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County Boundaries, China, 1962

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Citation
Title
County Boundaries, China, 1962
Originator
All China Marketing Research Co., Ltd.
Publisher
China Data Center, University of Michigan
Publication Date
2016-01-01
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
mapDigital
Collection Title
Administrative Boundary Maps of China, 1949-2014
Abstract
This polygon dataset represents county boundaries in China from 1962. The attribute table includes the GB codes and names in Chinese and English (Pinyin). All data is copyrighted by China Data Center and/or its suppliers. Derived works that include the source data must be merged with other value-added data in such a way that the derived work cannot be converted back to the original source data format. This data is licensed by UC Berkeley for research, educational, and other non-commercial use by authorized users, which include persons affiliated with UC Berkeley and walk-in users who must access the data in person at the library.The data sources for the layers in the collection "Administrative Boundary Maps of China, 1949-2014" include the following primary sources: “The Historical Changes of Administrative Regions of China, 1949-1983” (three volumes); 《中华人民共和国县级以上行政区沿革》（三册，1949-1983年）“The Atlas of Changes of Administrative Regions of China”;《中华人民共和国行政区划沿革地图集》The yearly publications of “The Administrative Regions”, 1985-2014; 每年的出版行政区划简册（1985-2014年）The web site for administrative regions: www.xzqh.org; 行政区划网www.xzqh.org
Purpose
This dataset is intended for researchers, students, and others for reference and mapping purposes, and may be used for basic applications such as joining with tabular data, viewing, querying, and map output production, or to provide a basemap to support graphical overlays and analysis with other spatial data.
Supplemental Information
The following changes were recorded in the administrative divisions at county level and above: 1、Changes in the county name 县名更名 2、Merged counties 县界合并 3、Split counties 县界分割 4、Changes in the administrative structure of counties 县界省级归属变更 5、Changes from county to county level city 县改县级市 6、Changes from county level city to county 县级市改县 7、 Changes from county to district 县改区 8、Changes in the district names 区改名 9、Changes from district to county 区改县 10、Merged districts 区合并 11、Split districts 区拆分 12、Changes from county level city to prefecture city 县级市改地级市 13、Changes in the municipalities under the central government 直辖市变更 The field of “Year” in the attribute table of each map indicates the year of change. The periods of main changes in administrative divisions are as follows: 1. 1949 – 1954: changes in province-level divisions. In 1949, there was a total of 51 province-level divisions, including 12 municipalities administrated directly by the central government. In 1954, there was a total of 36 province-level divisions, including 3 municipalities administrated directly by the central government. 2. 1988: Hainan was established as a province 3. 1997: Chongqing was established as a province-level municipality administrated directly by the central government. Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region of People’s Republic of China. 4. 1999: Macau became a Special Administrative Region of People’s Republic of China.
Scale Denominator
1000000
Bounding Box
West
68.196555
East
136.429552
North
54.139796
South
5.036617
ISO Topic Category
boundaries
Place Keyword
China
Place Keyword Thesaurus
lcn
Temporal Keyword
1962
Theme Keyword
Administrative and political divisions
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
lcsh
Resource Constraints
Use Limitation
All data is copyrighted by China Data Center and/or its suppliers. Derived works that include the source data must be merged with other value-added data in such a way that the derived work cannot be converted back to the original source data format. This data is licensed by UC Berkeley for research, educational, and other non-commercial use by authorized users, which include persons affiliated with UC Berkeley and walk-in users who must access the data in person at the library.
Legal Constraints
Access Restrictions
restricted
Use Restrictions
restricted
Status
completed
Maintenance and Update Frequency
notPlanned
Collection
Collection Title
Administrative Boundary Maps of China, 1949-2014
URL
Publication Date
2016-01-01
Language
chi
Credit
China Data Center. University of Michigan. (2016). County Boundaries, China, 1962, from "Administrative boundary maps of China, 1949-2014." Copyright by All China Marketing Research Co., Ltd.
Point of Contact
Contact
China Data Center, University of Michigan

Spatial Reference Information

Reference System Identifier
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0
Code Space
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Data Quality Information

Lineage
Statement
Sources used included: “The Historical Changes of Administrative Regions of China, 1949-1983” (three volumes) 《中华人民共和国县级以上行政区沿革》（三册，1949-1983年） “The Atlas of Changes of Administrative Regions of China” 《中华人民共和国行政区划沿革地图集》 The yearly publications of “The Administrative Regions”, 1985-2014 每年的出版行政区划简册（1985-2014年） The web site for administrative regions: www.xzqh.org 行政区划网www.xzqh.org

Distribution Information

Format Name
Shapefile
Online Access
Protocol
Name

Spatial Representation Information

Vector
Topology Level
geometryOnly
Vector Object Type
composite
Vector Object Count
2535

Metadata Reference Information

Hierarchy Level
dataset
Metadata File Identifier
Metadata Date Stamp
2019-06-26
Metadata Standard Name
ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
Metadata Standard Version
2007
Character Set
utf8
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