The following is a list of
administrative divisions
Administrative division, administrative unit,Article 3(1). country subdivision, administrative region, subnational entity, constituent state, as well as many similar terms, are generic names for geographical areas into which a particular, ind ...
of the
Republic of China (Taiwan), including 6
special municipalities and 2 nominal provinces as the ''de jure'' first-level administrative divisions. 11
counties
A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...
and 3
cities
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
were nominally under the jurisdiction of the
Taiwan Province
Taiwan Province (; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ, PFS: ''Thòi-vàn-sén'' or ''Thòi-vân-sén'') is a nominal Administrative divisions of Taiwan, administrative division of the Taiwan, Republic of China (ROC). Its definition has remained part of the Constit ...
, and 2 additional counties being part of the
ROC's Fujian Province.
With provinces non-functional in practice, Taiwan is divided into 22 subnational divisions, among which counties and cities are the ''de facto'' principle constituent divisions, along with special municipalities, directly under the
Central Government
A central government is the government that is a controlling power over a unitary state. Another distinct but sovereign political entity is a federal government, which may have distinct powers at various levels of government, authorized or dele ...
. Each with a local government led by an elected head and a local council.
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Administrative divisions of Taiwan
The Republic of China (Taiwan) is divided into multi-layered statutory subdivisions. Due to the complex political status of Taiwan, there is a significant difference in the ''de jure'' system set out in the original constitution and the ''de ...
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List of magistrates and mayors in Taiwan
This article lists the current magistrates and mayors, the head of government, of the 22 primary administrative divisions of the Republic of China (Taiwan). After the streamlining of provinces in 1998, local autonomous bodies including the 6 s ...
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List of townships/cities and districts in Taiwan
The Republic of China (ROC) is divided into two streamlined provinces of Taiwan and Fujian along with six special municipalities. This is a list of townships/cities and districts in statistical order. There are 368 such divisions under its territ ...
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Taiwanese national bureau of statistics
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Subdivisions of Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
Administrative divisions
Administrative division, administrative unit,Article 3(1). country subdivision, administrative region, subnational entity, constituent state, as well as many similar terms, are generic names for geographical areas into which a particular, ind ...
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