Provincial city (Taiwan)

Autonomous municipality^[I]
Autonomous municipality
	Cities are shown in purple
Category	Special municipalities, counties, and cities
Location	Island of Taiwan
Number	3 (as of 2019)
Populations	267,772–448,207
Areas	60–133 km2
Government	City government; City council; ;
Subdivisions	District;

An autonomous municipality,^[1] county-level city or city,^[I] previously provincial city, is a de jure second-level administrative division unit in the Republic of China (Taiwan).^[2]

The provincial cities 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] Provincial cities along counties, are presently regarded as de facto principal subdivisions directed by the central government of the ROC.

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^ "POLITICAL SYSTEM". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. March 28, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "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] "POLITICAL SYSTEM". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. March 28, 2023.

[auto-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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