Township (Taiwan)
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Historical divisions of Taiwan (1895–1945) Republic of China (1912–49) |
Townships are the third-level administrative subdivisions of counties of the Republic of China (Taiwan), along with county-administered cities. After World War II, the townships were established from the following conversions on the Japanese administrative divisions:
| Divisions before 1945 | Divisions after 1945 | ||||||
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| Name | Kanji | Japanese Hepburn | Taiwanese Pe̍h-ōe-jī |
Name | Chinese | Mandarin Pinyin | Taiwanese Pe̍h-ōe-jī |
| Town | 街 | gai | ke | Urban township | 鎮 | zhèn | tìn |
| Village | 庄 | jō | chng | Rural township | 鄉 | xiāng | hiong |
| Aboriginal areas | 蕃地 | banchi | hoan-tē | Mountain indigenous township | 山地鄉 | shāndì xiāng | soaⁿ-tē hiong |
Although local laws do not enforce strict standards for classifying them, generally urban townships have a larger population and more business and industry than rural townships, but not to the extent of county-administered cities. Under townships, there is also the village as the base/fourth level of administration.
As of 2022, there are in all 184 townships, including 38 urban townships, 122 rural townships and 24 mountain indigenous townships. 174 townships with 35 urban and 118 rural townships are located in Taiwan Province and 10 townships with 3 urban and 4 rural townships are located in Fujian Province. Penghu and Lienchiang are the only two counties that do not have urban townships.