District (Taiwan)
Third level divisions of the Republic of China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Name | Chinese | Mandarin Pinyin | Taiwanese Pe̍h-ōe-jī |
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District | 區 | qū | 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 |
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Category | Townships/cities and districts |
Location | Free area of the Republic of China |
Found in | Special municipality, city |
Created by | Local Government Act[1] |
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Number | 170 (as of 2019) |
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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.