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  • 1898: 3 counties (縣) and 3 prefectures(廳)

  • 1901: 20 prefectures (廳)

  • 1909: 12 prefectures (廳)

  • 1920: 7 Prefectures (州/廳)

  • 1926: 8 prefectures (州/廳)




POLITICAL DIVISION IN 1898

  • Taipei (Taihoku) County

  • Taichung (Taichu) County

  • Tainan (Tainan) County

  • Yilan (Giran) Prefecture

  • Taitung (Taito) Prefecture

  • Penghu (Hoko) Prefecture



POLITICAL DIVISION IN 1901

  • Keelung Prefecture

  • Yilan Prefecture

  • Shenkeng Prefecture

  • Taipei Prefecture

  • Taozihyuan Prefecture

  • Hsinchu Prefecture

  • Miaoli Prefecture

  • Taichung Prefecture

  • Changhua Prefecture

  • Nantou Prefecture

  • Douliou Prefecture

  • Chiayi Prefecture

  • Yanshueigang Prefecture

  • Tainan Prefecture

  • Fanshuliao Prefecture

  • Fengshan Prefecture

  • Ahou Prefecture

  • Hengchun Prefecture

  • Penghu Prefecture

  • Taitung Prefecture

  • Hualian Harbor Prefecture



POLITICAL DIVISION IN 1909

  • Yilan Prefecture

  • Taipei Prefecture

  • Taoyuan Prefecture

  • Hsinchu Prefecture

  • Taichung Prefecture

  • Nantou Prefecture

  • Chiayi Prefecture

  • Tainan Prefecture

  • Ahou Prefecture

  • Penghu Prefecture

  • Taitung Prefecture

  • Hualian Harbor Prefecture




POLITICAL DIVISION IN 1920

Under a "doka" policy in which the Japanese considered the Taiwanese to be separate but equal, the political divisions in Taiwan became similar to the System used in Mainland Japan in 1920.

Structural Hierarchy

  • Prefecture (州)

  • --- City (市)

  • -- Town (町)

  • --- District (郡)

  • --Town (街)

  • -- Village (庄)

  • --Aboriginal Area (蕃地)

  • Prefecture (廳)

  • ---City (市)

  • ---Subprefecture (支廳)

  • --Town (街)

  • --Village (庄)

  • --Aboriginal Area (蕃地)



List of Prefectures and Counties



CHANGES IN 1945

When the Republic Of China began to rule Taiwan in 1945 , the government simply changed to names of the divisions and gave names to the Aboriginal areas.
  • Prefecture (州) -> County (縣)

  • ---City (市)

  • --Town (町) -> District (區)

  • ---District (郡) -> District (區)

  • --Town (街) -> Urban township (鎮)

  • --Village (庄) -> Rural township (鄉)

  • --Aboriginal Area (蕃地) -> Rural Township (鄉)

  • Prefecture (廳) -> County (縣)

  • ---City (市)

  • ---Subprefecture (支廳) -> District (區)

  • --Town (街) -> Urban Township (鎮)

  • --Village (庄) -> Rural Township (鄉)

  • --Aboriginal Area (蕃地) -> Rural Township (鄉)



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