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Metropolitan areas were recognized by the government of the Republic of China (Taiwan) until 2010. This was the definition of metropolitan areas used by the ROC central government. A metropolitan area is an economically and socially integrated area with one or more core cities. The population has to be over 300,000.
The Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area (Chinese: 臺北基隆都會區; pinyin: Táiběi-Jīlóng Dūhùiqū) also commonly known as Greater Taipei Area (Chinese: 大臺北地區; pinyin: Dà Táiběi Dìqū) is the largest metropolitan area in Taiwan. It is composed of 3 administrative divisions: Taipei, New Taipei City and Keelung.
Code Part of English name Native name Type Population [a] Area (km 2) Population density (/km 2) Population 2010 [b] Population change [c]; 65000010 New Taipei City: Banqiao District
While Taipei City is home to 2,524,393 people (2022), the greater metropolitan area has a population of 7,047,559 people. [10] Even though the population of the city has been decreasing in recent years, the population of adjacent New Taipei has been increasing. The population loss, while rapid in its early years, was slowed by lower density ...
The following is a list of administrative divisions of the Republic of China (Taiwan), including 6 special municipalities and 2 nominal provinces [a] as the de jure first-level administrative divisions. 11 counties and 3 cities were nominally under the jurisdiction of the Taiwan Province, and 2 additional counties being part of the ROC's Fujian Province.
New Taipei City [I] is a special municipality located in northern Taiwan.The city is home to an estimated population of 4,004,367 as of January 2023, [3] making it the most populous city in Taiwan, and also the second largest special municipality by area, behind Kaohsiung.
The first administrative divisions named "county" (縣) was first established in 1661 by the Kingdom of Tungning. The later ruler Qing empire inherited this type of administrative divisions. With the increase of Han Chinese population in Taiwan, the number of counties also grew by time. By the end of Qing era, there were 11 counties in Taiwan.
Name Chinese Hanyu Pinyin Taiwanese Pe̍h-ōe-jī County Founded Population (DEC. 2014) [1] Kaohsiung: 高雄市: Gāoxióng Shì: Ko-hiông-chhī-1979-07-01: 2,778,992