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county administered city wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 history 2 current county administered cities 3 timeline 4 populous townships 5 see also 6 notes toggle notes subsection 6 1 words in native languages 7 references 8 external links toggle the table of contents county administered city 12 languages català español français 客家語 hak kâ ngî 日本語 한국어 ladin українська tiếng việt 閩南語 bân lâm gí 粵語 中文 edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia administrative division of taiwan not to be confused with county level city special municipalities cities county administered cities this article is part of a series on administrative divisions of taiwan centrally governed special municipalities counties cities township level districts mountain indigenous districts county administered cities urban townships rural townships mountain indigenous townships village level urban villages rural villages neighborhood level neighborhoods historical divisions of taiwan 1895 1945 republic of china 1912 49 v t e a county administered city i is a third level administrative division in the republic of china taiwan below a county which is in turn below a province 1 2 under the administrative structure of the roc it is at the same level as a township or a district such cities are under the jurisdiction of counties it is also the lowest level city in taiwan below a city and a special municipality there are 14 county administered cities currently under roc control history edit see also political divisions of taiwan 1895 1945 and provincial city taiwan the first administrative divisions entitled city were established in the 1920s when taiwan was under japanese rule at this time cities were under the jurisdiction of prefectures after the world war ii nine 9 out of eleven 11 prefectural cities established by the japanese government were reorganized into provincial cities based on the laws on the city formation 市組織法 however the populations of hualien karenkō and yilan giran were too low to become a provincial city but they were of more importance than urban townships thus the scheme on the local rules in various counties and cities of taiwan province 臺灣省各縣市實施地方自治綱要 provided for the creation of county administered cities along with urban townships and rural townships spelling changes of provincial cities in 1945 county administered cities formed in 1945 county administered cities formed in 1951 character japanese before 1945 chinese after 1945 character japanese before 1945 chinese after 1945 宜蘭 giran yilan 新竹 shinchiku hsinchu 花蓮 港 karenkō hualien 彰化 shōka changhua 嘉義 kagi chiayi 屏東 heitō pingtung in 1951 a large scale administrative division reorganization took place in taiwan the size of counties shrink and the county administered districts were abolished this puts county administered cities and townships into the same level in the hierarchy four provincial cities were also downgraded to county administered cities after this reorganization since county administered cities are based on the law for taiwan province kinmen and lienchiang counties of fukien province do not have any city under their jurisdiction the population criterion was originally 50 000 in the 1940s but was raised to 100 000 in 1959 again in 1977 to 150 000 and in 2015 it was lower back to 100 000 under the current currently the local government act regulates the creation of a county administered city in which a city needs to have a population between 100 000 and 500 000 and occupies major political economical and cultural roles not all existing county administered cities are qualified for the population test they were built for historical reasons current county administered cities edit there are currently fourteen 14 county administered cities all in taiwan province name 3 chinese hànyǔ pīnyīn wade giles tongyòng pinyin hokkien pe̍h ōe jī hakka pha̍k fa sṳ county establishment changhua 彰化市 zhānghuà chang¹ hua jhanghuà chiong hòa or chiang hòa chông fa changhua 1951 12 01 douliu 斗六市 dǒuliù tou³ liu dǒuliòu táu la̍k téu liuk yunlin 1981 12 25 hualien 花蓮市 huālián hua¹ lien² hualián hoa lian or hoa liân fâ lièn hualien 1946 01 16 magong 馬公市 mǎgōng ma³ kung¹ mǎgong má keng mâ kûng penghu 1981 12 25 miaoli 苗栗市 miáolì miao² li miáolì biâu le̍k or miâu le̍k mèu li̍t miaoli 1981 12 25 nantou 南投市 nántóu nan² tʻou² nántóu lâm tâu nàm thèu nantou 1981 12 25 pingtung 屏東市 píngdōng pʻing² tung¹ píngdong pîn tong phìn tûng pingtung 1951 12 01 puzi 朴子市 púzǐ pʻu² tzŭ³ púzǐh phò chú phú chṳ́ chiayi 1992 09 10 taibao 太保市 tàibǎo tʻai pao³ tàibǎo thài pó thai pó chiayi 1991 07 01 taitung 臺東市 táidōng tʻai² tung¹ táidong tâi tang thòi tûng taitung 1976 01 01 toufen 頭份市 tóufèn tʻou² fên tóufèn thâu hūn thèu fun miaoli 2015 10 05 yilan 宜蘭市 yílán i² lan² yílán gî lân ngì làn yilan 1946 01 16 yuanlin 員林市 yuánlín yüan² lin² yuánlín oân lîm yèn lìm changhua 2015 08 08 zhubei 竹北市 zhúběi chu² pei³ jhúběi tek pak chuk pet hsinchu 1988 10 31 each county administered city has its own local self government bodies as stipulated in the local government act a city office 市公所 and a city council 市民代表大會 the mayor 市長 and members of the city council 市民代表 are elected by the residents of the city a county administered city is further divided into urban villages 里 timeline edit below unless noted otherwise in parentheses the newly created cities were towns that exceeded the 150 000 criteria date addition removal no description 1946 01 hualien yilan 2 reorganized from the prefectural cities 州轄市 zhōuxiá shì in the period under japanese rule 1950 08 16 chiayi 3 downgraded from provincial city 省轄市 shěngxiá shì 1951 12 01 changhua hsinchu pingtung 6 downgraded from provincial cities 省轄市 shěngxiá shì 1962 04 01 sanchong 7 the population requirement of county administered cities is set to 100 000 originally urban township 鎮 zhèn 1967 07 01 4 zhongli 8 originally urban township 鎮 zhèn 1971 04 21 taoyuan 9 originally urban township 鎮 zhèn 1972 07 01 banqiao fengshan 11 originally urban townships 鎮 zhèn 1976 01 01 taitung 12 originally urban township 鎮 zhèn 1976 03 01 fengyuan 13 originally urban township 鎮 zhèn 1979 01 01 yonghe zhonghe 15 the population requirement of county administered cities changed to 150 000 yonghe originally urban township 鎮 zhèn zhonghe originally rural township 鄉 xiāng 1980 01 15 xindian xinzhuang 17 originally urban townships 鎮 zhèn 1981 12 25 douliu magong miaoli nantou xinying 22 all county seats in taiwan province were upgraded from urban township 鎮 zhèn to county administered cities 1982 07 01 chiayi hsinchu 20 upgraded to provincial cities 省轄市 shěngxiá shì 1988 10 31 zhubei 21 originally rural township 鄉 xiāng county seat 1991 07 01 taibao 22 originally rural township 鄉 xiāng county seat 1992 03 01 pingzhen 23 originally rural township 鄉 xiāng 1992 09 10 puzi 24 originally rural township 鄉 xiāng county seat 1993 05 01 yongkang 25 originally rural township 鄉 xiāng 1993 06 26 tucheng 26 originally rural township 鄉 xiāng 1993 11 01 dali 27 originally rural township 鄉 xiāng 1995 01 01 bade 28 originally rural township 鄉 xiāng 1996 08 01 taiping 29 originally rural township 鄉 xiāng 1997 10 06 luzhou 30 originally rural township 鄉 xiāng 1999 07 01 xizhi 31 originally urban township 鎮 zhèn 1999 10 04 shulin 32 originally urban township 鎮 zhèn 2010 08 01 yangmei 33 originally urban township 鎮 zhèn 2010 12 25 banqiao dali fengshan fengyuan luzhou sanchong shulin taiping tucheng xindian xinying xinzhuang xizhi yonghe yongkang zhonghe 17 new special municipalities established in taipei county taichung tainan and kaohsiung all county administered cities in such places were upgraded into districts 區 qū 2014 06 03 luzhu 18 originally rural township 鄉 xiāng 2014 12 25 bade luzhu pingzhen taoyuan yangmei zhongli 12 new special municipality established in taoyuan county all county administered cities in such places were upgraded into districts 區 qū 2015 08 08 yuanlin 13 the population requirement of county administered cities changed to 100 000 originally urban township 鎮 zhèn 2015 10 05 toufen 14 originally urban township 鎮 zhèn populous townships edit townships with population more than 90 000 close to the upgrading criterion as of march 2017 caotun 草屯鎮 98 330 zhudong 竹東鎮 96 877 hemei 和美鎮 91 159 see also edit administrative divisions of taiwan political divisions of taiwan 1895 1945 cities of japan county taiwan township taiwan county level city mainland china overview of administrative divisions of the republic of china republic of china free area i mainland area ii special municipalities α iii provinces iv not administered v counties α autonomous municipalities α vi districts β mountain indigenous districts α county administered cities α townships α β vii districts β villages γ viii neighborhoods notes 1 2 3 4 5 6 has an elected executive and an elected legislative council 1 2 3 has an appointed district administrator for managing local affairs and carrying out tasks commissioned by superior agency has an elected village administrator for managing local affairs and carrying out tasks commissioned by superior agency notes edit also known as the taiwan area or tai min area chinese 臺閩地區 lit taiwan fujian area the mainland area consists of mainland china tibet and previously outer mongolia special municipalities cities and county administered cities are all called shi chinese 市 lit city nominal provincial governments have been abolished constitutionally having the same structure as the free area these are currently under the chinese communist party control with a different structure sometimes called cities chinese 市 or provincial cities chinese 省轄市 to distinguish them from special municipalities and county administered cities there are two types of townships rural townships or xīang chinese 鄉 and urban townships or zhèn chinese 鎮 villages in rural townships are known as cūn chinese 村 those in other jurisdictions are known as lǐ chinese 里 words in native languages edit in local languages traditional chinese script 縣轄市 mandarin pinyin xiànxiáshì hokkien koān hat chhī references edit local governments office of the president republic of china taiwan retrieved 4 december 2020 the township and county administered city mediation act laws regulations database of the republic of china retrieved 12 june 2021 glossary of names for admin divisions pdf taiwan geographic names information systems the ministry of interior of roc retrieved 6 june 2015 permanent dead link archived copy archived from the original on 2014 12 28 retrieved 2014 12 28 cite web cs1 maint archived copy as title link external links edit media related to county administered cities in taiwan at wikimedia commons v t e administrative divisions of taiwan list of administrative divisions of taiwan list of cities in taiwan list of metropolitan areas in taiwan special municipalities 6 taipei capital city taoyuan taichung tainan new taipei kaohsiung provincial cities 1 3 keelung hsinchu chiayi counties 1 13 hsinchu yilan miaoli changhua nantou yunlin chiayi pingtung taitung hualien penghu kinmen lienchiang districts under special municipalities cities cities townships under counties list of townships cities and districts in taiwan 1 provinces are merely formal entities within the constitutional structure and have no governing power after the dissolution of their administrative organs in 2018 cities and counties are the de facto principal administrative divisions of taiwan sarah shair rosenfield november 2020 taiwan combined pdf university of north carolina at chapel hill retrieved 29 may 2021 retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title county administered_city oldid 1354716727 categories subdivisions of taiwan county administered cities of taiwan populated places in taiwan hidden categories articles with short description short description matches wikidata articles containing chinese language text articles containing mandarin chinese language text articles containing min nan chinese language text all articles with dead external links articles with dead external links from december 2016 articles with permanently dead external links articles containing traditional chinese language text cs1 maint archived copy as title commons category link is on 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