Ethnic townships, towns, and sums

Ethnic township
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese民族乡
Traditional Chinese民族鄉
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinmínzú xiāng
Bopomofoㄇㄧㄣˊ   ㄗㄨˊ   ㄒㄧㄤ
Gwoyeu Romatzyhmintzwu shiang
Wade–Gilesmin2-tsu2 hsiang1
Yale Romanizationmíndzú syāng
IPA[mǐn.tsǔ.ɕjáŋ]
Ethnic town
Simplified Chinese民族镇
Traditional Chinese民族鎮
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinmínzú zhèn
Bopomofoㄇㄧㄣˊ   ㄗㄨˊ   ㄓㄣˋ
Gwoyeu Romatzyhmintzwu jenn
Wade–Gilesmin2-tsu2 chên4
Yale Romanizationmíndzú jèn
IPA[mǐn.tsǔ.ʈʂə̂n]
Ethnic sum
Simplified Chinese民族苏木
Traditional Chinese民族蘇木
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinmínzú sūmù
Bopomofoㄇㄧㄣˊ   ㄗㄨˊ
ㄙㄨ   ㄇㄨˋ
Gwoyeu Romatzyhmintzwu sumuh
Wade–Gilesmin2-tsu2 su1-mu4
Yale Romanizationmíndzú sūmù
IPA[mǐn.tsǔ sú.mû]
Zhuang name
Zhuangminzcuz yangh
minzcuz cinq
Mongolian name
Mongolian Cyrillicүндэстэний шиян
Mongolian scriptᠦᠨᠳᠦᠰᠦᠲᠡᠨ ᠦ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠩ
Transcriptions
SASM/GNCündüsüten-ü siyaŋ
Uyghur name
Uyghurمىللىي يېزا
Transcriptions
Latin Yëziqimilliy yëza
Kazakh name
Kazakhۇلتتىق اۋىل
Ұлттық ауыл
Ūlttyq auyl
Kyrgyz name
Kyrgyzۇلۇتتۇق ايىل
Улуттук айыл
Uluttuq ajyl

Ethnic townships (officially translated as nationality townships[1]), ethnic towns, and ethnic sums are fourth-level administrative units designated for ethnic minorities of political divisions in the People's Republic of China. They are not considered to be autonomous and do not enjoy the laws pertaining to the larger ethnic autonomous areas such as autonomous regions, autonomous prefectures, autonomous counties, and autonomous banners.

The only ethnic sum is the Evenk Ethnic Sum in Old Barag Banner, Inner Mongolia.


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