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List of all cities and townships in the Republic of China, consisting of six special municipalities and two provinces without administrative function. For the subdivisions under special municipalities and cities, see District (Taiwan) For the subdivisions sort by county, see Township (Taiwan)
The Republic of China (ROC) is divided into eight provincial-level divisions which consists of two streamlined provinces of Taiwan and Fujian along with six special municipalities. This is a list of townships / cities and districts in statistical order.
After the World War II in 1945, the Republic of China (1912–1949) received Taiwan (Formosa) and Penghu (the Pescadores) from the Empire of Japan. [citation needed] After the Chinese Civil War in 1949, the ROC was reduced to mainly the island of Taiwan and some offshore islands, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) controlling the mainland.
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.
Taiwan controls the island of Taiwan and the associated islands Quemoy, Matsu, the Pratas, and part of the Spratly Islands. [Note 1] Its territory is claimed in whole by the People's Republic of China. [Note 2] The Republic of China participates in a number of international organizations under a variety of pseudonyms, most commonly Chinese Taipei.
This list divides the world using the seven-continent model, with islands grouped into adjacent continents. Variations on are noted below and discussed in the following articles: Continent , Boundaries between the continents of Earth , and List of transcontinental countries .
Eastern Taiwan: Yilan, Hualien and Taitung. Western Taiwan: other divisions from Taipei to Pingtung. Northern and Southern Taiwan: Zhuoshui River, the longest river of Taiwan, flows through about the middle of the island. Northern Taiwan: Taipei, New Taipei, Keelung, Taoyuan, Hsinchu (City/County), Miaoli, Taichung, Changhua, and Nantou.
Map of Taiwan. This is a list of places in Taiwan which have standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).