According to China's administrative planning level, autonomous prefectures belong to prefecture-level administrative regions (equivalent to prefecture-level cities).
In addition, by the end of 20021,there were 13 prefecture-level administrative regions in Hubei province, namely Wuhan, Huangshi, Xiangyang, Jingzhou, Yichang, Shiyan, Xiaogan, Jingmen, Ezhou, Huanggang, Xianning, Suizhou and Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture.