What's the difference between a district and a county?

The difference between districts and counties lies in different subordinate levels and different powers: districts generally refer to administrative divisions under municipalities directly under the central government, prefecture-level cities and special administrative regions, belonging to county-level administrative regions; County is one of the general administrative divisions in China, which is directly under the jurisdiction of prefecture-level cities or administrative offices.

Districts and counties are the current administrative division system units in China, which are generally under the jurisdiction of municipalities directly under the central government and prefecture-level cities. The population of the district is relatively more than that of the county, and the proportion of non-agricultural population is relatively high. Compared with this county, the economy of this area is relatively developed.

The level of districts and counties is similar, but there are certain restrictions on the establishment of districts. Although municipalities directly under the central government and prefecture-level cities are allowed to set up municipal districts, the total population of urban areas is required to be above 3 million, and the population of municipal districts is not less than 250,000, of which the non-agricultural population is not less than 65,438+million, and the non-agricultural population is not less than 70% of the employed population in central cities. If it does not meet the requirements, it is impossible to establish a municipal district unit.