List of metropolitan areas in Taiwan

Metropolitan areas were recognized by the government of the Republic of China (Taiwan) until 2010 and were separated into 5 metropolitan areas and 2 satellite cities. They were: Taipei, Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Taichung, Chiayi, Tainan, and Kaoshiung. All special municipalities are within these metropolitan areas.

The definition of metropolitan areas used by the ROC central government were:

1. A metropolitan area is an economically and socially integrated area with one or more core cities. The population has to be over 300,000.
   1. Core city: A core city has to satisfy the following three conditions:
      1. Its population more than 200,000.
      2. More than 70% of its residents living in the urbanized area.
      3. More than 70% of the employed residents working within the city.
   2. Satellite city: Within the same region of the core city, a city or township is defined as a satellite city if one of the following conditions is satisfied. A satellite city has to connect to the core city either directly or through its satellite cities.
      1. More than 10% of the employed residents commuting to the core city.
      2. More than 5% of the employed residents commuting to the core city and more than 40% of the residents living within the same urbanized area as the core city.
      3. surrounded by satellite cities.
      4. If a city is qualified to be a satellite city for more than one core cities, it is defined to be of the core city with more commuters.
2. A metropolitan area is named after the most populous core city.
3. Two metropolitan areas are combined into one if the distance between the largest core cities is less than 25 km or if they are bordered with each other for more than 1 km, and if there is close connection of their commuters. ^{[1] [2]}

Metropolitan areas in Taiwan.

   Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area

   Taoyuan–Zhongli metropolitan area

   Taichung–Changhua metropolitan area

   Tainan metropolitan area

   Kaohsiung metropolitan area

   Hsinchu metropolitan area

   Chiayi metropolitan area

Metropolitan areas in Taiwan

According to the Ministry of the Interior, these are the 7 metropolitan areas in Taiwan: ^[3]

Name	Chinese	Population	Percentage of total population	City rankings
Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area	臺北基隆大都會區	7,048,243	30.00%	1
Taichung–Changhua metropolitan area	大臺中都會區	4,280,000	17.14%	2
Kaohsiung metropolitan area	高雄都會區	2,367,591	10.08%	3
Taoyuan–Zhongli metropolitan area	桃園中壢大都會區	2,229,354	8.93%	4
Tainan metropolitan area	臺南大都會區	1,886,000	5.54%	5
Hsinchu metropolitan area	新竹次都會區	1,121,693	4.77%	6
Chiayi metropolitan area	嘉義次都會區	475,465	2.02%	7

References

1. "中華民國統計資訊網（專業人士）". www.stat.gov.tw (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Archived from the original on 2021-03-01. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
2. "「中華民國統計地區標準分類」自99年12月25日起停止適用" (PDF). www.dgbas.gov.tw (in Chinese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-27. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
3. Ministry of the Interior (Taiwan) (2013-12-09). "鄉鎮市區人口及按都會區統計". sowf.moi.gov.tw (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2013-12-09. Retrieved 2025-10-28.

External links

• Sustainable urban planning
• Government Statistics website (in Chinese)
• Construction and Planning Agency - Engaged in comprehensive plans, urban planning, public housing, construction management, public works, building new business.
• Geopolis  : research group, university of Paris-Diderot, France — Urbanization in the world