District (Taiwan)

District
CategoryTownships/cities and districts
LocationTaiwan Area
Found inSpecial municipality, city
Created byLocal government act[1]
Created
  • 25 October 1945 (1945-10-25)
  • 25 January 1999 (1999-01-25)
Number170 (as of 2019)
Government
Subdivisions

Districts are administrative subdivisions of Taiwan's special municipalities of the second level and provincial cities of the third level formerly under its provinces. There are two types of district in the administrative scheme:

Name Chinese Mandarin
Pinyin
Taiwanese
Pe̍h-ōe-jī
District khu
Mountain indigenous district 直轄市山地原住民區 zhíxiáshì shāndì
yuánzhùmín qū
Ti̍t-hat-chhī soaⁿ-tē
goân-chū-bîn khu

Ordinary districts are governed directly by the municipality/city government, with district administrators appointed by mayors to four-year terms. The mountain indigenous district is a local government body with elected district chiefs as well as district council serving four-year terms.

  1. ^ "Local Government Act – Article Content – Laws & Regulations Database of The Republic of China". law.moj.gov.tw. Retrieved 13 November 2019.


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