Editing Taiwan Province (section)

=== 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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