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Special municipality (Taiwan)

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The provinces are merely retained as nominal entities within the constitutional structure, as they have no governing power following the formal dissolution of the provincial administrative organs in 2018. Cities and counties are de facto regarded as the principal constituent divisions of the
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administration had approved the proposal to merge Hsinchu county and city in December 2021 but rejected Changhua due to the county's decline of population below the 1.25 million required by Article 4 of the Local Government Act for a region to be eligible for an upgrade.
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was created. Taipei served as the capital of the country starting in 1949 and was at the time the most populous city. The scope of the Taipei special municipality includes the original provincial City of Taipei and 4 of its neighboring townships in
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with population over two million may grant some extra privileges in local autonomy that was designed for special municipalities. This type of counties are often called quasi-municipalities (
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In Taiwanese municipalities, the mayor is the highest-ranking official in charge. The mayor is directly elected by the people registered in the municipality for a duration of four years.
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also grew over 2 million and were qualified for being a quasi-municipality since 2011. The county government also sent a proposal to become a special municipality in 2012.
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also states that cities with population of over 1,250,000 and with significance on political, economic and cultural development may form a special municipality.
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regulates the local self-governance bodies and came with some articles to deal with the possible changes of administrative divisions. In the
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The four newly created special municipalities were formally established on December 25, 2010 with the inauguration of the new mayors.
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The first municipalities of the ROC were established in 1927 soon after they were designated as "cities" during the 1920s. Nominally,
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Has an appointed district administrator for managing local affairs and carrying out tasks commissioned by superior agency.
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Has an elected village administrator for managing local affairs and carrying out tasks commissioned by superior agency.
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the right to file petitions to reform themselves into special municipalities. Four proposals were approved by the
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in the early 1990s, more thoughts of administrative division reform and reorganization were widely discussed. The
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List of heads of governments of special municipalities, counties and provincial cities in Taiwan
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In 1979, the major international port and industrial city in the southwest of the country —
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Constitutionally having the same structure as the free area, these are currently under the
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City have been expressed interest to become its special municipality that October. The
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Special municipalities, cities, and county-administered cities are all called
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special municipality includes the original provincial Kaohsiung City and
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Their self-governed bodies (executive and legislature) regulated by the
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was the first division within this case. In 2009, another amendment of
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Currently total six cities are designated as special municipalities:
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Currently, there are in total six special municipalities under the
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Has an elected executive and an elected legislative council.
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in 1949, all the special municipalities established in
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and over two thirds (2/3) of the national population.
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approved the proposal and the special municipality of
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There are two types of townships: rural townships or
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Nominal; provincial governments have been abolished
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