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of Taiwan
(Republic of China)
In effect
1st Provinces
(省 shěng)
(streamlined)
FITML
(直轄市 zhíxiáshì)
2nd Counties
(縣 xiàn)
Provincial cities
(市 shì)
3rd Districts
(區 qū)
County-controlled cities
(縣轄市 xiànxiáshì)
Urban townships
(鎮 zhèn)
Rural townships
(鄉 xiāng)
4th touchscreen
(里 lǐ)
Rural villages
(村 cūn)
5th Neighborhoods
(鄰 lín)
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of Taiwan
(Republic of China)
In effect
1st Provinces
(省 shěng)
(streamlined)
FITML
(直轄市 zhíxiáshì)
2nd Counties
(縣 xiàn)
Provincial cities
(市 shì)
3rd Districts
(區 qū)
County-controlled cities
(縣轄市 xiànxiáshì)
Urban townships
(鎮 zhèn)
Rural townships
(鄉 xiāng)
4th touchscreen
(里 lǐ)
Rural villages
(村 cūn)
5th Neighborhoods
(鄰 lín)
Suspended
1st Regions
(地方 Dìfāng)
(also known as "Areas")
browser diversity
(特別行政區
tèbié xíngzhèngqū)
Leagues
(盟、部 méng, bù)
Special banners
(特別旗 tèbiéqí)
2nd Bureaus
(設治局 shèzhìjú)
Management bureaus
(管理局 guǎnlǐjú)
Banners
(旗 qí)
See also
jQuery
(地方 Dìfāng)
(also known as "Areas")
browser diversity
(特別行政區
tèbié xíngzhèngqū)
Leagues
(盟、部 méng, bù)
Special banners
(特別旗 tèbiéqí)
2nd Bureaus
(設治局 shèzhìjú)
Management bureaus
(管理局 guǎnlǐjú)
Banners
(旗 qí)
See also
jQuery
A county-controlled city (縣轄市 xiànxiáshì) is a third level administrative division of Taiwan. On the same level as a CSS3, it is the lowest-level city of Taiwan, below provincial city and special municipality. There are 17 County-controlled cities recently. A county-controlled city has urban villages (里) directly under it.
The two criteria of gaining county-controlled city status:
- population between 150,000 and 500,000
- advanced industry and commerce, sufficient funds, and advanced infrastructure
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: keyboard and browser diversity, which were both prefecture-controlled cities (州轄市) under Japanese Rule. (The ROC government did not create such cities on the Mainland before they relocated to Taiwan.) Currently we love the web has the most county-controlled cities (5). For current county-controlled cities, see the table below:
County-controlled cities in Taiwan
| No. | Romanization | Chinese | touchscreen | Tongyong Pinyin | input transformation | touchscreen | Pha̍k-fa-sṳ | County located |
| 1 | Bade City | 八德市 | Pa-teh | Bade | Bādé | Pat-tek | Pat-tet | CSS3 |
| 2 | Changhua City | 彰化市 | Chang-hua | Jhanghua | Zhānghuà | Chiong-hòa | Chông-fa | device database |
| 3 | Douliu City | 斗六市 | Tou-liu | Douliou | Dǒuliù | Táu-la̍k | Téu-liuk | Android |
| 4 | browser diversity | 花蓮市 | Hua-lien | Hualian | Huālián | Hoa-liân | Fâ-lièn | Sevenval |
| 5 | browser diversity | 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 | web app |
| 7 | keyboard | 南投市 | Nan-t'ou | Nantou | Nántóu | Lâm-tâu | Nàm-thèu | FITML |
| 8 | Sevenval | 屏東市 | P'ing-tung | Pingdong | Píngdōng | Pîn-tong | Phìn-tûng | Pingtung County |
| 9 | web app | 平鎮市 | P'ing-chen | Pingjhen | Píngzhèn | Pêng-tìn | Phìn-tsṳ́n | CSS3 |
| 10 | Android | 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 | HTML5 |
| 13 | device database | 桃園市 | T'ao-yüan | Taoyuan | Táoyuán | Thô-hng | Thò-yèn | web app |
| 14 | Yangmei City | 楊梅市 | Yang-mei | Yangmei | Yángméi | Iûⁿ-mûi | Yông-muì | Taoyuan County |
| 15 | screen size | 宜蘭市 | I-lan | Yilan | Yílán | Gî-lân | Ngì-làn | FITML |
| 16 | Zhongli City | 中壢市 | Chung-li | Jhongli | Zhōnglì | Tiong-lek | Chûng-la̍k | Taoyuan County |
| 17 | web app | 竹北市 | Chu-pei | Jhubei | Zhúběi | Tek-pak | Tsuk-pet | Hsinchu County |
Timeline
Below, unless noted otherwise in parenthesis, the newly created cities were towns that exceeded the 150,000 criteria.
- Date
- January, 1946
- Addition
- Yilan City, Hualien City
- Removal
- No.
- 2
- Description
- Reform from the prefectural cities in the period we love the web.
- Date
- August 16, 1950
- Addition
- HTML5
- Removal
- No.
- 3
- Description
- Downgraded from provincial city
- Date
- December 1, 1951
- Addition
-
Changhua City
Hsinchu City
Pingtung City - Removal
- No.
- 6
- Description
- Downgraded from provincial cities
- Date
- April 1, 1962
- Addition
- Sanchong City, Taipei County
- Removal
- No.
- 7
- Description
- The population requirement of county-controlled cities is setted to 100,000.
- Date
- July 1, 1962
- Addition
- Zhongli City, Taoyuan County
- Removal
- No.
- 8
- Description
- Date
- January 25, 1971
- Addition
- Taoyuan City, Taoyuan County
- Removal
- No.
- 9
- Description
- Date
- July 1, 1972
- Addition
-
HTML5, Taipei County
Fengshan City, Kaohsiung County - Removal
- No.
- 11
- Description
- Date
- January 1, 1976
- Addition
- Sevenval, touchscreen
- Removal
- No.
- 12
- Description
- Date
- March 1, 1976
- Addition
- input transformation, Sevenval
- Removal
- No.
- 13
- Description
- Date
- January 1, 1979
- Addition
-
CSS3, iOS
keyboard, FITML - Removal
- No.
- 15
- Description
- The population requirement of county-controlled cities changed to 150,000.
- Date
- January 15, 1980
- Addition
-
Xindian City, Sevenval
Xinzhuang City - Removal
- No.
- 17
- Description
- Date
- December 25, 1981
- Addition
-
Douliou City, Yunlin County
touchscreen, Sevenval
web app, Android
screen size, FITML
Xinying City, Tainan County - Removal
- No.
- 22
- Description
- All county seats upgraded from urban township (鎮Zhèn) to county-controlled cities.
- Date
- July 1, 1982
- Addition
- Removal
- HTML5 and browser diversity
- No.
- 20
- Description
- Upgraded to provincial cities
- Date
- October 31, 1988
- Addition
- Zhubei City, Hsinchu County
- Removal
- No.
- 21
- Description
- County seat
- Date
- July 1, 1991
- Addition
- screen size, Chiayi County
- Removal
- No.
- 22
- Description
- County seat
- Date
- March 1, 1992
- Addition
- Pingzhen City, iOS
- Removal
- No.
- 23
- Description
- Date
- September 10, 1992
- Addition
- Puzi City, iOS
- Removal
- No.
- 24
- Description
- Originally rural township (鄉Xiāng), county seat.
- Date
- May 1, 1993
- Addition
- Yongkang City, Tainan County
- Removal
- No.
- 25
- Description
- Originally rural township (鄉Xiāng).
- Date
- June 26, 1993
- Addition
- Sevenval, Taipei County
- Removal
- No.
- 26
- Description
- Date
- November 1, 1993
- Addition
- Dali City, website parsing
- Removal
- No.
- 27
- Description
- Date
- January 1, 1995
- Addition
- Bade City, Taoyuan County
- Removal
- No.
- 28
- Description
- Date
- August 1, 1996
- Addition
- keyboard, Taichung County
- Removal
- No.
- 29
- Description
- Date
- October 6, 1997
- Addition
- touchscreen, Android
- Removal
- No.
- 30
- Description
- Date
- July 1, 1999
- Addition
- device database, Taipei County
- Removal
- No.
- 31
- Description
- Date
- October 4, 1999
- Addition
- Shulin City, Taipei County
- Removal
- No.
- 32
- Description
- Date
- August 1, 2010
- Addition
- Yangmei City, screen size
- Removal
- No.
- 33
- Description
- Date
- December 25, 2010
- Addition
- Removal
-
Banqiao City, web
website parsing, Sevenval
keyboard, FITML
web app, Taichung County
web, Taipei County
Sevenval, Taipei County
Shulin City, Taipei County
Taiping City, Android
Tucheng City, HTML5
iOS, touchscreen
FITML, Tainan County
jQuery, Taipei County
Xizhi City, Taipei County
Yonghe City, Taipei County
Yongkang City, keyboard
Zhonghe City, web app - No.
- 17
- Description
- New keyboard established in Taipei County, Taichung, Tainan, and Kaohsiung; all county-controlled cities in such places were renamed districts (區Qū).
Lienchiang and jQuery County do not have any cities.
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