List of Taiwanese counties and cities by area - Definition and Overview

The following is a list of counties and cities under the jurisdiction of the Republic of China (Taiwan) ranked by area. Data was sourced from the Ministry of the Interior (http://www.moi.gov.tw/W3/stat/month/list.htm).

 Rank County name          Chinese name  Area (km²)      
 1    Hualien County       花蓮縣          4628.5714
 2    Nantou County        南投縣          4106.4360
 3    Taitung County       台東縣          3515.2526
 4    Kaohsiung County     高雄縣          2792.6744
 5    Pingtung County      屏東縣          2775.6003
 6    Yilan County         宜蘭縣          2143.6251
 7    Taipei County        台北縣          2052.5667
 8    Taichung County      台中縣          2051.4712
 9    Tainan County        台南縣          2016.0075
10    Chiayi County        嘉義縣          1901.6725
11    Miaoli County        苗栗縣          1820.3149
12    Hsinchu County       新竹縣          1427.5931
13    Yunlin County        雲林縣          1290.8351
14    Taoyuan County       桃園縣          1220.9540
15    Changhua County      彰化縣          1074.3960
16    Taipei City          台北市           271.7997
17    Tainan City          台南市           175.6456
18    Taichung City        台中市           163.4256
19    Kaohsiung City       高雄市           153.5927
20    Kinmen County        金門縣           153.0560
21    Keelung City         基隆市           132.7589
22    Penghu County        澎湖縣           126.8641
23    Hsinchu City         新竹市           104.0964
24    Chiayi City          嘉義市            60.0256
25    Lienchiang County    連江縣            29.6055¹

Kinmen and Lienchiang are under the jurisdictions of Fuchien province, instead of Taiwan province.

Footnotes

1. Data from Lienchiang County Government (http://www.matsu.gov.tw/do/www/MatStatisticsRead).

See also

• List of Taiwanese counties and cities by population
• List of Taiwanese counties and cities by population density