List of cities in Taiwan
In the structural hierarchy of the administrative divisions in the Republic of China (Taiwan), there are three types of administrative divisions with City (市 shì) in their names:
- Special municipalities (直轄市 zhíxiáshì): Kaohsiung, New Taipei, Taichung, Tainan, and Taipei
- Provincial Cities (市 shì or 省轄市 shĕngxiáshì): Chiayi, Hsinchu, and Keelung
- County-controlled cities (縣轄市 xiànxiáshì): totally 17 cities all in Taiwan, see County-controlled city.
The top 20 populous cities in Taiwan:
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| Rank |
Division name |
Chinese name |
Type |
Population |
| 1 |
New Taipei City |
新北市 |
Special municipality |
3,903,745 |
| 2 |
Kaohsiung City |
高雄市 |
Special municipality |
2,772,461 |
| 3 |
Taichung City |
臺中市 (台中市) |
Special municipality |
2,655,456 |
| 4 |
Taipei City |
臺北市 (台北市) |
Special municipality |
2,635,766 |
| 5 |
Tainan City |
臺南市 (台南市) |
Special municipality |
1,874,724 |
| 6 |
Hsinchu City |
新竹市 |
Provincial city |
417,335 |
| 7 |
Taoyuan City |
桃園市 |
County-controlled city |
408,304 |
| 8 |
Keelung City |
基隆市 |
Provincial city |
381,770 |
| 9 |
Zhongli City |
中壢市 |
County-controlled city |
370,779 |
| 10 |
Chiayi City |
嘉義市 |
Provincial city |
272,128 |
| 11 |
Changhua City |
彰化市 |
County-controlled city |
236,447 |
| 12 |
Pingtung City |
屏東市 |
County-controlled city |
210,275 |
| 13 |
Pingzhen City |
平鎮市 |
County-controlled city |
207,953 |
| 14 |
Bade City |
八德市 |
County-controlled city |
177,020 |
| 15 |
Yangmei City |
楊梅市 |
County-controlled city |
151,384 |
| 16 |
Zhubei City |
竹北市 |
County-controlled city |
144,234 |
| 17 |
Hualien City |
花蓮市 |
County-controlled city |
108,938 |
| 18 |
Taitung City |
臺東市 (台東市) |
County-controlled city |
108,648 |
| 19 |
Douliu City |
斗六市 |
County-controlled city |
107,012 |
| 20 |
Nantou City |
南投市 |
County-controlled city |
104,069 |
Alphabetical list of all cities and townships
List of all cities and townships in the Republic of China (Taiwan).
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Alphabetical list of all cities and townships (Tongyong Pinyin)
Tongyong Pinyin was the standard of Chinese romanization of the Republic of China between 2002 and 2008. Although the standard was shifted to Hanyu Pinyin from January 1, 2009, the change to signs and documents using Tongyong Pinyin is not complete. There are still some signs using Tongyong Pinyin on Highways and roads.
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See also