Taiwan Province is a de jure administrative division of the Republic of China (ROC). Provinces remain a titular division as a part of the Constitution of the Republic of China,but are no longer considered to have any administrative function practically.
Fujian,previously romanized as Fukien,is a province located in South China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north,Jiangxi to the west,Guangdong to the south,and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capital is Fuzhou and its largest city by population is Quanzhou,other notable cities include the port city of Xiamen and Zhangzhou. Fujian is located on the west coast of the Taiwan Strait as the closest geographically and culturally to Taiwan. Certain islands such as Kinmen are only approximately 10 km (6.2 mi) east of Xiamen in Fujian.
Kinmen,alternatively known as Quemoy,is a group of islands governed as a county by the Republic of China (Taiwan),only 10 km (6.2 mi) east from the city of Xiamen in Fujian,located at the southeastern coast of the People's Republic of China,from which they are separated by Xiamen Bay. Kinmen is also located 187 km (116 mi) west from the closest shoreline of the island of Taiwan across the Taiwan Strait.
Taiwan is divided into multi-layered statutory subdivisions. Due to the complex political status of Taiwan,there is a significant difference in the de jure system set out in the original constitution and the de facto system in use today.
The Matsu Islands,officially Lienchiang County,are an archipelago of 36 islands and islets in the East China Sea governed by the Republic of China (Taiwan),situated alongside the southeastern coast of mainland China. The archipelago forms the smallest county in the ROC-controlled territories by area and population,as well as one of two counties that is a part of the nominal Fuchien Province.
ISO 3166-2:TW is the entry for Taiwan,"Taiwan,Province of China",or "Taiwan ",in ISO 3166-2,part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO),which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.
Provinces are the most numerous type of province-level divisions in the People's Republic of China (PRC). There are currently 22 provinces administered by the PRC and one province that is claimed,but not administered,which is Taiwan,currently administered by the Republic of China (ROC).
Taiwan Provincial Government is the nominal government of Taiwan Province in the Republic of China. Since 2018,its functions have been transferred to the National Development Council and other ministries of the Executive Yuan.
Jincheng Township is an urban township on the southwestern corner of the island of Kinmen (Quemoy). It is the county seat of Kinmen County,Fujian Province,Republic of China (Taiwan). Jincheng was the seat of the ROC's Fukien Province from 1949–1956 and 1996–2018. In March 2012,it was named one of the Top 10 Small Tourist Towns by the Tourism Bureau.
Fuchien Province,also romanized as Fujian and rendered as Fukien,is a nominal province of the Republic of China without formal administrative function. It includes three small archipelagos off the coast of the Fujian Province of the People's Republic of China,namely the Matsu Islands,which make up Lienchiang County,and the Wuqiu Islands and Kinmen Islands,which make up Kinmen County. The seat of the administrative centre is Jincheng Township of Kinmen County which serves as its de facto capital. The province is also known as the Golden Horse,after the literal reading of the Chinese character abbreviation for "Kinmen-Matsu".
The Taiwan Area,fully the "Taiwan Area of the Republic of China",also the free area of the Republic of China,the "Tai-Min Area",is a term used to refer to the actual-controlled territories of the Republic of China,usually called "Taiwan". It has been in official use since the Additional articles of the Republic of China constitution took effect to end temporary anti-communist provisions on 1 May 1991. The term is also used in the 1992 Cross-Strait Act.
Taiwan Province,PRC refers to a notional administrative division claimed by the People's Republic of China. The PRC constitution asserts Taiwan as part of its territories although the PRC has never controlled Taiwan since the PRC's establishment in 1949. The territory of the claimed province,including the entire island of Taiwan,is in actuality administered by the Republic of China (ROC) but is not coextensive with the smaller Taiwan Province of the ROC.
Period of mobilization for the suppression of Communist rebellion is a political term used by the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China to indicate the country's entering into a state of emergency with the raising Chinese Civil War. The term aimed to mobilize the people and resources under Kuomintang's control to fight with the Chinese Communist Party rebellion.
A county,constitutionally known as a hsien,is a de jure second-level administrative division unit in the Republic of China (Taiwan). Under the administrative structure of Taiwan,it is with the same level of a provincial city.
Lee Chu-feng is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Magistrate of Kinmen County from 2001 to 2009.
The administrative divisions of China between 1912 and 1949 were established under the regime of the Republic of China government.
The Kinmen Military Headquarters of the Qing Dynasty is a museum in Jincheng Township,Kinmen County,Fujian Province,Republic of China.
Events from the year 1996 in Taiwan,Republic of China. This year is numbered Minguo 85 according to the official Republic of China calendar.
China is officially divided into 34 province-level administrative divisions,the first level of administrative division in the country. There are four types of divisions at the province level:
