Special municipality (Taiwan)

Special Municipality[I]
Special municipalities are shown in pink
Category	Special municipalities, counties, and cities
Location	Free area of the Republic of China
Number	6
Populations	1,881,204–4,014,560
Areas	272–2,952
Government	City government City council
Subdivisions	District

Special municipality^[I], historically known as Yuan-controlled municipality, is a first-level administrative division unit in Taiwan. It is the highest level of the country's administrative structure and is equivalent to a province. After the suspension of the provincial governments of 2018, the special municipalities along with provincial cities and counties have all governed directly under the central government.^[1]

Currently total six cities are designated as special municipalities: Taipei, Taoyuan, New Taipei, Taichung, Tainan, and Kaohsiung, all located in the most densely populated regions in the western half of the island.^[2] These special municipalities encompass five most populous metropolitan areas in Taiwan, accounting for more than two-thirds of the national population.

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