Village (Taiwan)

Villages are the basic level administrative subdivisions of Taiwan, under townships, county-administered cities or districts. There are two types of villages depending on the divisions it belongs to.[1]

NameChineseMandarin
Pinyin		Taiwanese
Pe̍h-ōe-jī		Administered by
Urban village里lǐlíUrban township, County-administered city, District, Mountain indigenous district
Rural village村cūnchhunRural township, Mountain indigenous township
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Administrative divisions
of Taiwan
Centrally-governed
Township-level
Village-level
Neighborhood-level
  • Neighborhoods
Historical divisions of
Taiwan (1895–1945)
Republic of China (1912–49)

Structuring and Sizing

The history of Village in Taiwan could date back to the Hoko system in the Japanese era, which ho (保) changed into village after Republic of China ruled Taiwan. The formation of village helps to divide area in considerations for transportation and city planning. The formation of village and its size depends largely on the county it is located or the population nature of the local area. In counties or districts of limited population, 100 households could form a village whereas in dense 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. (Fushan Village of Kaohsiung City contains a population of 39,800) Thus the sizes of village varies widely.

The following are the statistics of villages in each administrative division in June 2018.

RegionTownship-level
divisions		Village-level
divisions		Types of Villages
UrbanRural
Changhua County26589264325
Chiayi City284840
Chiayi County1835789268
Hsinchu City31221220
Hsinchu County131929696
Hualien County1317772105
Kaohsiung City388918910
Keelung City71571570
Kinmen County6372413
Lienchiang County422022
Miaoli County18275169106
Nantou County13262133129
New Taipei City29103210320
Penghu County6963462
Pingtung County33463139324
Taichung City296256250
Tainan City376496490
Taipei City124564560
Taitung County161476186
Taoyuan City135045040
Yilan County12233111122
Yunlin County20391164227
Total368776158761885

The head of a village is usually elected by the people of the village, the duration of the authority lasts for four years before the next election occurs. According to the government, the head is subsidized with 45,000 NT per month for local transportation, stationary, postage and bill fees.

The head of a village holds responsibility to accept complaints and suggestions, initiate and hold meetings, handout certificates of various sorts, encourage bill payments and assist filling out of government documents if required.

Example of villages in Taiwan
Caoling Village in Gukeng Township, Yunlin County.
Region District or TownshipVillage
Kaohsiung City Jiaxin District
Cianjhen District
Zuoying District		 Guanshan, Siaolin
Caoya
Fushan
New Taipei City Ruifang District Houtong
Changhua County Fuxing Township Xishi
Kinmen County Jincheng Township Zhushan
Nantou County Puli Township Taomi
Yunlin County Gukeng Township Caoling

See also
Overview of administrative divisions of Taiwan
Republic of China
Free area[lower-roman 1] Mainland area
Special municipalities[G][lower-roman 2] Provinces[lower-roman 3] Not administered
Counties[G] Cities[G][lower-roman 4]
Districts[O] Mountain indigenous districts[G] Townships/cities[G][lower-roman 5] Districts[O]
Villages[O][lower-roman 6]
Neighborhoods
Notes
[G] Has an administrative body with an elected leader and a legislative body with elected members
[O] Has a governmental office for managing local affairs and carrying out commissioned tasks by superior agency

Notes
  1. Also known as the Taiwan area or Tai–Min area (Chinese: 臺閩地區; lit.: 'Taiwan–Fujian area')
  2. In Chinese, special municipalities, cities, and county-administered cities have the word shi (Chinese: 市; lit.: 'city') in their official names
  3. Nominal; provincial governments have been abolished
  4. Cities are sometimes called provincial cities (Chinese: 省轄市) to distinguish them from the other two types of cities.
  5. In Chinese, there are two types of townships: xīang (Chinese: 鄉) and zhèng (Chinese: 鎮); there is little practical difference between the two
  6. In Chinese, villages of xīang townships are known as tsūn (Chinese: 村), those of other types are known as lǐ (Chinese: 里)

References
  1. http://www.moi.gov.tw/english/english_law/law_detail.aspx?sn=284
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