District (Taiwan)

District
District
Category	Townships/cities and districts
Location	Free area of the Republic of China
Found in	Special municipality, city
Created by	Local Government Act
Created	1945-10-25; 1999-01-25;
Number	170 (as of 2019)
Government	None;
Subdivisions	Village;

Districts are administrative subdivisions of the Republic of China (Taiwan)'s special municipalities of the second level and provincial cities of the third level formerly under its provinces. There are two types of district in the administrative scheme.

Name	Chinese	Mandarin Pinyin	Taiwanese Pe̍h-ōe-jī
District	區	qū	khu
Mountain indigenous district	直轄市山地原住民區	zhíxiáshì shāndì yuánzhùmín qū	Ti̍t-hat-chhī soaⁿ-tē goân-chū-bîn khu

Ordinary districts are governed directly by the municipality/city government with district administrators appointed by the mayors to four-year terms. The mountain indigenous district is a local government body with elected district chiefs as well as district council serving four-year terms.

^ "Local Government Act - Article Content - Laws & Regulations Database of The Republic of China". law.moj.gov.tw. Retrieved 13 November 2019.

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[act-1] "Local Government Act - Article Content - Laws & Regulations Database of The Republic of China". law.moj.gov.tw. Retrieved 13 November 2019.

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