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- ↑ "Taichung City" Archived September 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine . Post.gov.tw.
- ↑ "Tainan City" Archived September 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine . Post.gov.tw.
- ↑ "Taipei City" Archived September 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine . Post.gov.tw.
- ↑ "ChiaYi City" Archived September 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine . Post.gov.tw.
- ↑ "Hsinchu City" Archived September 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine . Post.gov.tw.
- ↑ "KeeLung City" Archived September 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine . Post.gov.tw.
