A county-controlled city is one of the 32 cities in Taiwan Province of the Republic of China administered under one of the 16 counties of the Republic of China.... , the Townships of Taiwan are the administrative subdivisions of Republic of China
Republic of China
The Republic of China , also known as Nationalist China is a country in East Asia that has evolved from a single-party state with full global recognition into a multi-party democratic state with Political status of Taiwan.... (Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan is an island in East Asia. "Taiwan" is also commonly used to refer to the country governed by the Republic of China and to the ROC itself, which governs the island of Taiwan, Orchid Island and Green Island, Taiwan in the Pacific Ocean off the Taiwan coast, the Penghu islands in the Taiwan Strait, and Kinmen and the Matsu Islands... ) counties
County
A county is a land area of Local government government within a larger state. A county may have city and towns within its area.... . Taiwanese townships can be further classified into urban townships and rural townships. Local laws do not enforce strict standards for classifying urban
Urban area
An urban area is an area with an increased Population density of human-created structures in comparison to the areas surrounding it. Urban areas may be city, towns or conurbations, but the term is not commonly extended to rural settlements such as villages and hamlet .... and rural townships; the decision was mainly made by Japanese
Japanese people
The are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan.... during the Taiwan under Japanese rule
Taiwan under Japanese rule
The Japanese colonial period, Japanese rule or the Imperial Japanese occupation, in the context of Taiwan's history, refers to the period between 1895 and 1945 during which Taiwan was a Empire of Japan colony.... era and followed by the Kuomintang
Kuomintang
The Kuomintang of China , also often translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party, is the founding and the ruling party of the Republic of China .... government after 1945.
A county-controlled city is one of the 32 cities in Taiwan Province of the Republic of China administered under one of the 16 counties of the Republic of China.... , the Townships of Taiwan are the administrative subdivisions of Republic of China
Republic of China
The Republic of China , also known as Nationalist China is a country in East Asia that has evolved from a single-party state with full global recognition into a multi-party democratic state with Political status of Taiwan.... (Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan is an island in East Asia. "Taiwan" is also commonly used to refer to the country governed by the Republic of China and to the ROC itself, which governs the island of Taiwan, Orchid Island and Green Island, Taiwan in the Pacific Ocean off the Taiwan coast, the Penghu islands in the Taiwan Strait, and Kinmen and the Matsu Islands... ) counties
County
A county is a land area of Local government government within a larger state. A county may have city and towns within its area.... . Taiwanese townships can be further classified into urban townships and rural townships. Local laws do not enforce strict standards for classifying urban
Urban area
An urban area is an area with an increased Population density of human-created structures in comparison to the areas surrounding it. Urban areas may be city, towns or conurbations, but the term is not commonly extended to rural settlements such as villages and hamlet .... and rural townships; the decision was mainly made by Japanese
Japanese people
The are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan.... during the Taiwan under Japanese rule
Taiwan under Japanese rule
The Japanese colonial period, Japanese rule or the Imperial Japanese occupation, in the context of Taiwan's history, refers to the period between 1895 and 1945 during which Taiwan was a Empire of Japan colony.... era and followed by the Kuomintang
Kuomintang
The Kuomintang of China , also often translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party, is the founding and the ruling party of the Republic of China .... government after 1945. Generally urban township has a larger population and more business and industry than rural township, but not to the extent of County-controlled city.
Taiwan Province is one of the two Administrative divisions of the Republic of China referred to as province of China and governed by the Republic of China.... 's 16 counties has a total of 298 townships. The two counties of Fujian Province, Republic of China has a total of 10 townships. Penghu County and Lienchiang County
Matsu Islands
The Matsu Islands are a minor archipelago of 19 islands and islets in the Taiwan Strait administered as Lienchiang County , Fujian Province, Republic of China of the Republic of China .... are the only two counties that do not have urban townships.
Transliteration is the practice of transcribing a word or text written in one writing system into another writing system or system of rules for such practice.... using the Tongyong Pinyin
Tongyong Pinyin
Tongyong pinyin was the official romanization of Standard Mandarin in the Republic of China between 2002 and 2008. The system was unofficially used between 2000 and 2002, years of study about a new romanization system for the Republic of China.... romanization system
Romanization of Chinese
The romanization of Chinese is the use of the Latin alphabet to write Chinese. Chinese has been written in Chinese characters since about 1500 B.C.... .
Chiayi County is a county in southwestern Taiwan surrounding but not including Chiayi City. Its historical name in Taiwanese Minnan derives from Tsirosen in the Formosan languages.... - 16 townships.
Hsinchu County is a county in northwestern Taiwan. It is officially administered as a county of Taiwan. The population is mainly Hakka; there is a Taiwanese aboriginal minority in the southeastern part of the county.... - 13 townships.
Hualien County is the largest county in Taiwan and is located on the mountainous eastern coast of Taiwan. It contains the island's largest port.... - 13 townships.
Kaohsiung County is a county in southern Taiwan administered as a County of Taiwan. It encloses but does not include Kaohsiung City.... - 26 townships.
Miaoli County is a county in western Taiwan. Miaoli is officially administered as a County of Taiwan. The name Miaoli was coined using two Hakka words, cat and raccoon dog , which phonetically approximate Pali , a community of Taokas people.... - 17 townships.
Nantou County is the second largest county of Taiwan. It is also the only county which does not share a border with the ocean. Its name derives from the Hoanya people Taiwanese aborigines word Ramtau.... - 12 townships.
Pingtung County is a county in Southern Taiwan. Pingtung County is officially administered as a County of Taiwan.Pingtung is famous for the beautiful sight of Kenting National Park.... - 32 townships.
Taichung County is a county in central Taiwan, surrounding but not including Taichung City. The name means "central Taiwan". Taichung County is officially administered as a County of Taiwan Province, Republic of China.... - 21 townships.
Tainan County is a county located in southern Taiwan. The name "Tainan" means simply "Southern Taiwan". Tainan County is officially administered as a county of Taiwan.... - 28 townships.
Taipei County is located in northern Taiwan and encircles Taipei City. It is south of Keelung, north of Taoyuan County, Taiwan and west of Yilan County, Taiwan.... - 29 townships.
Taitung County is a county in eastern Taiwan. The name means "Eastern Taiwan". Taitung is officially administered as a County of Taiwan Province, Republic of China.... - 15 townships.
Chiayi County is a county in southwestern Taiwan surrounding but not including Chiayi City. Its historical name in Taiwanese Minnan derives from Tsirosen in the Formosan languages....
The Alishan National Scenic Area is a mountain resort and natural preserve located in the mountains of Chiayi County in Taiwan. It is 415 km? in area....
Budai is an urban township in Chiayi County, Taiwan. Its industry is mainly made up of fishery. It was the site where Japanese forces landed and completed the encirclement of Tainan City during the Japanese Invasion of Taiwan in 1895....
Dalin is a township in Chiayi County, Taiwan. It has a population of 34,435 in 10,850 households. To the east is Meishan, Chiayi, to the south Minsyong, Chiayi, and to the north Yunlin County....
Dapu is a rural township in Chiayi County, Taiwan, Republic of China.Popular with tourists, the township is part of the Siraya National Scenic Area....
Beidou Township is a town in Changhua County, Taiwan. It is famous for ba-wan, a popular Taiwanese food item that was invented in the township. It is located in an alluvial plain in the southeast part of the county....
Ershuei is a rural township in southeastern Changhua County, Taiwan. It is bordered on the north by Tianzhong, Changhua , to the east by Mingjian Township in Nantou County, and to the west by Sijhou Township....
Hemei is an urban township in northwestern Changhua County, Taiwan. It is bordered by the Dadu River to the north, Shengang and Siansi to the west, Lugang and Sioushuei to the south, and Changhua City to the east....
Sihu is a traditional farming village located in the middle of Changhua County, Taiwan. Along with Siluo, Yunlin, it is one of the centres of vegetable-growing on the western side of the island....
Tianzhong Township is located at eastern Changhua County, Taiwan. The name means "field center" or "in the fields".Railway has through here and set a Tianzhong station to serve, and THSR ?Changhua Station?will setting and operate in 2010....
Yuanlin is an urban township in eastern Changhua County, Taiwan.The land around Yuanlin was cleared of trees and bushes, and fitted for cultivation since the time of Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty ....
Hsinchu County is a county in northwestern Taiwan. It is officially administered as a county of Taiwan. The population is mainly Hakka; there is a Taiwanese aboriginal minority in the southeastern part of the county....
Zhudong is an urban township in central Hsinchu County, Taiwan. Part of Hsinchu Science Park is in Zhudong. Also located in Zhudong is the main campus of the Industrial Technology Research Institute ....
Sinfong is a town in Hsinchu County in northern Taiwan. It had an estimated population of 51,664 as of 2007.Sinfong is a major industrial and manufacturing center in Hsinchu....
Qionglin Township is a subdivision of Hsinchu County, Taiwan. It is located in the central area of the County. The population of Qionglin is about 20,818....
Fonglin is a township in central Hualien County, Taiwan. It is located in Hua-dong rift valley, bordering Shoufong Township on the north and Guangfu Township on the south....
Shoufong is a township of Hualien County, Taiwan. The township faces the Pacific Ocean, north segment of Zonggu, where National Dong Hwa University located....
Qishan Township is an urban township in northwestern Kaohsiung County, Taiwan. Until the 1970s, a branch railroad linked Qishan with the main north-south railway....
Jiading may refer to:*Jiading District, in Shanghai, China*Jiading, Kaohsiung, township in Kaohsiung County, Taiwan*Roman Catholic Diocese of Jiading, diocese located in Chongqing, China...
Jiasian is a rural township in Kaohsiung County, Taiwan. Located far from the coast, the township is regarded as a gateway to Taiwan's Central Mountain Range....
Meinong Township is a famous Hakka urban Township in Kaohsiung County, Taiwan. The area has grown tobacco since 1630 and is renowned nationwide for its oil paper umbrellas....
The term shanlin ?? means literally "mountain and forest" in Chinese and was frequently used to describe bandits in Manchuria from the time of the Qing dynasty, because they knew the local wooded and mountainous terrain very well....
"Taoyuan" may refer to:#Taoyuan City, a city located in Taoyuan County, Taiwan#Taoyuan County, Taiwan, a county in Taiwan#Taoyuan County, Hunan, a county in Hunan Province, People's Republic of China...
Miaoli County is a county in western Taiwan. Miaoli is officially administered as a County of Taiwan. The name Miaoli was coined using two Hakka words, cat and raccoon dog , which phonetically approximate Pali , a community of Taokas people....
File:TaipeiBus GungGwan.JPGGongguan is located in between Zhongzheng District and Daan District of Taipei, Taiwan. It is a popular shopping and leisure district with a night market and also the location of the Gongguan Station of the Taipei Rapid Transit System, also known as the MRT....
Nantou County is the second largest county of Taiwan. It is also the only county which does not share a border with the ocean. Its name derives from the Hoanya people Taiwanese aborigines word Ramtau....
Lugu may refer to:*Lugu, Nantou, township in Nantou County, Taiwan*Lugu, Tibet, village in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China*Lugu Lake, on the border of Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, China...
Mingjian is a rural Township located in the west central part of Nantou County in Taiwan. Its name originates from a Japanese transliteration of the Taiwanese word, Lama , meaning a very wet place....
Puli is an urban township in Nantou County, Taiwan. It is the geographic center of Taiwan.In the 19th century the city was known as Posia or Polisia ....
Makung is the county seat of Penghu, in Taiwan Province, Taiwan . Makung is on the western part of the main Pescadores island.The earliest temple in the country to the goddess Matsu is found on Makung....
Husi is a rural township in Penghu Islands, Taiwan. There are many villages in the township. Among them, Guoye village is famous for its sunrise since it is at the most eastern corner of Penghu main island....
Qimei is located at , about 29 sea miles away from Magong, 48 sea miles west of Tainan City and 58 sea miles north of Kaohsiung. The unhabitated Mao Yu and Cau Yu west of Cimei are also under its governance....
Pingtung County is a county in Southern Taiwan. Pingtung County is officially administered as a County of Taiwan.Pingtung is famous for the beautiful sight of Kenting National Park....
Donggang may refer to:*Tungkang, Taiwan, a township in Taiwan, Donggang is PinYin for Tungkang*Donggang, Liaoning, a city in Liaoning province of China, ...
Laiyi Township lies in Pingtung County in southern Taiwan at the foot of Dawu Mountain . Laiyi is the native home of the Paiwan people whose numbers are about 60,000 mainly in southern Taiwan....
Taichung is a city located in west-central Taiwan with a population of just over one million people, making it the third largest city on the island, after Taipei and Kaohsiung....
Dongshih is an urban township in eastern Taichung County, Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. A majority of the residents are of Hakka ethnicity, making it an enclave in an otherwise non-Hakka county....
Dajia Township is an urban and coastal Township in Taichung County, Taiwan. It is located on Taichung County's northwestern cape .The climate of the region is Sub-tropical, and the average temperature is roughly 24 degrees Celsius....
Qingshui is an urban township in western Taichung County, Taiwan. The ancient name was "Niu Ma Tou." It is located at the foothills of Ao Feng mountain and faces the East China Sea....
Tanzih is a rural township with a population passes over 100,000 as of 2007, located north of Taichung City in Taichung County, Taiwan. It has an area of 25.8497 km?....
Sinshe is a township in Taichung County, northeast of Taichung City, also called "Taichungs' back garden". And, the city is home to many military bases....
Da-an Township is a coastal township in Taichung County, Taiwan. It lies between the Dajia river and the Da-an river.The township's economy is based around rice....
Tainan County is a county located in southern Taiwan. The name "Tainan" means simply "Southern Taiwan". Tainan County is officially administered as a county of Taiwan....
Anding Township is a rural township of about 30,038 residents in Tainan County, Taiwan. During the Dutch Formosa the area was known as Bakloan or Baccloan....
Baihe Township is an old town located in Tainan County, Taiwan. It is known for its hot springs and Lotus Festival today. The town borders Chiayi County to the north and east, Dongshan, Tainan to the south, and Houbi, Tainan to the west....
Qigu Township is a rural township of about 25,415 residents in Tainan County, Taiwan. It was a salt industrial area, but now most of the salt products are imported from other counties....
Dongshan Township is a rural Township in Tainan County, Taiwan. It was formerly called Fanshe .Dongshan is famous for its coffee crop. Its tourist attractions are promoted as part of the Siraya National Scenic Area....
Guantian is a rural township in central Tainan County, Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan. It is the hometown of the former President of the Republic of China , Chen Shui-bian....
Taipei County is located in northern Taiwan and encircles Taipei City. It is south of Keelung, north of Taoyuan County, Taiwan and west of Yilan County, Taiwan....
Zhonghe , historically spelled Chung-Ho, is a county-controlled city in Taipei County, Taiwan Province, Republic of China. Due to cheaper housing and good transport links, Jhonghe is a major satellite city of Taipei City....
Taitung County is a county in eastern Taiwan. The name means "Eastern Taiwan". Taitung is officially administered as a County of Taiwan Province, Republic of China....
Daren is a township in Taitung County, Taiwan, taken a 306.4454 km2 as part of earth's surface, inhabiting with 3,726 people.Tai 26 line last 5 kilometers also at here branch out from Tai South-Link Highway also Tai 9....
Donghe , located in northeastern Taitung County, is a rural Township close to the rural Fuli, Taitung, in the northeast connecting Chenggong, Taitung, east facing Pacific Ocean, west neighboring Chihshang, Taitung, Guanshan, Taitung, and Luye, Taitung, south picking up Beinan, Taitung....
Guanshan is an urban township in northern Taitung County, Taiwan. It is located in the Hua-dong Zonggu Plain South segment, there's Beinan River flowing through, East as Coast Mountain, West as Central Mountain Range....
Orchid Island is a 45-km? volcanic island off the southeastern coast of Taiwan island and separated from the Batanes of the Philippines by the Bashi Channel of the Luzon Strait....
"Taoyuan County" may refer to:#Taoyuan County, Taiwan, a county in northern Taiwan Province, Republic of China#Taoyuan County, Hunan, a county in Hunan Province, People's Republic of China...
Zhongli is a city in Taoyuan County of Taiwan Province, the Republic of China. It became a city before Taoyuan City. Historically, the city is the stage of the Zhongli incident of 1977, the most significant event of the democratization movements of Taiwan prior to the 1980s....
Bade City is a city in the central part of Taoyuan County , of Republic of China . Bade is served by No. 2 Freeway.* Area: 33.71 km?* Population: 172,065 people ...
File:Nankan Creek Night.jpgLujhu Township is a rural township in northwestern Taoyuan County in Taiwan.Lujhu is located at kilometer 49 of the Highway no.1, close to the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport ....
Longtan is a rural township in southern Taoyuan County , Taiwan. Longtan is home to the headquarters of the Republic of China Army.The township is known for the Buddhist temple in the centre of Longtan Lake, and the massive Bainien community project....
Sinwu is a rual township in western Taoyuan County , Taiwan Province of the Republic of China.* Area: 85.02 square kilometre* Population: 49,593 people ...
Guanyin is a rural township in western Taoyuan County, Taiwan. Guanyin is also the name of a god in Taoism in Taiwan.* Area: 87.98 km?* Population: 59,863 people ...
Fusing is a Taiwanese aborigines township in eastern Taoyuan County , Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. Fusing is home to many Atayal people tribes....
Luodong is an urban township in the central part of Yilan County, Taiwan, Taiwan. Its name derives from the Taiwanese aboriginal word Rutung/Lutung, meaning "monkey"....
Chiaohsi is a rural township in the northern part of Yilan County, Taiwan, Taiwan. Chiaohsi is famous for hot springs.* Area: 101.43 km?* Population: 37,034 people ...
Datong is a rural township in the southwestern part of Yilan County, Taiwan, Taiwan Province, the Republic of China. It is predominantly populated by Taiwanese aborigines of the Atayal Tribe....
Nan-ao is a rural township in the southern part of Yilan County, Taiwan, Taiwan. It has a significant population of Atayal people Taiwanese aborigines....
Huwei is an urban township in Yunlin County, Taiwan. It has a population of about 67,000. Its seventeenth century name was Favorlang.Huwei was nicknamed the Capital of Sugar during the the Taiwan under Japanese rule in Taiwan....
Kinmen , located at , is a small archipelago of several islands administered by the Republic of China government: Greater Kinmen , Lesser Kinmen , and some islets....
The Matsu Islands are a minor archipelago of 19 islands and islets in the Taiwan Strait administered as Lienchiang County , Fujian Province, Republic of China of the Republic of China ....
Beigan Township, part of the northern Matsu Islands, is officially administrated as Lienchiang County by the Republic of China . Matsu Beigan Airport set here as gateway between the Taiwan Island and the Matsu Islands....
