District (Taiwan)

Districts are administrative subdivisions of the Republic of China (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.

NameChineseMandarin
Pinyin
Taiwanese
Pe̍h-ōe-jī
Districtkhu
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
District
CategoryTownships/cities and districts
LocationFree area of the Republic of China
Found inSpecial municipality, city
Created byLocal Government Act
Created
  • 1945-10-25
  • 1999-01-25
Number170 (as of 2019)
Government
  • None
Subdivisions
  • Village

Ordinary districts are governed directly by the municipality/city government with district administrators appointed by the 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.

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