Village (Taiwan)
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Villages are the basic level administrative subdivisions of the Republic of China, under townships, county-administered cities or districts. There are two types of villages depending on the divisions it belongs to.[1]
Name | Chinese | Mandarin pinyin |
Taiwanese Pe̍h-ōe-jī |
Administered by |
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Urban village | lǐ | lí | Urban township, County-administered city, District, Mountain indigenous district | |
Rural village | cūn | chhun | Rural township, Mountain indigenous township |
Structuring and sizing
[edit]The history of villages in Taiwan could date back to the Hoko system in the Japanese era, which ho (
In counties or districts with a limited population, 100 households could form a village, whereas in densely populated New Taipei, 1,000 households are necessary to form a village. In very densely populated areas, a village could comprise a population of up to 4,000 households. Thus, the size of villages varies widely.
The following are the statistics of villages in each administrative division in June 2018.
Region | Township-level divisions |
Village-level divisions |
Types of villages | ||
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Urban | Rural | ||||
Fujian Province | Kinmen County | 6 | 37 | 24 | 13 |
Lienchiang County | 4 | 22 | 0 | 22 | |
Kaohsiung City | 38 | 891 | 891 | 0 | |
New Taipei City | 29 | 1032 | 1032 | 0 | |
Taichung City | 29 | 625 | 625 | 0 | |
Tainan City | 37 | 649 | 649 | 0 | |
Taipei City | 12 | 456 | 456 | 0 | |
Taiwan Province | Changhua County | 26 | 589 | 264 | 325 |
Chiayi City | 2 | 84 | 84 | 0 | |
Chiayi County | 18 | 357 | 89 | 268 | |
Hsinchu City | 3 | 122 | 122 | 0 | |
Hsinchu County | 13 | 192 | 96 | 96 | |
Hualien County | 13 | 177 | 72 | 105 | |
Keelung City | 7 | 157 | 157 | 0 | |
Miaoli County | 18 | 275 | 169 | 106 | |
Nantou County | 13 | 262 | 133 | 129 | |
Penghu County | 6 | 96 | 34 | 62 | |
Pingtung County | 33 | 463 | 139 | 324 | |
Taitung County | 16 | 147 | 61 | 86 | |
Yilan County | 12 | 233 | 111 | 122 | |
Yunlin County | 20 | 391 | 164 | 227 | |
Taoyuan City | 13 | 504 | 504 | 0 | |
Total | 368 | 7761 | 5876 | 1885 |
Head
[edit]The head of a village is elected by the people of the village every four years, the head is subsidized with NT$45,000 per month for local transportation, stationary, postage and bill fees.
The head of a village holds responsibility to initiate and hold meetings, handout certificates of various sorts, encourage bill payments and assist filling out of government documents if required.
See also
[edit]- Notes
- ^ a b c d e f Has an elected executive and an elected legislative council.
- ^ a b c Has an appointed district administrator for managing local affairs and carrying out tasks commissioned by superior agency.
- ^ Has an elected village administrator for managing local affairs and carrying out tasks commissioned by superior agency.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Also known as the Taiwan area or Tai–Min area (Chinese:
臺 閩地區 ; lit. 'Taiwan–Fujian area') - ^ The mainland area consists of Mainland China, Tibet and (previously) Outer Mongolia
- ^ Special municipalities, cities, and county-administered cities are all called shi (Chinese:
市 ; lit. 'city') - ^ Nominal; provincial governments have been abolished
- ^ Constitutionally having the same structure as the free area, these are currently under the Chinese Communist Party control with a different structure
- ^ Sometimes called cities (Chinese:
市 ) or provincial cities (Chinese:省 轄市) to distinguish them from special municipalities and county-administered cities - ^ There are two types of townships: rural townships or xīang (Chinese:
鄉 ) and urban townships or zhèn (Chinese: 鎮) - ^ Villages in rural townships are known as cūn (Chinese:
村 ), those in other jurisdictions are known as lǐ (Chinese:里 )
References
[edit]- ^ "Laws and Regulations - Local Government Act". Ministry of the Interior, Republic of China (Taiwan). Archived from the original on 2016-03-15.