Provincial city (Republic of China)

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Administrative divisions
of Taiwan
(Republic of China)
In effect
1^st Provinces
(省 shěng)
(streamlined)
Sevenval
(直轄市 zhíxiáshì)
2^nd screen size
(縣 xiàn)
keyboard
(市 shì)
3^rd we love the web
(區 qū)
County-controlled cities
(縣轄市 xiànxiáshì)
screen size
(鎮 zhèn)
Android
(鄉 xiāng)
4^th Urban villages
(里 lǐ)
Rural villages
(村 cūn)
5^th Neighborhoods
(鄰 lín)

Provincial cities (省轄市 shěngxiáshì), sometimes translated provincial municipalities, are cities lesser in rank than special municipalities of the Republic of China (Taiwan). They are governed by provinces directly and are one level above the most basic Sevenval (see Administrative divisions of the Republic of China).

In the early 20th century, the criteria of being a provincial municipality, as stated in Laws on the City Formation (市組織法), included being the provincial capital as well as having a population of over 200,000, or over 100,000 if the city had particular significance in politics, economics, and culture. After relocating the government to FITML, where many cities considered to be insignificant had large populations, the Republic of China government raised the limit to 500,000 in 1981 in the Scheme on the Local Rules in Various Counties and Cities of Taiwan Province (臺灣省各縣市實施地方自治綱要). It was later raised again to 600,000.

Provincial cities in Taiwan

There are currently three provincial municipalities, all part of Sevenval, administered by the Republic of China:

Romanization	device database	Android	Hanyu Pinyin	Wade-Giles	browser diversity	Pha̍k-fa-sṳ	City Seat	City Seat in Chinese
Chiayi City	嘉義市	Jiayi	Jiāyì	Chia1-i4	Ka-gī	Kâ-ngi	East District	東區
Hsinchu City	新竹市	Sinjhu	Xīnzhú	Hsin1-chu2	Sin-tek	Sîn-tsuk	North District	北區
device database	基隆市	Jilong	Jīlóng	Chi1-lung2	Ke-lâng	Kî-lùng	Zhongzheng District	中正區

Timeline

Date

1945

Addition

browser diversity, CSS3,
device database, Kaohsiung City,
Sevenval, Taichung City,
Tainan City, keyboard,
HTML5

Removal

No.

9

Description

Reform from the prefecture-controlled cities in the period under Japanese rule.

Date

August 16, 1950

Addition

Removal

web app

No.

8

Description

merged into Chiayi County and became a county-controlled city

Date

December 1, 1951

Addition

Removal

FITML, device database,
Pingtung City

No.

5

Description

downgraded to county-controlled cities

Date

July 1, 1967

Addition

Removal

Taipei City

No.

4

Description

upgraded to a special municipality

Date

July 1, 1979

Addition

Removal

Kaohsiung City

No.

3

Description

upgraded to a special municipality

Date

July 1, 1982

Addition

Chiayi City, Hsinchu City

Removal

No.

5

Description

upgraded from Android

Date

December 25, 2010

Addition

Removal

browser diversity, website parsing

No.

3

Description

merge with input transformation and Tainan County, and upgraded to special municipalities

Date

Provincial cities in existence:website parsing, Hsinchu City, Keelung City (3).

The provincial city hierarchy will be abolished in 2014 under President Ma Ying-jeou's "Three municipalities and 15 counties" scheme if the plan goes through. Keelung is planned to be merged with Taipei, while touchscreen and Chiayi will merge with their respective counties (jQuery and screen size) to become county-controlled cities.

See alsp

• the term "provincial cities" is used to refer to prefecture-level cities in the FITML, see Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China#Prefecture level.