District court (Taiwan)

District courts in Taiwan

Chinese name

地方法院

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Dìfāng Fǎyuàn
Bopomofo	ㄉㄧˋ ㄈㄤㄈㄚˇ ㄩㄢˋ
Wade–Giles	Ti⁴-fang¹ Fa³-yüan⁴
Hakka
Romanization	Thi-fông Fap-yen
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Tē-hng Hoat-īⁿ
Tâi-lô	Tē-hng Huat-īnn

Japanese name

地方法院

ちほうほういん

Transcriptions
Romanization	Chihō Hōin

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The district courts (Chinese: 地方法院; pinyin: Dìfāng Fǎyuàn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tē-hng Hoat-īⁿ) are the ordinary trial courts of general jurisdiction under the law of Taiwan. Currently there are 22 district courts under the jurisdiction of the Republic of China (Taiwan).