Provincial city (Taiwan)

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Administrative divisions
of the Republic of China
(Taiwan)

In effect

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Provinces
(省 shěng)
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Special municipalities
(直轄市 zhíxiáshì)

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Counties
(縣 xiàn)

Provincial cities
(市 shì)

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Districts
(區 qū)

County-controlled cities
(縣轄市 xiànxiáshì)

Urban townships
(鎮 zhèn)

Rural townships
(鄉 xiāng)

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Urban villages
(里 lǐ)

Rural villages
(村 cūn)

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Neighborhoods
(鄰 lín)

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1^st	Regions (地方 Dìfāng) (also known as "Areas")
	Special administrative regions (SARs) (特別行政區 tèbié xíngzhèngqū)
	Leagues (盟、部 méng, bù)
	Special banners (特別旗 tèbiéqí)
2^nd	Bureaus (設治局 shèzhìjú)
	Management bureaus (管理局 guǎnlǐjú)
	Banners (旗 qí)
See also History of the administrative divisions of China

Provincial cities (省轄市 shěngxiáshì), sometimes translated provincial municipalities, are cities lesser in rank than special municipalities of the Republic of China (Taiwan). They are governed by provinces directly and are one level above the most basic county-controlled cities.

In the early 20th century, the criteria of being a provincial municipality, as stated in Laws on the City Formation (市組織法) of the Republic of China, included being the provincial capital as well as having a population of over 200,000, or over 100,000 if the city had particular significance in politics, economics, and culture.

After relocating the government to Taiwan, where many cities considered to be insignificant^{[weasel words]} had large populations, the Republic of China government raised the limit to 500,000 in 1981 in 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). It was later raised again to 600,000.

1 Provincial cities in Taiwan
2 Timeline since 1945 within the present-day geograhical border
3 List of provincial cities before 1949
- 3.1 Under Beiyang Government
- 3.2 Under Kuomintang Government since 1928
4 See also

Provincial cities in Taiwan

There are currently three provincial municipalities, all part of Taiwan Province, administered by the Republic of China:

English	Chinese	Tongyong Pinyin	Hanyu Pinyin	Wade-Giles	Pe̍h-ōe-jī	Pha̍k-fa-sṳ	City Seat	City Seat in Chinese
Chiayi City	嘉義市	Jiayi	Jiāyì	Chia¹-i⁴	Ka-gī	Kâ-ngi	East District	東區
Hsinchu City	新竹市	Sinjhu	Xīnzhú	Hsin¹-chu²	Sin-tek	Sîn-tsuk	North District	北區
Keelung City	基隆市	Jilong	Jīlóng	Chi¹-lung²	Ke-lâng	Kî-lùng	Zhongzheng District	中正區

Chiayi City

Hsinchu City

Keelung City

Timeline since 1945 within the present-day geograhical border

Date	Addition	Removal	No.	Description
1945	Changhua City, Chiayi City, Hsinchu City, Kaohsiung City, Keelung City, Taichung City, Tainan City, Taipei City, Pingtung City		9	Reform from the prefecture-controlled cities in the period under Japanese rule.
August 16, 1950		Chiayi City	8	merged into Chiayi County and became a county-controlled city
December 1, 1951		Changhua City, Hsinchu City, Pingtung City	5	downgraded to county-controlled cities
July 1, 1967		Taipei City	4	upgraded to a special municipality
July 1, 1979		Kaohsiung City	3	upgraded to a special municipality
July 1, 1982	Chiayi City, Hsinchu City		5	upgraded from county-controlled cities
December 25, 2010		Taichung City, Tainan City	3	merge with Taichung County and Tainan County, and upgraded to special municipalities
Provincial cities in existence:Chiayi City, Hsinchu City, Keelung City (3).

The provincial city hierarchy will be abolished in 2014 under President Ma Ying-jeou's "Three municipalities and 15 counties" scheme if the plan goes through. Keelung is planned to be merged with Taipei, while Hsinchu and Chiayi will merge with their respective counties (Hsinchu County and Chiayi County) to become county-controlled cities.^{[clarification needed]} Their districts will become the districts within a centrally administered municipality, which has a status equivalent to a province.

List of provincial cities before 1949

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Provincial city (Taiwan)

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Provincial cities in Taiwan

Timeline since 1945 within the present-day geograhical border

List of provincial cities before 1949

Under Beiyang Government

Under Kuomintang Government since 1928

See also

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