Townships are the third-level administrative subdivisions of
counties of
Taiwan, along with
county-controlled cities. After World War II, the townships were established from the following conversions on the
Japanese administrative divisions:
- to urban townships
- to rural townships .
- to mountain indigenous townships .
Local laws do not enforce strict standards for classifying them, generally urban township has a larger population and more business and industry than rural township, but not to the extent of
County-controlled city. Under townships, there is still
village as the fourth or the basic level of administery.