Taipei
Taipei County (Traditional Chinese: 台北縣; Hanyu Pinyin: Táiběi Xiàn; Tongyong Pinyin: Táiběi Siàn; Wade-Giles: T'ai-pei Hsien

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Tâi-pak-koān) is located in northern Taiwan and encircles Taipei City. It is south of Keelung, north of Taoyuan County and west of Yilan. Its abbreviation in Taiwanese is Pak-koān and in Mandarin is Bei Xian (北縣). It is administered as part of Taiwan Province of the Republic of China.

* Chief magistrate of Taipei county : Chou, Hsi-Wei (周錫瑋)
* Total Area: 2,052.5667 km²
* Total Population: 3,750,504 (July, 2006)

Demographics

Over 80% of Taipei County residents live in the ten township-level cities, which have a total area of one-sixth of Taipei County.

28.80% of Taipei County residents moved from Taipei City .

Administration

Taipei County controls ten township-level cities (縣轄市), four urban townships (鎮), and fifteen rural townships (鄉).

The sub-county entities consists of 1013 villages, which in turn are divided into 21598 neighborhoods (鄰).(2004/4)

See also: Political divisions of the Republic of China
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