Provincial city (Taiwan) | taiwan provinces
FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopediaTypeofadministrativedivisionoftheRepublicofChina(Taiwan)Anautonomousmunicipality[1]orcity,[I]previouslyprovincialcity,isadejuresecond-leveladministrativedivisionunitintheRepublicofChina(Taiwan).[2]Theprovincialcitieswereformerlyunderthejurisdictionofprovinces,buttheprovinceswerestreamlinedandeffectivelydownsizedtonon-self-governingbodiesin1998,in2018allprovincialgovernmentalorganswereformallyabolished.[3][4]Provincialcitiesalongcounties,arepresentlyregardedas...
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Type of administrative division of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
An autonomous municipality[1] or city,[I] previously provincial city, is a de jure second-level administrative division unit in the Republic of China (Taiwan).[2]
The provincial cities were formerly under the jurisdiction of provinces, but the provinces were streamlined and effectively downsized to non-self-governing bodies in 1998, in 2018 all provincial governmental organs were formally abolished.[3][4] Provincial cities along counties, are presently regarded as de facto principal subdivisions directed by the central government of the ROC.
History[edit]The first administrative divisions entitled "city" were established in the 1920s when Taiwan was under Japanese rule. At this time cities were under the jurisdiction of prefectures. After the World War II, nine (9) out of eleven (11) prefectural cities established by the Japanese...