List of cities in Taiwan

In the structural hierarchy of the administrative divisions in Taiwan, there are three types of administrative divisions with the Chinese word shì (市, "city") in their names.

Contents

• Cities in Taiwan
• City-Gallery Largest cities of Taiwan
• Former cities
• Dissolved prefectural cities
• Dissolved provincial cities
• Dissolved county-administered cities
• Alphabetical list of all cities and townships
• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• W
• X
• Y
• Z
• Alphabetical list of all cities and townships (Tongyòng Pinyin)
• A 2
• B 2
• C 2
• D 2
• E 2
• F 2
• G 2
• H 2
• J 2
• K 2
• L 2
• M 2
• N 2
• P 2
• R 2
• S 2
• T 2
• W 2
• Y 2
• Z 2
• See also
• Historical
• References

Cities in Taiwan

There are 23 cities on the island of Taiwan. Most of them are located within Taiwan Province:

City-Gallery Largest cities of Taiwan

• 
  New Taipei, Taiwan's largest city formerly Taipei County.
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  Taichung, Taiwan's second largest city.
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  Kaohsiung, Taiwan's largest port city and third largest city.
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  Taipei, Taiwan's fourth largest city and the seat of the ROC government.
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  Taoyuan, Taiwan's largest airport, Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport is located in this city.
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  Tainan, Taiwan's ancient capital.
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  Chiayi, city near the Alishan Forest Railway.
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  Hsinchu, home to Taiwan's "silicon valley".
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  Keelung, largest port city in Northern Taiwan.

Former cities

Dissolved prefectural cities

See also: Political divisions of Taiwan (1895–1945)

Name	Japanese	Taiwanese Pe̍h-ōe-jī	Prefecture	Founded	Dissolved	Successor division
Taihoku	臺北市	Tâi-pak-chhī	Taihoku	1920-10-01	1945-10-25	Became city of Taipei
Taichū	臺中市	Tâi-tiong-chhī	Taichū	1920-10-01	1945-10-25	Became city of Taichung
Tainan	臺南市	Tâi-lâm-chhī	Tainan	1920-10-01	1945-10-25	Became city of Tainan
Kīrun	基隆市	Ke-lâng-chhī	Taihoku	1924-12-25	1945-10-25	Became city of Keelung
Takao	高雄市	Ko-hiông-chhī	Takao	1924-12-25	1945-10-25	Became city of Kaohsiung
Shinchiku	新竹市	Sin-tek-chhī	Shinchiku	1930-01-20	1945-10-25	Became city of Hsinchu
Kagi	嘉義市	Ka-gī-chhī	Tainan	1930-01-20	1945-10-25	Became city of Chiayi
Shōka	彰化市	Chiong-hòa-chhī	Taichū	1933-12-20	1945-10-25	Became city of Changhua
Heitō	屏東市	Pîn-tong-chhī	Takao	1933-12-20	1945-10-25	Became city of Pingtung
Giran	宜蘭市	Gî-lân-chhī	Taihoku	1940-10-01	1945-10-25	Became county-administered city of Yilan
Karenkō	花蓮港市	Hoa-liân-káng-chhī	Karenkō	1940-10-01	1945-10-25	Became county-administered city of Hualien

Alphabetical list of all cities and townships

List of all cities and townships in the Republic of China, consisting of six special municipalities and two provinces without administrative function.

• For the subdivisions under special municipalities and cities, see District (Taiwan)
• For the subdivisions sort by county, see Township (Taiwan)

Alphabetical list of all cities and townships (Tongyòng Pinyin)

Tongyòng Pinyin was the standard of Chinese romanization of Taiwan between 2002 and 2008. Although the standard was shifted to Hànyǔ Pīnyīn from 1 January 2009, the change to signs and documents using Tongyòng Pinyin is not complete. There are still some signs using Tongyòng Pinyin on highways and roads.