Tianjin is one of the four direct-controlled municipalities of the People's Republic of China, and is further divided into 16 districts.
In addition, the Tianjin Economic and Technological Development Area (TEDA) is not a formal level of administration, but nevertheless enjoys rights similar to a regular district.
Administrative divisions All of these administrative divisions are explained in greater detail at Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China. This chart lists only county-level divisions of Tianjin. County LevelNameChineseHanyu PinyinDivision code最新县及县以上行政区划代码（截止2014年10月31日）Area (km²)Population (2010 census)天津市公报2010年第六次全国人口普查主要数据 Density (/km²) Heping District 120101 HPG 9.97 273,466 27,429 Hedong District 120102 HDQ 39.00 860,852 22,073 Hexi District 120103 HXQ 41.24 870,632 21,111 Nankai District 120104 NKQ 40.64 1,018,196 25,054 Hebei District 120105 HBQ 29.14 788,368 27,054 Hongqiao District 120106 HQO 21.30 531,526 24,954 Dongli District 120110 DLI 460.00 569,955 1,239 Xiqing District 120111 XQG 545.00 684,690 1,256 Jinnan District 120112 JNQ 401.00 593,063 1,479 Beichen District 120113 BCQ 478.00 669,031 1,400 Wuqing District 120114 WQQ 1,570.00 949,413 605 Baodi District 120115 BDI 1,523.00 799,057 525 Binhai New Area 120116 BHX 2,270.00 2,482,065 1,093 Ninghe District 120117 NIH 1,414.00 416,143 294 Jinghai District 120118 JHC 1,476.00 646,978 438 Jizhou District 120119 JZI 1,590.00 784,789 494
Recent changes in administrative divisions Date Before After Note Reference 1973-07-07 Hebei Province Tianjin Municipality provincial transferred Tianjin Prefecture provincial-controlled transferred ↳ Ninghe County ↳ Ninghe County transferred ↳ Jinghai County ↳ Jinghai County transferred ↳ Wuqing County ↳ Wuqing County transferred ↳ Baodi County ↳ Baodi County transferred ↳ Ji County ↳ Ji County transferred 1979-11-06 Nanjiao District Dagang District established 1992-02-12 Dongjiao District Dongli District renamed Civil Affairs 16 Nanjiao District Jinnan District renamed Xijiao District Xiqing District renamed Beijiao District Beichen District renamed 2000-06-13 Wuqing County Wuqing District reorganized State Council 67 2001-03-22 Baodi County Baodi District reorganized State Council 29 2009-10-21 Tanggu District Binhai New Area merged & established State Council 125 Hangu District merged & established Dagang District merged & established 2015-07-23 Ninghe County Ninghe District reorganized State Council 119 Jinghai County Jinghai District reorganized 2016-06-08 Ji County Jizhou District reorganized State Council 98
Historical divisions ROC (1911–1949) County / City Present division Tianjin City Heping, Hexi, Hebei,Nankai, Hedong, Hongqiao Tianjin County Jinnan, Dongli, Xiqing, Beichen Wuqing County Wuqing Baodi County Baodi Jinghai County Jinghai, Binhai Ninghe County Ninghe, Binhai Ji County Jizhou
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