- List of metropolitan areas in Taiwan
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This is the definition of metropolitan areas used by the Republic of China government.
- A metropolitan area is an economically and socially integrated area with one or more core cities. The population has to be over 300,000.
- Core city: A core city has to satisfy the following three conditions:
- Its population more than 200,000.
- More than 70% of its residents living in the urbanized area.
- More than 70% of the employed residents working within the city.
- 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 connecte to the core city either directly or through its satellite cities.
- More than 10% of the employed residents commuting to the core city.
- 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.
- surrounded by satellite cities.
- 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.
- Core city: A core city has to satisfy the following three conditions:
- A metropolitan area is named after the most populous core city.
- 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.
Metropolitan areas in the Republic of China
Seven metropolitan areas are identified by the Republic of China, all of which are located on Taiwan. Population figures are for 2003.
- Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area (6,607,115)
- Kaohsiung metropolitan area (2,752,008)
- Taichung–Changhua metropolitan area (2,161,327)
- Taoyuan–Jhongli metropolitan area (1,814,437)
- Tainan metropolitan area (1,237,886)
- Hsinchu metropolitan area (671,464)
- Chiayi metropolitan area (373,417)
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- A metropolitan area is an economically and socially integrated area with one or more core cities. The population has to be over 300,000.
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