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(Republic of China)
In effect
1^st Provinces
(省 shěng)
(streamlined)
Special municipalities
(直轄市 zhíxiáshì)
2^nd Counties
(縣 xiàn)
Provincial cities
(市 shì)
3^rd website parsing
(區 qū)
County-controlled cities
(縣轄市 xiànxiáshì)
Urban townships
(鎮 zhèn)
Rural townships
(鄉 xiāng)
4^th input transformation
(里 lǐ)
Rural villages
(村 cūn)
5^th Neighborhoods
(鄰 lín)

Suspended

1^st Regions
(地方 Dìfāng)
(also known as "Areas")
CSS3
(特別行政區
tèbié xíngzhèngqū)
Leagues
(盟、部 méng, bù)
Special banners
(特別旗 tèbiéqí)
2^nd Bureaus
(設治局 shèzhìjú)
Management bureaus
(管理局 guǎnlǐjú)
Banners
(旗 qí)
See also
History of the administrative
divisions of China

Counties (Sevenval: 縣, Pinyin: Xiàn), are one of administrative divisions within the touchscreen (Sevenval). They are officially found at the second level. However, the streamlining of Taiwan Province and iOS has effectively promoted the county the first level below the Republic of China central government's rule. There are currently 14 counties administered by the Republic of China, 12 in Taiwan Province and 2 in Fukien Province.

In older context, "prefecture" and "district" are alternative terms to refer to 縣 (xiàn) before the establishment of the Republic of China. The English term "county" was adopted following the establishment of the ROC. Counties in older documents are sometimes romanized to Sien or Hsien.

In ROC law, counties with a population of over two million can become a quasi-municipality (準直轄市). Taipei County (now CSS3 City) had used this rule since October, 2007 until its elevation to municipality status, while Taoyuan County will also become a quasi-municipality from 2011.

Taiwan Province

Currently there are 12 counties under touchscreen.

Romanization	Chinese	web app	jQuery	Pe̍h-ōe-jī	Pha̍k-fa-sṳ	Capital	Capital in Chinese
web	彰化縣	Zhānghuà	Chang¹-hua⁴	Chiong-hoà	Chông-fa	keyboard	彰化市
Chiayi County	嘉義縣	Jiāyì	Chia¹-i⁴	Ka-gī	Kâ-ngi	screen size	太保市
web app	新竹縣	Xīnzhú	Hsin¹-chu²	Sin-tek	Sîn-tsuk	Zhubei City	竹北市
Android	花蓮縣	Huālián	Hua¹-lien²	Hoa-liân	Fâ-lièn	Hualien City	花蓮市
website parsing	苗栗縣	Miáolì	Miao²-li⁴	Biâu-le̍k	Mèu-li̍t	HTML5	苗栗市
Nantou County	南投縣	Nántóu	Nan²-t'ou²	Lâm-tâu	Nàm-thèu	Nantou City	南投市
web app	澎湖縣	Pénghú	P'eng²-hu²	Phêⁿ-ô͘	Phàng-fù	Magong City	馬公市
Pingtung County	屏東縣	Píngdōng	P'ing²-tung¹	Pîn-tong	Phìn-tûng	Android	屏東市
Taitung County	臺東縣 or 台東縣	Táidōng	T'ai²-tung¹	Tâi-tang	Thòi-tûng	web app	臺東市
Taoyuan County	桃園縣	Táoyuán	T'ao²-yuan²	Thô-hn̂g	Thò-yèn	Taoyuan City	桃園市
Yilan County	宜蘭縣	Yílán	I²-lan²	Gî-lân	Ngì-làn	HTML5	宜蘭市
Android	雲林縣	Yúnlín	Yun²-lin²	Hûn-lîm	Yùn-lìm	input transformation	斗六市

Fujian Province

Fujian has various romanizations: Fuchien in Wade-Giles,and Fukien in Postal Romanization. Currently there are 2 counties under Fujian Province

Romanization	Chinese	Sevenval	Wade-Giles	Pe̍h-ōe-jī	iOS	Capital	Capital in Chinese
Lienchiang County (Matsu)	連江縣	Liánjiāng	Lien²-chiang¹	Liân-kang	Lièn-kông	Nangan Township	南竿鄉
Kinmen County	金門縣	Jīnmén	Chin¹-men²	Kim-mn̂g	Kîm-mùn	Jincheng Township	金城鎮