自治区 zìzhìqū autonomous region - a provincial-level administrative division of China with self-governance for ethnic minorities
autonomous region - a provincial-level administrative division of China with self-governance for ethnic minorities (five in total: Guangxi, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Xinjiang and Tibet)
How to remember 自治区: 自 self + 治 to administer + 区 area = autonomous region - a provincial-level administrative division of China with self-governance for ethnic minorities.
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- Autonomous region - a province-level division with minority self-governance - 内蒙古自治区 (Nèiménggǔ Zìzhìqū) the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
- A specific administrative rank; China has five (Guangxi, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Xinjiang, Tibet).
- Register: geography, government.