Counties of Taiwan

Counties of Taiwan
Counties of Taiwan
Traditional Chinese	縣
Simplified Chinese	县
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	xiàn
Wade–Giles	hsien
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	koān
Eastern Min
Fuzhou BUC	gâing
Pu-Xian Min
Hinghwa BUC	gā̤ⁿ

County^[I]
County
	Counties are shown in green
Category	Special municipalities, counties, and cities
Location	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Number	13
Populations	13,089–1,272,939
Areas	29–4629 km2
Government	County government; County council; ;
Subdivisions	Townships/cities;

A county,^[I] constitutionally known as a hsien,^[1] is a de jure second-level administrative division unit in the Republic of China (Taiwan). Under the administrative structure of Taiwan, it is with the same level of a provincial city.

The counties were formerly under the jurisdiction of provinces, but the provinces were streamlined and effectively downsized to non-self-governing bodies in 1998, in 2018 all provincial governmental organs were formally abolished.^[2]^[3] Counties along with former "provincial cities" which alternately designated as simply "Cities", are presently regarded as principal subdivisions directed by the central government of Taiwan.

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^ "Laws & Regulations Database of The Republic of China". law.moj.gov.tw. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
^ "Local governments". Office of the President Republic of China (Taiwan). Retrieved 30 November 2020.
^ Sarah Shair-Rosenfield (November 2020). "Taiwan combined" (PDF). The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

[2] "Laws & Regulations Database of The Republic of China". law.moj.gov.tw. Retrieved 22 May 2019.

[3] "Local governments". Office of the President Republic of China (Taiwan). Retrieved 30 November 2020.

[4] Sarah Shair-Rosenfield (November 2020). "Taiwan combined" (PDF). The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

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