Editing Taiwan Province (section)

==Divisions==
{{Main|Administrative divisions of Taiwan|List of administrative divisions of Taiwan}}

=== History of divisions ===
{{See also|Political divisions of Taiwan (1895–1945)}}

In October 1945, The [[Government of the Republic of China]] reformed the eight(8) [[prefectures of Japan|Japanese prefectures]] under the [[Government-General of Taiwan]] into 8 [[counties of Taiwan|counties]] and 9 [[provincial city (Taiwan)|cities]].

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!rowspan=2|Year!!rowspan=2|Date!!colspan=3|Division No.!!rowspan=2 width=700|Notes
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!Counties!!Cities!!Bureaus
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|1945||25 October||8||9||
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* [[Counties of Taiwan|Counties]]: Hsinchu, Hualien, Kaohsiung, Penghu, Taichung, Tainan, Taipei, and Taitung.
* [[Provincial city (Taiwan)|Cities]]: Changhua, Chiayi, Hsinchu, Kaohsiung, Keelung, Pingtung, Taichung, Tainan, and Taipei.
: (with 2 county-controlled cities: Hualien and Yilan)
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|1949||26 August||8||9||1||Ts'ao-shan Administrative Bureau established from Taipei County
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|rowspan=2|1950||1 April||8||9||1||Ts'ao-shan Administrative Bureau renamed to [[Yangmingshan Administrative Bureau]]
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|16 August||16||5||1
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* [[Counties of Taiwan|Counties]]: Changhua, Chiayi, Hsinchu, Hualien, Kaohsiung, Miaoli, Nantou, Penghu, 
: Pingtung, Taichung, Tainan, Taipei, Taitung, Taoyuan, Yilan, and Yunlin
* [[Provincial city (Taiwan)|Cities]]: Kaohsiung, Keelung, Taichung, Tainan, and Taipei.
: (Chiayi, Changhua, Hsinchu, and Pingtung downgraded to [[county-administered city|county-administered cities]])
* Bureau: [[Yangmingshan Administrative Bureau]]
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|1967||1 July||16||4||1||[[Taipei]] became the first Taiwanese [[Special municipality (Taiwan)|special municipality]]
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|1968||1 July||16||4|| ||[[Yangmingshan Administrative Bureau]] merged into [[Taipei]]
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|1973||1 July||16||4||1||Li-shan Administrative Bureau established from Taichung County
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|1979||1 July||16||3||1||[[Kaohsiung]] became the second Taiwanese [[Special municipality (Taiwan)|special municipality]]
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|rowspan=2|1981||1 March||16||3|| ||Li-shan Administrative Bureau merged back to Taichung County
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|25 December||16||3|| ||All [[county seat]]s (originally [[Township (Taiwan)|urban townships]]) upgraded to [[county-administered city|county-administered cities]].
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|1982||1 July||16||5|| ||Upgrade [[Chiayi]] and [[Hsinchu]] to [[Provincial city (Taiwan)|provincial cities]] (approved on 23 April 1981)
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|1998||21 December||16||5|| ||Provincial government streamlined, all [[County (Taiwan)|counties]] and [[Provincial city (Taiwan)|cities]] are directly led by the [[Executive Yuan]]
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|2010||25 December||12||3|| ||Upgrade [[Kaohsiung]], [[New Taipei]], [[Taichung]], [[Tainan]] to [[Special municipality (Taiwan)|special municipalities]],<br>which covers 4 [[County (Taiwan)|counties]] (Kaohsiung, Taipei, Taichung, Tainan) and 2 [[Provincial city (Taiwan)|cities]] (Taichung and Tainan).
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|2014||25 December||11||3|| ||Upgrade [[Taoyuan, Taiwan|Taoyuan]] to a [[Special municipality (Taiwan)|special municipality]].
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|2018||1 July||11||3|| ||Provincial government defunct, all [[County (Taiwan)|counties]] and [[Provincial city (Taiwan)|cities]] are directly led by the [[Executive Yuan]]
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=== Current divisions ===
Taiwan Province is nominally divided into 11 [[counties of Taiwan|counties]] {{Color box|#e3edc3|border=darkgray}} and 3 [[provincial city (Taiwan)|cities]] {{Color box|#ceb2cd|border=darkgray}}. All divisions are directly administered by the [[Government of the Republic of China|central government]] in practice.

{|class=wikitable
!Map!!No.!!colspan=2|Name!![[Taiwanese Mandarin|Mandarin]]<br>([[Pinyin]])!![[Taiwanese Hokkien|Taiwanese]]<br>([[Pe̍h-ōe-jī]])!![[Taiwanese Hakka|Hakka]]<br>([[Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]])
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|rowspan=15 align=left|'''<div style="position: relative;">[[File:Subdivision types of the Republic of China (2014).svg|350px]]{{Image label|x=0.390|y=0.490|text=[[Changhua County|1]]}}{{Image label|x=0.380|y=0.645|text=[[Chiayi City|2]]}}{{Image label|x=0.435|y=0.665|text=[[Chiayi County|3]]}}{{Image label|x=0.535|y=0.205|text=[[Hsinchu City|4]]}}{{Image label|x=0.605|y=0.250|text=[[Hsinchu County|5]]}}{{Image label|x=0.670|y=0.575|text=[[Hualien County|6]]}}{{Image label|x=0.765|y=0.100|text=[[Keelung City|7]]}}{{Image label|x=0.525|y=0.315|text=[[Miaoli County|8]]}}{{Image label|x=0.535|y=0.535|text=[[Nantou County|9]]}}{{Image label|x=0.100|y=0.615|text=[[Penghu County|10]]}}{{Image label|x=0.425|y=0.945|text=[[Pingtung County|11]]}}{{Image label|x=0.550|y=0.850|text=[[Taitung County|12]]}}{{Image label|x=0.735|y=0.290|text=[[Yilan County, Taiwan|13]]}}{{Image label|x=0.355|y=0.575|text=[[Yunlin County|14]]}}</div>'''
|1||[[Changhua County]]||{{large|{{lang|zh-tw|彰化縣}}}}||Zhānghuà xiàn||Chiong-hoà koān||Chông-fa yen
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|2||[[Chiayi]] City||{{large|{{lang|zh-tw|嘉義市}}}}||Jiāyì shì||Ka-gī chhī||Kâ-ngi sṳ
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|3||[[Chiayi County]]||{{large|{{lang|zh-tw|嘉義縣}}}}||Jiāyì xiàn||Ka-gī koān||Kâ-ngi yen
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|4||[[Hsinchu]] City||{{large|{{lang|zh-tw|新竹市}}}}||Xīnzhú shì||Sin-tek chhī||Sîn-tsuk sṳ
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|5||[[Hsinchu County]]||{{large|{{lang|zh-tw|新竹縣}}}}||Xīnzhú xiàn||Sin-tek koān||Sîn-tsuk yen
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|6||[[Hualien County]]||{{large|{{lang|zh-tw|花蓮縣}}}}||Huālián xiàn||Hoa-liân koān||Fâ-lièn yen
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|7||[[Keelung]] City||{{large|{{lang|zh-tw|基隆市}}}}||Jīlóng shì||Ke-lâng chhī||Kî-lùng sṳ
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|8||[[Miaoli County]]||{{large|{{lang|zh-tw|苗栗縣}}}}||Miáolì xiàn||Biâu-le̍k koān||Mèu-li̍t yen
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|9||[[Nantou County]]||{{large|{{lang|zh-tw|南投縣}}}}||Nántóu xiàn||Lâm-tâu koān||Nàm-thèu yen
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|10||[[Penghu County]]||{{large|{{lang|zh-tw|澎湖縣}}}}||Pénghú xiàn||Phêⁿ-ô͘ koān||Phàng-fù yen
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|11||[[Pingtung County]]||{{large|{{lang|zh-tw|屏東縣}}}}||Píngdōng xiàn||Pîn-tong koān||Phìn-tûng yen
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|12||[[Taitung County]]||{{large|{{lang|zh-tw|臺東縣}}}}||Táidōng xiàn||Tâi-tang koān||Thòi-tûng yen
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|13||[[Yilan County, Taiwan|Yilan County]]||{{large|{{lang|zh-tw|宜蘭縣}}}}||Yílán xiàn||Gî-lân koān||Ngì-làn yen 
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|14||[[Yunlin County]]||{{large|{{lang|zh-tw|雲林縣}}}}||Yúnlín xiàn||Hûn-lîm koān||Yùn-lìm yen
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Note that the [[special municipality (Taiwan)|special municipalities]] of [[Kaohsiung]], [[New Taipei]], [[Taichung]], [[Tainan]], [[Taipei]], and [[Taoyuan, Taiwan|Taoyuan]] are both nominally under and directly administered by the [[Government of the Republic of China|central government]]. They are not parts of any province.