dì qū 
		local
regional
district (not necessarily formal administrative unit)
region
area
as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture level city or county level city)
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			pín kùn dì qū 
		poor region
impoverished area
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dì qū jīng jì 
		local economy
regional economy
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			kuà dì qū 
		inter-regional
spanning two or more PRC provinces
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Bì jié dì qū 
		Bijie prefecture in Guizhou
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Kā shí dì qū 
		Qeshqer wilayiti, Kashgar or Kāshí prefecture in west Xinjiang near Kyrgyzstan
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Tóng rén dì qū 
		Tongren prefecture in Guizhou
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Ā lè tài dì qū 
		Altay prefecture in Xinjiang
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Hé tián dì qū 
		Hoten Wilayiti
Khotan prefecture in Xinjiang
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Ā kè sū dì qū 
		Aqsu Wilayiti or Aksu prefecture in Xinjiang
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Hā mì dì qū 
		Kumul prefecture in Xinjiang
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Tǔ lǔ fān dì qū 
		Turpan prefecture in Xinjiang
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Tǎ chéng dì qū 
		Tarbaghatay wilayiti or Tacheng prefecture in Xinjiang
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Lín zhī dì qū 
		Nyingchi prefecture of Tibet, Tibetan: Nying khri sa khul, Chinese Linzhi
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Níng bō dì qū 
		Ningbo prefecture, Zhejiang
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Dà xīng ān lǐng dì qū 
		Daxing'anling prefecture in northwest Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1] in northeast China
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Yān tái dì qū 
		Yantai prefecture in Shandong
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Guān zhōng dì qū 
		Guanzhong plain in Shaanxi, valley of the Wei River 渭河
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Shān nán dì qū 
		Lhokha prefecture of Tibet, Tibetan: Lho kha sa khul
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Nà qǔ dì qū 
		Nagchu prefecture in central Tibet, Tibetan: Nag chu sa khul
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Rì kā zé dì qū 
		Shigatse or Xigaze prefecture in central Tibet, Tibetan: Gzhis ka rtse sa khul, Chinese Rikaze
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Chāng dū dì qū 
		Kham or Chamdo prefecture in Tibet, Tibetan: Chab mdo sa khul, Chinese Qamdo or Changdu
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Wéi fāng dì qū 
		Weifang prefecture in Shandong
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Ā lǐ dì qū 
		Ngari prefecture in Tibet, Tibetan: Mnga' ris sa khul
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Hǎi dōng dì qū 
		Haidong prefecture, Qinghai
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Liáo chéng dì qū 
		Liaocheng prefecture in Shandong
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Jì níng dì qū 
		Ji'ning prefecture in Shandong
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Dìng xī dì qū 
		Dingxi prefecture in Gansu
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Dé zhōu dì qū 
		Dezhou prefecture in Shandong
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Fó shān dì qū 
		Foshan prefecture in Guangdong
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Táng shān dì qū 
		Tangshan county (old name)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Nán tōng dì qū 
		Nantong prefecture in Jiangsu
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Shí jiā zhuāng dì qū 
		Shijiazhuang prefecture in Hebei
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Jǐ nán dì qū 
		Ji'nan prefecture in Shandong
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Nán níng dì qū 
		Nanning prefecture in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region in south China 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Xú zhōu dì qū 
		Xuzhou prefecture in Jiangsu
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Cháng dé dì qū 
		Changde prefecture in Hunan
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Lín yí dì qū 
		Linyi prefecture in Shandong