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| | Political divisions of China (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17) |
 | | Currently, however, there are five practical (de facto) levels of local government in mainland China: the province, prefecture, county, township, and village. |
 | | Since these two cities were elevated after 1949 by a government the PRC considered no longer legitimate, the PRC does not consider them to be centrally administered municipalities and refers to Taipei, and not Jhongsing Village, as the provincial capital of Taiwan. |
 | | A "village" in this case can either be a natural village (èªç¶æ‘ zìráncÅ«n), one that spontaneously and naturally exists, or an administrative village (è¡æ”¿æ‘ xÃngzhèngcÅ«n), which is a bureaucratic entity. |
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