Political divisions of Taiwan

The Republic of China currently administers two historical provinces of China:

• Taiwan Province: completely (all but one county are on the Taiwanese main island.)
  • Sixteen counties,
  • Two municialities, and
  • Five provincially administrated cities.
• Fujian Province: partially
  • Two counties are under the jurisdiction of the ROC.

The romanization used for ROC placenames is Wade-Giles, except "Keelung" and "Quemoy", which are the more popular versions of romanization. "Chiayi" is a slightly modified form of the Wade-Giles version, "Chia-i".

Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Counties 2 Municipalities 3 Provincially Administrated Cities 4 External Link

Counties

County in Chinese is 縣 (in pinyin: xian4, in Wade-Giles: hsien).

In Taiwan Province:

Romanization	Chinese	Wade-Giles	Pinyin	Pinyin with tones[?]
Chiayi County[?]	嘉義縣	Chia-i	Jiayi	jia1 yi4
Changhua[?] County	彰化縣	Chang-hua	Zhanghua	zhang1 hua4
Hsinchu County[?]	新竹縣	Hsin-chu	Xinzhu	xin1 zhu2
Hualien[?] County	花蓮縣	Hua-lien	Hualian	hua1 lian2
Ilan[?] County	宜蘭縣	I-lan	Yilan	yi2 lan2
Kaohsiung County[?]	高雄縣	Kao-hsiung	Gaoxiong	gao1 xiong2
Miaoli[?] County	苗栗縣	Miao-li	Miaoli	miao2 li4
Nantou[?] County	南投縣	Nan-tou	Nantou	nan2 tou2
Penghu County (Pescadores)	澎湖縣	Peng-hu	Penghu	peng2 hu2
Pingtung[?] County	屏東縣	Ping-tung	Pingdong	ping2 dong1
Taichung County[?]	台中縣	Tai-chung	Taizhong	tai2 zhong1
Tainan County[?]	台南縣	Tai-nan	Tainan	tai2 nan2
Taipei County	台北縣	Tai-pei	Taibei	tai2 bei3
Taitung[?] County	台東縣	Tai-tung	Taidong	tai2 dong1
Taoyuan[?] County	桃園縣	Tao-yuan	Taoyuan	tao2 yuan2
Yunlin[?] County	雲林縣	Yun-lin	Yunlin	yun2 lin2

In Fujian Province:

Romanization	Chinese	Wade-Giles	Pinyin	Pinyin with tones
Lienchiang County (Matsu)	連江縣	Lien-chiang	Lianjiang	lian2 jiang1
Quemoy County	金門縣	Kin-men	Jinmen	jin1 men2

Municipalities

Municipality in Chinese is 直轄市 (literal meaning: "Directly administrated city (by the central government)", in pinyin: zhi2 xia2 shi4, in Wade-Giles: chi-hsia-shih).

Romanization	Chinese	Wade-Giles	Pinyin	Pinyin with tones
Kaohsiung City	高雄市	Kao-hsiung	Gaoxiong	gao1 xiong2
Taipei City	台北市	Tai-pei	Taibei	tai2 bei3

Provincially Administrated Cities

Provincially administrated city in Chinese is 省轄市 (in pinyin: sheng3 xia2 shi4, in Wade-Giles: sheng-hsia-shih).

Romanization	Chinese	Wade-Giles	Pinyin	Pinyin with tones
Chiayi City[?]	嘉義市	Chia-i	Jiayi	jia1 yi4
Hsinchu City	新竹市	Hsin-chu	Xinzhu	xin1 zhu2
Keelung[?] City	基隆市	Chi-lung	Jilong	ji1 long2
Taichung City[?]	台中市	Tai-chung	Taizhong	tai2 zhong1
Tainan City[?]	台南市	Tai-nan	Tainan	tai2 nan2

External Link

County and city flags (http://www.edward-lee.com/taiwan/local.html)