includes main island of Taiwan plus smaller islands nearby and off coast of China's Fujian Province Taiwan is divided into 13 counties (xian), 3 cities (shi), and 6 special municipalities directly under the jurisdiction of the Executive Yuan
counties
Changhua
Chiayi
Hsinchu
Hualien
Kinmen
Lienchiang
Miaoli
Nantou
Penghu
Pingtung
Taitung
Yilan
Yunlin
cities
Chiayi
Hsinchu
Keelung
special municipalities
Kaohsiung (city)
New Taipei (city)
Taichung (city)
Tainan (city)
Taipei (city)
Taoyuan (city)
Taiwan uses a variety of romanization systems, while a modified Wade-Giles system still dominates, the city of Taipei has adopted a Pinyin romanization for street and place names within its boundaries, other local authorities use different romanization systems