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Encyclopedia > List of Taiwanese counties and cities by area

The following is a list of counties and cities under the jurisdiction of the Republic of China (Taiwan) ranked by area. Data was sourced from the Ministry of the Interior (http://www.moi.gov.tw/W3/stat/month/list.htm).

 Rank County name Chinese name Area (km²) 1 Hualien County 花蓮縣 4628.5714 2 Nantou County 南投縣 4106.4360 3 Taitung County 台東縣 3515.2526 4 Kaohsiung County 高雄縣 2792.6744 5 Pingtung County 屏東縣 2775.6003 6 Yilan County 宜蘭縣 2143.6251 7 Taipei County 台北縣 2052.5667 8 Taichung County 台中縣 2051.4712 9 Tainan County 台南縣 2016.0075 10 Chiayi County 嘉義縣 1901.6725 11 Miaoli County 苗栗縣 1820.3149 12 Hsinchu County 新竹縣 1427.5931 13 Yunlin County 雲林縣 1290.8351 14 Taoyuan County 桃園縣 1220.9540 15 Changhua County 彰化縣 1074.3960 16 Taipei City 台北市 271.7997 17 Tainan City 台南市 175.6456 18 Taichung City 台中市 163.4256 19 Kaohsiung City 高雄市 153.5927 20 Kinmen County 金門縣 153.0560 21 Keelung City 基隆市 132.7589 22 Penghu County 澎湖縣 126.8641 23 Hsinchu City 新竹市 104.0964 24 Chiayi City 嘉義市 60.0256 25 Lienchiang County 連江縣 29.6055¹ 

Kinmen and Lienchiang are under the jurisdictions of Fuchien province, instead of Taiwan province.


Footnotes

  1. Data from Lienchiang County Government (http://www.matsu.gov.tw/do/www/MatStatisticsRead).

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