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A metropolitan area is an economically and socially integrated area with one or more core cities. The population has to be over 300,000. Core city: A core city has to satisfy the following three conditions: Its population more than 200,000. More than 70% of its residents living in the urbanized area.
In addition, there was a surge in population as the Chinese Civil War ended and the Kuomintang (KMT) forces retreated, bringing an influx of 1.2 million soldiers and civilians to Taiwan in 1948–1949, representing less than 15% of the population at the time (who constitute approximately 10% of the population in 2004 [5]).
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
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)
It is composed of 3 administrative divisions: Taipei, New Taipei City and Keelung. The region encompasses an area of 2,457.13 square kilometers (948.70 sq mi) and a population of 7,034,084 as of 2019. It is the most populous and the most densely populated metropolitan area in Taiwan, with one-third of Taiwanese people living and working there.
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.
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.
Taiwan, [II] [i] officially the Republic of China (ROC), [I] [j] is a country [27] in East Asia. [m] 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.