| Divisions of Administrative Areas (Year-end of 2015) | ||||||||
| (unit) | ||||||||
| Region | Numbers of Counties |
Numbers of Towns |
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| Districts under the Jurisdiction of Cities |
Cities at County Level |
Coumty | Street Communities |
Townships | Towns | |||
| Total | 137 | 51 | 28 | 58 | 1826 | 636 | 75 | 1115 |
| Jinan | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 143 | 95 | 2 | 46 |
| Qingdao | 10 | 6 | 4 | 145 | 102 | 43 | ||
| Zibo | 8 | 5 | 3 | 88 | 30 | 58 | ||
| Zaozhuang | 6 | 5 | 1 | 64 | 18 | 46 | ||
| Dongying | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 14 | 2 | 24 | |
| Yantai | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 154 | 66 | 6 | 82 |
| Weifang | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 118 | 56 | 62 | |
| Jining | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 156 | 47 | 4 | 105 |
| Tai'an | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 88 | 20 | 6 | 62 |
| Weihai | 4 | 2 | 2 | 71 | 23 | 48 | ||
| Rizhao | 4 | 2 | 2 | 55 | 11 | 4 | 40 | |
| Laiwu | 2 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 13 | |||
| Linyi | 12 | 3 | 9 | 156 | 28 | 9 | 119 | |
| Dezhou | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 134 | 27 | 16 | 91 |
| Liaocheng | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 135 | 32 | 9 | 94 |
| Binzhou | 7 | 2 | 5 | 91 | 29 | 4 | 58 | |
| Heze | 9 | 1 | 8 | 168 | 31 | 13 | 124 | |