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Template:Administrative divisions of Taiwan

Overview of administrative divisions of the Republic of China
Republic of China
Free area[lower-roman 1] Mainland area[lower-roman 2]
Special municipalities[lower-greek 1][lower-roman 3] Provinces[lower-roman 4] Not administered[lower-roman 5]
Counties[lower-greek 1] Autonomous municipalities[lower-greek 1][lower-roman 6]
Districts[lower-greek 2] Mountain
indigenous
districts
[lower-greek 1]
County-
administered
cities
[lower-greek 1]
Townships[lower-greek 1][lower-greek 2][lower-roman 7] Districts[lower-greek 2]
Villages[lower-greek 3][lower-roman 8]
Neighborhoods
Notes
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Has an elected executive and an elected legislative council.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Has an appointed district administrator for managing local affairs and carrying out tasks commissioned by superior agency.
  3. Has an elected village administrator for managing local affairs and carrying out tasks commissioned by superior agency.
  1. Also known as the Taiwan area or Tai–Min area ()
  2. The mainland area consists of Mainland China, Tibet and (previously) Outer Mongolia
  3. Special municipalities, cities, and county-administered cities are all called shi ()
  4. Nominal; provincial governments have been abolished
  5. Constitutionally having the same structure as the free area, these are currently under the Chinese Communist Party control with a different structure
  6. Sometimes called cities () or provincial cities () to distinguish them from special municipalities and county-administered cities
  7. There are two types of townships: rural townships or xīang () and urban townships or zhèn ()
  8. Villages in rural townships are known as tsūn (), those in other jurisdictions are known as ()
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