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The following is a list of administrative divisions of the Republic of China (Taiwan), including 6 special municipalities and 2 nominal provinces [a] as the de jure first-level administrative divisions. 11 counties and 3 cities were nominally under the jurisdiction of the Taiwan Province, and 2 additional counties being part of the ROC's Fujian Province.
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. [citation needed] After the Chinese Civil War in 1949, the ROC was reduced to mainly the island of Taiwan and some offshore islands, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) controlling the mainland.
The Republic of China (ROC) is divided into eight provincial-level divisions which consists of two streamlined provinces of Taiwan and Fujian along with six special municipalities. This is a list of townships / cities and districts in statistical order.
The first administrative divisions entitled "districts" were established in the 1900s, when Taiwan was under Japanese rule.After World War II, nine out of eleven prefectural cities established by the Japanese government were reformed into provincial cities.
The first administrative divisions named "county" (縣) was first established in 1661 by the Kingdom of Tungning. The later ruler Qing empire inherited this type of administrative divisions. With the increase of Han Chinese population in Taiwan, the number of counties also grew by time. By the end of Qing era, there were 11 counties in Taiwan.
Eastern Taiwan: Yilan, Hualien and Taitung. Western Taiwan: other divisions from Taipei to Pingtung. Northern and Southern Taiwan: Zhuoshui River, the longest river of Taiwan, flows through about the middle of the island. Northern Taiwan: Taipei, New Taipei, Keelung, Taoyuan, Hsinchu (City/County), Miaoli, Taichung, Changhua, and Nantou.
List of all cities and townships in the Republic of China, consisting of six special municipalities and two provinces without administrative function. For the subdivisions under special municipalities and cities, see District (Taiwan)
Overview of administrative divisions of the Republic of China; Republic of China: Free area [i] Mainland area [ii] Special municipalities [α] [iii] Provinces [iv] Not administered [v] Counties [α] Autonomous municipalities [α] [vi] Districts [β] Mountain indigenous districts [α] County-administered cities [α] Townships [α] [β] [vii ...