subdistrict (China)

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{{Infobox Chinese

| order = st

| title = Subdistrict (Jiedao)

| c = 街道

| p = Jiēdào

| poj = ke-tō

| tib = ཁྲོམ་གཞུང་།

| wylie = khrom gzhung

| zwpy = tromzhung

| zha = Gailoh

| mon = Зээл гудамж

| mong = {{MongolUnicode|ᠵᠡᠭᠡᠯᠢ ᠭᠤᠳᠤᠮᠵᠢ}}

| monr = ǰegeli ɣudumǰi

| uig = كوچا باشقارمىسى

| uly = Kocha Bashqarmisi

| lang1 = kk

| lang1_content = ءمالى باسقارماسى
мәлі басқармасы
mälı basqarmasy

| lang2 = ky

| lang2_content = كۅچۅ باشقارماسى
көчө башкармасы
köçö başqarmasy

| j = gaai1 dou6

| mnc = ᠵᡠᡤᡡᠨ ᡤᡳᠶᠠ

| mnc_v = jugūn giya

}}

A subdistrict ({{lang-zh|c={{linktext|街道}} / {{linktext|街}}|p=jiēdào / jiē"【街道】 jiēdào 名 {...} 2 指街道办事处: {...}" {{cite book|title=現代漢語詞典(第七版). Contemporary Chinese Dictionary (Seventh Edition). |date=1 September 2016|publisher=商務印書舘. The Commercial Press.|isbn=978-7-100-12450-8|page=663}}|l=streets{{NoteTag|{{lang-zh|c=街|p=jiē|l=east-west public thoroughfare}}}} and avenues{{NoteTag|{{lang-zh|c=道|p=dào|l=north-south public thoroughfare}}}} / streets}}) is one of the smaller administrative divisions of China.{{cite book|script-title=zh:精选汉英词典(第四版).|trans-title=Concise Chinese-English Dictionary (Fourth Edition). |date=2011|publisher=牛津大学出版社与商务印书舘. Oxford University Press and The Commercial Press.|page=248|language=en,zh|quote=街道 jiēdào (名)1 street 2 what concerns the neighborhood: ~ 办事处 subdistrict office. {...} }} It is a form of township-level division which is typically part of a larger urban area, as opposed to a discrete town (zhèn, 镇) surrounded by rural areas, or a rural township (xiāng, 乡).

In general, urban areas are divided into subdistricts and a subdistrict is sub-divided into several residential communities or neighbourhoods as well as into villagers' groups (居民区/居住区, 小区/社区, 村民小组).

The subdistrict's administrative agency is the subdistrict office ({{lang-zh|s=街道办事处|p=jīedào bànshìchù}})"【街道办事处】 jiēdào bànshìchù 市辖区、不设区的市的人民政府派出机关。在上一级政府领导下，负责本辖区内的社区服务、经济发展、社会治安等工作。" {{cite book|title=現代漢語詞典(第七版). Contemporary Chinese Dictionary (Seventh Edition). |date=1 September 2016|publisher=商務印書舘. The Commercial Press.|isbn=978-7-100-12450-8|page=663}} or simply the jiedao ban (街道办, jiēdào bàn). Because of the influence of the literal meaning of the Chinese word for 'subdistrict' (street [街道, jiedao]), the term is prone to alternative translations like 'street community'.