This article is part of
Administrative divisionsa series on the of the Republic of China (Taiwan) |
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1st | Provinces (省 shěng) (streamlined) |
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Special municipalities (直轄市 zhíxiáshì) |
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2nd | Counties (縣 xiàn) |
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Provincial cities (市 shì) |
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3rd | Districts (區 qū) |
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County-controlled cities (縣轄市 xiànxiáshì) |
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Urban townships (鎮 zhèn) |
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Rural townships (鄉 xiāng) |
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4th | Urban villages (里 lǐ) |
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Rural villages (村 cūn) |
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5th | Neighborhoods (鄰 lín) |
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A county-controlled city (縣轄市 xiànxiáshì) is a third level administrative division of the Republic of China (Taiwan).On the same level as a ROC township, it is the lowest-level city of ROC, below provincial city and special municipality. There are 17 County-controlled cities under Taiwan Province. A county-controlled city has urban villages (里) directly under it.
The two criteria of gaining county-controlled city status:
The population criterion was originally 50,000 in the 1940s, but was raised to 100,000 in 1959, and again in 1977 to the present level.
At first, in late January 1946, there were only two county-controlled cities: Hualien and Yilan, which were both prefecture-controlled cities (州轄市) under Japanese Rule. (The Kuomintang did not create such cities on the Mainland before they relocated to Taiwan.) Currently Taoyuan County has the most county-controlled cities (5). For current county-controlled cities, see the table below:
No. | Romanization | Chinese | Wade-Giles | Tongyong Pinyin | Hanyu Pinyin | Pe̍h-ōe-jī | Pha̍k-fa-sṳ | County located |
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1 | Bade City | 八德市 | Pa-teh | Bade | Bādé | Pat-tek | Pat-tet | Taoyuan County |
2 | Changhua City | 彰化市 | Chang-hua | Jhanghua | Zhānghuà | Chiong-hòa | Chông-fa | Changhua County |
3 | Douliu City | 斗六市 | Tou-liu | Douliou | Dǒuliù | Táu-la̍k | Téu-liuk | Yunlin County |
4 | Hualien City | 花蓮市 | Hua-lien | Hualian | Huālián | Hoa-liân | Fâ-lièn | Hualien County |
5 | Magong City | 馬公市 | Ma-kung | Magong | Mǎgōng | Má-keng | Mâ-kûng | Penghu County |
6 | Miaoli City | 苗栗市 | Miao-li | Miaoli | Miáolì | Biâu-le̍k | Mèu-li̍t | Miaoli County |
7 | Nantou City | 南投市 | Nan-t'ou | Nantou | Nántóu | Lâm-tâu | Nàm-thèu | Nantou County |
8 | Pingtung City | 屏東市 | P'ing-tung | Pingdong | Píngdōng | Pîn-tong | Phìn-tûng | Pingtung County |
9 | Pingzhen City | 平鎮市 | P'ing-chen | Pingjhen | Píngzhèn | Pêng-tìn | Phìn-tsṳ́n | Taoyuan County |
10 | Puzi City | 朴子市 | P'u-tzu | Puzih | Pūzǐ | Phò-chú | Phú-chṳ́ | Chiayi County |
11 | Taibao City | 太保市 | T'ai-pao | Taibao | Tàibǎo | Thài-pó | Thai-pó | Chiayi County |
12 | Taitung City | 臺東市 | T'ai-tung | Taidong | Táidōng | Tâi-tang | Thòi-tûng | Taitung County |
13 | Taoyuan City | 桃園市 | T'ao-yüan | Taoyuan | Táoyuán | Thô-hng | Thò-yèn | Taoyuan County |
14 | Yangmei City | 楊梅市 | Yang-mei | Yangmei | Yángméi | Iûⁿ-mûi | Yông-muì | Taoyuan County |
15 | Yilan City | 宜蘭市 | I-lan | Yilan | Yílán | Gî-lân | Ngì-làn | Yilan County |
16 | Zhongli City | 中壢市 | Chung-li | Jhongli | Zhōnglì | Tiong-lek | Chûng-la̍k | Taoyuan County |
17 | Zhubei | 竹北市 | Chu-pei | Jhubei | Zhúběi | Tek-pak | Tsuk-pet | Hsinchu County |
Below, unless noted otherwise in parenthesis, the newly created cities were towns that exceeded the 150,000 criteria.
Lienchiang and Kinmen Counties do not have any cities.