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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.
According to the Local Government Act of Taiwan, a place with population more than 1.25 million may become a special municipality, a place with population between 0.5 and 1.25 million may become a city. Counties with population more than 2 million may grant some extra privileges in local autonomy that was designed for special municipalities.
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.
Code Province County/City English name Native name Type Population [a] Area (km 2) Population density (/km 2) Population 2010 [b] Population change [c]; 65000010 New Taipei City
The population of Taiwan is approximately 23.35 million as of April 2023. [1]Immigration of Han Chinese to the Penghu Islands started as early as the 13th century. The main island was inhabited by a diversity of Taiwanese indigenous peoples speaking Austronesian languages until Han settlement began in the early 17th century, around the time of the Ming–Qing transition, when workers were ...
English: Population density of the Republic of China (Taiwan) by township/city or district in January 2020 Deutsch: Bevölkerungsdichte nach Distrikten in der Republik China auf Taiwan im Jahr 2011. Inhabitants
Central Taiwan JSC: Taiwan HC Taichung BC 3: Yunlin, Chiayi City/County, Tainan: Yunlin-Chiayi-Tainan JSC: Taiwan HC Tainan BC 4: Kaohsiung, Pingtung, Penghu: Southern Taiwan JSC: Taiwan HC Kaohsiung BC 5: Hualien, Taitung: Eastern Taiwan JSC: Taiwan HC Hualien BC – Kinmen, Matsu (Lienchiang) Kinmen-Matsu JSC: Fuchien HC Kinmen BC
Taiwan, [II] [i] officially the Republic of China (ROC), [I] is a country [27] in East Asia. [l] The main island of Taiwan, also known as Formosa, lies between the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south.