Village (Taiwan)
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Villagesare the basic level administrative subdivisions of theRepublic of China,undertownships,county-administered citiesordistricts.There are two types of villages depending on the divisions it belongs to.[1]
| Name | Chinese | Mandarin pinyin |
Taiwanese Pe̍h-ōe-jī |
Administered by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban village | lǐ | lí | Urban township,County-administered city,District,Mountain indigenous district | |
| Rural village | Thôn | cūn | chhun | Rural township,Mountain indigenous township |
Structuring and sizing[edit]
The history of villages in Taiwan could date back to theHoko systemin the Japanese era,whichho(Bảo) changed into village after the Republic of China ruled Taiwan. The formation of a village helps divide areas into considerations for transportation and city planning. The formation of the village and its size depend largely on the county it is located in or the population nature of the local area.
In counties or districts with a limited population, 100 households could form a village, whereas in densely populatedNew 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 eachadministrative divisionin June 2018.
| Region | Township-level divisions |
Village-level divisions |
Types of villages | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Rural | ||||
| Fu gian Province | KinmenCounty | 6 | 37 | 24 | 13 |
| Lienchiang County | 4 | 22 | 0 | 22 | |
| KaohsiungCity | 38 | 891 | 891 | 0 | |
| New Taipei City | 29 | 1032 | 1032 | 0 | |
| TaichungCity | 29 | 625 | 625 | 0 | |
| TainanCity | 37 | 649 | 649 | 0 | |
| TaipeiCity | 12 | 456 | 456 | 0 | |
| Taiwan Province | Changhua County | 26 | 589 | 264 | 325 |
| ChiayiCity | 2 | 84 | 84 | 0 | |
| Chiayi County | 18 | 357 | 89 | 268 | |
| HsinchuCity | 3 | 122 | 122 | 0 | |
| Hsinchu County | 13 | 192 | 96 | 96 | |
| Hualien County | 13 | 177 | 72 | 105 | |
| KeelungCity | 7 | 157 | 157 | 0 | |
| Miaoli County | 18 | 275 | 169 | 106 | |
| Nantou County | 13 | 262 | 133 | 129 | |
| PenghuCounty | 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 withNT$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
- ^abcdefHas an elected executive and an elected legislative council.
- ^abcHas 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:Đài mân khu vực;lit.'Taiwan–Fu gian area')
- ^The mainland area consists of Mainland China,Tibetand (previously)Outer Mongolia
- ^Special municipalities, cities, and county-administered cities are all calledshi(Chinese:Thị;lit.'city')
- ^Nominal; provincial governments have been abolished
- ^Constitutionally having the same structure as the free area, these are currently under theChinese Communist Partycontrol with a different structure
- ^Sometimes called cities (Chinese:Thị) or provincial cities (Chinese:Tỉnh hạt thị) to distinguish them from special municipalities and county-administered cities
- ^There are two types of townships: rural townships orxīang(Chinese:Hương) and urban townships orzhèn(Chinese:Trấn)
- ^Villages in rural townships are known ascūn(Chinese:Thôn), those in other jurisdictions are known aslǐ(Chinese:)
References[edit]
- ^"Laws and Regulations - Local Government Act".Ministry of the Interior, Republic of China (Taiwan). Archived fromthe originalon 2016-03-15.