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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 lǐ ()
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