Taiwan Province | Taiwan state
AdministrativedivisionoftheRepublicofChina(Taiwan)ProvinceinRepublicofChinaTaiwanProvince(Chinese:臺灣省;pinyin:TáiwānShěng;Pe̍h-ōe-jī:Tâi-oân-séng;PFS:Thòi-vàn-sénorThòi-vân-sén)isanominaladministrativedivisionoftheRepublicofChina(ROC).ProvincesremainatitulardivisionasapartoftheConstitutionoftheRepublicofChina,butarenolongerconsideredtohaveanyadministrativefunctionpractically.[2][3]TaiwanProvincecoversapproximately69%oftheislandofTaiwan,andcomprisesaround31%ofthetotalpopulation.Theprovincei...
Administrative division of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Province in Republic of China
Taiwan Province (Chinese: 臺灣省; pinyin: Táiwān Shěng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-oân-séng; PFS: Thòi-vàn-sén or Thòi-vân-sén) is a nominal administrative division of the Republic of China (ROC). Provinces remain a titular division as a part of the Constitution of the Republic of China, but are no longer considered to have any administrative function practically.[2][3]
Taiwan Province covers approximately 69% of the island of Taiwan, and comprises around 31% of the total population. The province initially covered the entire island of Taiwan (Formosa), Penghu (the Pescadores), Orchid Island, Green Island, Xiaoliuqiu Island, and their surrounding islands. Between 1967 and 2014, six special municipalities (Kaohsiung, New Taipei, Taichung, Tainan, Taipei and Taoyuan) were split off from the province, all in the most populous regions.
Taiwan was initially made a prefecture of Fujian Pr...