Administrative divisions of Taiwan

Lai Ching-te (DPP) Hsiao Bi-khim (DPP) Cho Jung-tai (DPP) 11th Legislative Yuan Han Kuo-yu (KMT) Shieh Ming-yan acting Vacant Vacant Vacant Control Yuan Chen Chu Lee Hung-chun Local government Central Election Commission Kuomintang Democratic Progressive Party Taiwan People's Party Others New Power Party Taiwan Statebuilding Party People First Party Taiwan Solidarity Union New Party Non-Partisan Solidarity Union Newspapers United Daily News Liberty Times China Times Taipei Times Propaganda Censorship Film censorship Lin Chia-lung Cross-Strait relations Special state-to-state relations One Country on Each Side 1992 Consensus Taiwan consensus Chinese Taipei Australia–Taiwan relations Canada–Taiwan relations France–Taiwan relations Russia–Taiwan relations Taiwan–United Kingdom relations Taiwan–United States relations Republic of China (1912–1949) Chinese Civil War One-China policy China and the United Nations Chinese unification Taiwan independence movement Taiwanese nationalism Tangwai movement Taiwan (Republic of China) is divided into multi-layered statutory subdivisions.This brought the top-level divisions to their current state:[6] According to Article 4 of the Local Government Act, laws pertaining to special municipalities also apply to counties with a population exceeding 2 million.After the World War II in 1945, the Republic of China (1912–1949) received Taiwan (Formosa) and Penghu (the Pescadores) from the Empire of Japan.However, it continued to formally claim all 35 provinces (including those that no longer form part of the area of the People's Republic of China) in official maps by the ROC government and ignored the changes imposed by the PRC.[citation needed] There has been some criticism of the current administrative scheme as being inefficient and not conducive to regional planning.Taoyuan County was also upgraded to a quasi-municipality on 1 January 2011, as its population was above 2 million on the date of elevation.[12] Under President Ma Ying-jeou's administration, the central government has reorganized more counties and cities.Counties with population more than 2 million may grant some extra privileges in local autonomy that was designed for special municipalities.The townships, county-administered cities in counties, and mountain indigenous district in special municipalities are also local self-governance bodies.The romanization used for Taiwanese placenames above the county level is a modified form of Wade–Giles, ignoring the apostrophes and hyphens of the original, thus yielding "Taipei" instead of "T'ai-pei" and "Yilan" instead of "I-lan", for example.In 2011, the ROC Ministry of the Interior restored historical romanizations for two towns, Lukang and Tamsui.
Administrative divisions of ChinaAdministrative divisions of the Republic of China (1912–1949)Centrally governedSpecial municipalitiesCountiesCitiesTownship-levelDistrictsMountain indigenous districtsCounty-administered citiesUrban townshipsRural townshipsMountain indigenous townshipsUrban villagesRural villagesTaiwan (1895–1945)Republic of China (1912–49)Politics of TaiwanGovernmentConstitution of the Republic of ChinaAdditional Articles of the ConstitutionTaxationPresident of the Republic of ChinaLai Ching-teVice President of the Republic of ChinaHsiao Bi-khimOffice of the PresidentNational Security CouncilExecutiveExecutive YuanPremierCho Jung-taiVice PremierCheng Li-chunLegislatureLegislative Yuan11th Legislative YuanPresident of the Legislative YuanHan Kuo-yuVice President of the Legislative YuanJohnny ChiangJudiciaryJudicial YuanPresident of the Judicial Yuan and Chief JusticeShieh Ming-yanSupreme CourtHigh CourtsDistrict CourtsExamination YuanPresident of the Examination YuanVice President of the Examination YuanControl YuanPresident of the Control YuanChen ChuVice President of the Control YuanMayors and MagistratesElectionsCentral Election CommissionPresidential electionsLegislative electionsLocal electionsReferendumsPolitical partiesKuomintangDemocratic Progressive PartyTaiwan People's PartyNew Power PartyTaiwan Statebuilding PartyPeople First PartyTaiwan Solidarity UnionNew PartyNon-Partisan Solidarity UnionGreen Party TaiwanMass mediaTelevisionNewspapersUnited Daily NewsLiberty TimesChina TimesTaipei TimesPropagandaCensorshipWhite TerrorForeign relationsMinistry of Foreign AffairsForeign MinisterLin Chia-lungCross-Strait relationsSpecial state-to-state relationsOne Country on Each Side1992 ConsensusTaiwan consensusChinese TaipeiAustralia–Taiwan relationsCanada–Taiwan relationsFrance–Taiwan relationsRussia–Taiwan relationsTaiwan–United Kingdom relationsTaiwan–United States relationsTaiwan and the World Health OrganizationPolitical status of TaiwanRepublic of China (1912–1949)Chinese Civil WarOne-China policyChina and the United NationsChinese unificationTaiwan independence movementTaiwanese nationalismTangwai movementThird Taiwan Strait CrisisTaiwan (Republic of China)Taiwan Area (Free Area)constitutional amendmenttownshipswater managementOuter MongoliaTaiwan ProvinceFujian ProvincePratas IslandTaiping IslandSpratly IslandsSouth China Sea IslandsKaohsiungTaipeiNew TaipeiTaichungTainanTaoyuanNew Taipei CityTaoyuan CityPolitical divisions of Taiwan (1895–1945)History of the administrative divisions of China (1912–49)World War IIPenghuEmpire of Japanisland of Taiwanoffshore islandsPeople's Republic of ChinaChen Shui-bianmainland Chinafree area of the Republic of ChinaTaiwanFuchien ProvinceKinmenMatsu IslandsBattle of GuningtouSouth China SeaHainan Special Administrative RegionTaiwan Provincial Governmentcentral governmentFukien provinceFujian Provincial GovernmentTaipei CityTaipei CountyKeelung CityTaoyuan CountyMa Ying-jeouFuzhouJinchengZhongxing New VillageKaohsiung CountyTaichung CountyTainan CountyRepublic of ChinaKeelungHsinchu CountyHsinchuMiaoliChanghuaNantouYunlinChiayi CountyChiayiPingtungHualienTaitungLienchiang (Matsu)Taiwan StraitEast China SeaPescadores ChannelBashi ChannelPhilippine Sea(Pacific Ocean)Free areaMainland areaAutonomous municipalitiesMountainindigenousdistrictsCounty-administeredcitiesVillagesSpecial municipality (Taiwan)Provincial city (Taiwan)County (Taiwan)List of administrative divisions of TaiwanList of cities in Taiwanspecial municipalityChinesePinyinPe̍h-ōe-jīCountyChanghua CountyHualien CountyMiaoli CountyNantou CountyPingtung CountyTaitung CountyYilan CountyYunlin CountyWuqiu IslandsTownship (Taiwan)County-administered cityDistrict (Taiwan)List of townships/cities and districts in TaiwantownshipdistrictTaiwanese indigenous peoplesVillage (Taiwan)villageGovernment Offices in EnglandSpatial Developmentde factoEnglish regionsfederal districts of RussiaLienchiangChinese language romanization in TaiwanromanizationplacenamesWade–Gilespostal romanizationsTongyong PinyinHanyu PinyinLukangTamsuiList of administrative divisions of FujianHistory of TaiwanHistory of the Republic of ChinaProvinces of ChinaHistory of the administrative divisions of China (1912–1949)Indigenous Area (Taiwan)Chinese Communist PartyMainland Affairs CouncilWayback MachineTaiwan AreaList of metropolitan areas in TaiwanProvincesFuchienbefore 1949ChekiangSikangYunnanSuiyuanChaharAntungLiaopehSungkiangHokiangNunkiangHsinganSinkiangNankingShanghaiPeipingTsingtaoTientsinChungkingDairenHaerhpinHankouKwangchowShenyangSpecial administrative regionsarticlesHistoryTimeline of Taiwanese historyPrehistoryarchaeological sitesEarly Chinese contactKingdom of MiddagDutch FormosaSpanish FormosaKingdom of TungningTaiwan under Qing ruleRepublic of FormosaTaiwan under Japanese ruleRetreat to TaiwanGuanbi policyMartial lawMandarin policyGeographyBeachesDeforestationEarthquakesEndemic speciesProtected speciesHot springsIslandsMountainsNational parksRiversScenic areasSuperlativesVolcanoesPoliticsEconomyCabinetCivil defenseConstitutionAdditional ArticlesHuman rightsLGBT rightsIntelligenceLaw enforcementMilitaryMilitary historyParliamentPresidentSecretary-GeneralVice PresidentRegions of TaiwanList of administrative divisionsMetropolitan areasConscriptionChinese nationalismDang GuoDe-SinicizationNorth–South divideOpinion polling on Taiwanese identitySpecial non-state-to-state relationsTwo ChinasAgricultureAquacultureFloricultureAutomotive industryBankingList of banksCentral bankCompaniesLargestState-owned enterprisesDefense industryDollar (currency)Economic historyEnergyForestryMaritime industriesMiningSemiconductor industryStock exchangeTaiwan MiracleTelecommunicationsTextileTourismTransportationUniform Invoice lotteryWater supply and sanitationCultureNational symbolsnationalEmblemproposedOlympicFlowerDemographicsTaiwanese peopleEthnic groupsHoklosHakkasWaishengrenLanguagesFormosan languagesAtayalKanakanavuKavalanPaiwanPuyumaSaaroaSaisiyatSakizayaSeediqSiniticMandarinTaiwanese HokkienMatsu dialectSign LanguageBrailleArchitectureOrganized crimeSex traffickingEducationHealthcareInventions and discoveriesProstitutionPublic holidaysPublic housingSquattingTaiwan studiesWaste managementAnimationCinemaCuisineCultural historyGamblingGlove puppetryLiteratureNight marketsPhilosophyPhotographyReligionSmokingSportsT-BeautyTaiwanese wavetea cultureTourist attractionsOutlineSovereign statesAfghanistanArmeniaAzerbaijanBahrainBangladeshBhutanBruneiCambodiaCyprusEast Timor (Timor-Leste)GeorgiaIndonesiaIsraelJordanKazakhstanNorth KoreaSouth KoreaKuwaitKyrgyzstanLebanonMalaysiaMaldivesMongoliaMyanmarPakistanPhilippinesRussiaSaudi ArabiaSingaporeSri LankaTajikistanThailandTurkeyTurkmenistanUnited Arab EmiratesUzbekistanVietnamStates withlimited recognitionAbkhaziaNorthern CyprusPalestineSouth OssetiaDependenciesHong Kongadministrative divisionsEast Timorprovincespecial cityprovincial-level citymunicipalityStates with limitedrecognitionTable of administrative divisions by country