An autonomous region (simplified Chinese: 自治区; traditional Chinese: 自治區; pinyin: zīzhìqù) is a first-level administrative subdivision of People's Republic of China. Like Chinese provinces, an autonomous region has its own local government, but an autonomous region theoretically has more legislative rights. In practice, they only have the right to appoint the governor (from the local minority)[citation needed]. In all Chinese autonomous regions the Party Secretary, who is the real power base, is Han Chinese[1][original research?]. An Autonomous Region is a minority entity which has a higher population of a particular minority ethnic group. There are five autonomous regions in China: the Tibetan people in Tibet, the Zhuang in Guangxi, the Uyghur in Xinjiang, the Mongols in Inner Mongolia, and the Hui in Ningxia.

Map of autonomous regions divisions in the People's Republic of China
Map # Name Chinese (S)/ Pinyin DM1 Local name (Language) Abbr.2 Capital CLD3
1 Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 新疆维吾尔自治区 Xīnjiāng Wéiwú'ěr Zìzhìqū Uyghur شىنجاڭ ئۇيغۇر ئاپتونوم رايونى Shinjang Uyghur Aptonom Rayoni (Uyghur) 新 Xīn Urumqi List
2 Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 内蒙古自治区 Nèiměnggǔ Zìzhìqū Mongol Öbür Mongghul-un Öbertegen Jasaqu Orun (Mongolian) 蒙 Měng Hohhot List
3 Tibet Autonomous Region 西藏自治区 Xīzàng Zìzhìqū Tibetan བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས Bod.raṅ.skyoṅ.ljoṅs (Tibetan) 藏 Zàng Lhasa List
4 Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 宁夏回族自治区 Níngxià Huízú Zìzhìqū Hui 宁夏回族自治区 (Chinese) 寧 / 宁 Níng Yinchuan List
5 Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 广西壮族自治区 Guǎngxī Zhuàngzú Zìzhìqū Zhuang Gvangjish Bouxcuengh Swcigih (Zhuang) 桂 Guì Nanning List
1 Designated minority. 2 Abbreviation. 3 County-level divisions.

Notes

  1. ^ . Xinjiang's party secretary, Wang Lequan, is Han Chinese: chinavitae.org. Inner Mongolia's party secretary, Chu Bo, is Han Chinese: chinavitae.org. Ningxia's party secretary, Chen Jianguo, is Han Chinese: chinavitae.org. Tibet's party secretary, Zhang Qingli, is Han Chinese: chinavitae.org. Guangxi's party secretary, Guo Shengkun, is Han Chinese: chinavitae.org.

See also

Province-level divisions of the People's Republic of China
Provinces

AnhuiFujianGansuGuangdongGuizhouHainanHebeiHeilongjiangHenanHubeiHunanJiangsuJiangxiJilinLiaoningQinghaiShaanxiShandongShanxiSichuanYunnanZhejiang

Autonomous regions

GuangxiInner MongoliaNingxiaTibetXinjiang

Municipalities

BeijingChongqingShanghaiTianjin

Special Administrative Regions

Hong KongMacau

Territorial disputes

Paracel IslandsPratas IslandsSenkaku IslandsSpratly IslandsSouth TibetTaiwan, Kinmen & Matsu Islands (see Legal status of Taiwan)

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