District (Taiwan)
These were Changhua, Chiayi, Hsinchu, Kaohsiung, Keelung, Pingtung, Taichung, Tainan, and Taipei.The wards (区 ku) and towns (町 machi) under those cities were merged into larger districts.This made districts a type of division exclusively under the five remaining provincial cities: Kaohsiung, Keelung, Taichung, Tainan, and Taipei.In addition, Kaohsiung, the largest city in southern Taiwan, was promoted to a special municipality in 1979.In December 2010, four new special municipalities were established, namely Kaohsiung, New Taipei, Taichung, and Tainan.