The Political divisions of the Republic of China reference article from the English Wikipedia on 24-Jul-2004
(provided by Fixed Reference: snapshots of Wikipedia from wikipedia.org)

Political divisions of the Republic of China

Have you considered sponsoring a child

The Republic of China currently administers two historical provinces of China (one completely and one for a small part) and centrally administers two municipalities:

Additionally, the ROC has not officially renounced sovereignty over Mainland China (including Tibet) and outer Mongolia, although in 1991 it stated that it does not challenge the PRC's right to rule those areas, and it has made some statements that can be interpreted as renouncing sovereignty over the Mainland, and most observers feel that the ruling Democratic Progressive Party would very much prefer to officially renounce such sovereignty.

This extremely ambigious situation results in large part because a formal renouncement of sovereignty over the Mainland could be taken as a declaration of Taiwan independence which would be unpopular among some circles on Taiwan and could likely bring about military action by the PRC. See Political status of Taiwan for more information.

Maps of China and the world published in Taiwan will sometimes show provincial boundaries as they were in 1949 which do not match the current administrative structure as decided by the Communist Party of China post-1949.

Table of contents
1 Structural hierarchy
2 Romanization
3 Municipalities
4 Counties
5 Provincial municipalities
6 See also
7 External Link

Structural hierarchy

The number at the end are the amount of entities as of 2004: The lowest level, the neighbourhood, is not named, but only enumerated (start from one in each village). They number in 146,112 (127,242 in Taiwan Province), under 7,809 villages (6,838 in Taiwan). There are altogether 369 secondary entities (rural and urban townships, districts (of both types of municipalities), and county-administered cities).

Compare to Political divisions of China#Level

Romanization

The romanization used for ROC placenames is Wade-Giles, except "Keelung" and "Quemoy", which are the more popular versions of romanization. "Chiayi" is a slightly modified form of the Wade-Giles version, "Chia-i". After Tongyong Pinyin was adopted by the current administration in 2002, most municipalities, provinces, and county-level entities retained Wade-Giles, with the aforementioned exceptions. In addition, "Yilan" is written in place of "Ilan".

Municipalities
Romanization
Chinese
Wade-Giles
Hanyu Pinyin
Kaohsiung City 高雄市 Kao-hsiung Gāoxióng
Taipei City 台北市 T`ai-pei Táiběi

Counties

In Taiwan Province:
Romanization
Chinese
Wade-Giles
Hanyu Pinyin
Chiayi County 嘉義縣 Chia-i  Jiāyì
Changhua County 彰化縣 Chang-hua  Zhānghuà
Hsinchu County 新竹縣 Hsin-chu  Xīnzhú
Hualien County 花蓮縣 Hua-lien  Huālián
Kaohsiung County 高雄縣 Kao-hsiung Gāoxióng
Miaoli County 苗栗縣 Miao-li  Miáolì
Nantou County 南投縣 Nan-t`ou  Nántóu
Penghu County (Pescadores) 澎湖縣 P`eng-hu  Pénghú
Pingtung County 屏東縣 P`ing-tung Píngdōng
Taichung County 台中縣 T`ai-chung Táizhōng
Tainan County 台南縣 T`ai-nan Táinán
Taipei County 台北縣 T`ai-pei Táiběi
Taitung County 台東縣 T`ai-tung Táidōng
Taoyuan County 桃園縣 T`ao-yüan Táoyuán
Yilan County 宜蘭縣 I-lan  Yílán
Yunlin County 雲林縣 Yün-lin Yúnlín

In Fujian Province (Wade-Giles: Fuchien):
Romanization
Chinese
Wade-Giles
Hanyu Pinyin
Lienchiang County (Matsu) 連江縣 Lien-chiang Liánjiāng
Kinmen County (Quemoy) 金門縣 Chin-men Jīnmén

Provincial municipalities

In Taiwan Province:
Romanization
Chinese
Wade-Giles
Hanyu Pinyin
Chiayi City 嘉義市 Chia-i  Jiāyì
Hsinchu City 新竹市 Hsin-chu  Xīnzhú
Keelung City 基隆市 Chi-lung Jīlóng
Taichung City 台中市 T`ai-chung Táizhōng
Tainan City 台南市 T`ai-nan Táinán

Image:Map taiwan.jpg [1]

See also

External Link