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<font size=5><center>'''China - People's Republic of China - 中华人民共和国 '''</center></font>
<font size=5><center>'''China - People's Republic of China - 中华人民共和国 '''</center></font><br>
<font size=3><center>'''Including Hong Kong (香港) and Macau (澳門)'''</center></font>


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The county does not use a coat of arms, only the above logo.
The county does not use a coat of arms, only the above logo.


The two autonomous regions use historical arms:
Heraldry is much more used in the two Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and Macau):
 
===Hong Kong===
===Hong Kong===
* [[Hong Kong]]
* [[Hong Kong]]
* [[file:uni-hongkong.jpg|80 px]][[University of Hong Kong]]
* [[file:uni-hongkong.jpg|80 px]][[University of Hong Kong]]
* [[file:uni-chinesehongkong.jpg|80 px]][[Chinese University of Hong Kong]]
* [[file:uni-chinesehongkong.jpg|80 px]][[Chinese University of Hong Kong]]
* [[:Category:Educational heraldry of China|Arms of schools and colleges in Hong Kong]]
* [[Hong Kong (stamps)|Heraldic stamps from Hong Kong]]
* [[Hong Kong (stamps)|Heraldic stamps from Hong Kong]]
* [[:Category:Institutional heraldry of Hong Kong|Institutional heraldry of Hong Kong]]
* [[:Category:Institutional heraldry of Hong Kong|Institutional heraldry of Hong Kong]]
* Ecclesiastical or Religous heraldry of Hong Kong
** [[Diocese of Hong Kong]] (Catholic)
** [[Hong Kong Anglican Church]]
** [[Diocese of Eastern Kowloon]]
** [[Diocese of Hong Kong Island]]
** [[Diocese of Western Kowloon]]
** [[Missionary Area of Macau]]


===Macao===
===Macau===
* [[Macau]]
* [[Macau]]
* [[file:uni-macau.jpg|80 px]][[University of Macau]]
* [[file:uni-macau.jpg|80 px]][[University of Macau]]
* [[Macau (stamps)|Heraldic stamps from Macau]]
* [[Macau (stamps)|Heraldic stamps from Macau]]
* [[Diocese of Macau]]


==Educational heraldry==
==Educational heraldry==
* [[Heraldic postcards China|Heraldic postcards from China, Hong Kong and Macao]]
* [[Heraldic postcards China|Heraldic postcards from China, Hong Kong and Macau]]


[[Category:China]]
[[Category:China]]

Revision as of 13:43, 18 November 2017

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China - People's Republic of China - 中华人民共和国


Including Hong Kong (香港) and Macau (澳門)
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The National Arms of China The National Flag Location

The People's Republic of China (PRC), located in East Asia and commonly known as China, is the most populous state in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens.

Administrative division

China is divided into 22 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, 4 cities with province status and two special administrative regions. Below these are 333 prefecture-level regions, 2,862 county-level regions, 41,636 township-level regions and even more village-level regions.

None of these uses arms, except the special administrative regions.

Heraldry

The county does not use a coat of arms, only the above logo.

Heraldry is much more used in the two Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and Macau):

Hong Kong

Macau

Educational heraldry