqi Hui Autonomous County; Bohu County; Yuli County; Qiemo County	Bayingol Mongol Autonomous Prefecture	Announced by the Xinjiang Civil Affairs Department and the Corps Civil Affairs Bureau on May 31	Parts of the administrative areas of Hejing County, Yanqi Hui Autonomous County, Bohu County, Yuli County, and Qiemo County of Bayingol Mongol Autonomous Prefecture are transferred to the jurisdiction of Tiemenguan City	Tiemenguan City
Artux City; Wuqia County	Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture	Announced by the Xinjiang Civil Affairs Department and the Corps Civil Affairs Bureau on May 31	Parts of the administrative areas of Artux City and Wuqia County of Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture are transferred to the jurisdiction of Tumxuk City	Tumxuk City
Shufu County; Shule County	Kashgar (Kashi) Prefecture	Announced by the Kashgar Prefecture Civil Affairs Bureau on July 24	Parts of the areas of Shufu County and Shule County are transferred to the jurisdiction of Kashgar (Kashi) City	Kashgar (Kashi) City

Original administrative-division name and code	Changed administrative-division name and new code
	Hejing County 652827; Yanqi Hui Autonomous County 652826; Bohu County 652829; Yuli County 652823; Qiemo County 652825
	Artux City 653001; Wuqia County 653024
	Shufu County 653121; Shule County 653122

(1) Parts of the administrative areas of Hejing County, Yanqi Hui Autonomous County, Bohu County, Yuli County, and Qiemo County of Bayingol Mongol Autonomous Prefecture are transferred to the jurisdiction of Tiemenguan City

(2) Parts of the administrative areas of Artux City and Wuqia County of Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture are transferred to the jurisdiction of Tumxuk City.

(3) Parts of the areas of Shufu County and Shule County are transferred to the jurisdiction of Kashgar (Kashi) City.

Yunnan Province

Transfer-out administrative unit	Affiliated province/city	Date of change	Type of change	Transfer-in administrative unit
Weixi Lisu Autonomous County	Dêqên Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture	Announced by the Yunnan Provincial Civil Affairs Department on September 27	Yezhi Town and Badi Township of Weixi Lisu Autonomous County are transferred to the jurisdiction of Dêqên County	Dêqên County

Original administrative-division name and code	Changed administrative-division name and new code
	Weixi Lisu Autonomous County 533423

Data Statistics

Province-level total	Administrative-division units	Prefecture-level total	Administrative-division units	County-level total	Administrative-division units
34	4 Municipalities 23 Provinces 5 Autonomous Regions 2 Special Administrative Regions	333	293 Prefecture-level Cities✅ 7 Prefectures✅ 30 Autonomous Prefectures✅ 3 Leagues✅	2846	977 Districts✅ 397 County-level Cities✅ 1301 Counties✅ 117 Autonomous Counties✅ 49 Banners✅ 3 Autonomous Banners✅ 1 Special District✅ 1 Forestry Area✅

References

https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/List of County-Level-and-Above Administrative-Division Changes in the People's Republic of China in 2024