List of metropolitan areas in Taiwan

Metropolitan areas were recognized by the Taiwan government until 2010. This is the definition of metropolitan areas used by the government of Taiwan.

1. A metropolitan area is an economically and socially integrated area with one or more core cities. The population has to be over 300,000.
   1. Core city: A core city has to satisfy the following three conditions:
      1. Its population more than 200,000.
      2. More than 70% of its residents living in the urbanized area.
      3. More than 70% of the employed residents working within the city.
   2. 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.
      1. More than 10% of the employed residents commuting to the core city.
      2. 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.
      3. surrounded by satellite cities.
      4. 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.
2. A metropolitan area is named after the most populous core city.
3. 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 Taiwan

Seven metropolitan areas are identified in Taiwan.

Name	Chinese	Population	Percent
Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area	臺北基隆大都會區	7,048,243	30.00%
Kaohsiung metropolitan area	高雄大都會區	2,784,517	11.85%
Taichung–Changhua metropolitan area	臺中彰化大都會區	2,367,591	10.08%
Taoyuan–Zhongli metropolitan area	桃園中壢大都會區	2,097,854	8.93%
Tainan metropolitan area	臺南大都會區	1,301,200	5.54%
Hsinchu metropolitan area	新竹次都會區	1,121,693	4.77%
Chiayi metropolitan area	嘉義次都會區	475,465	2.02%

External links

• Sustainable urban planning
• Government Statistics website (in Chinese)
• Construction and Planning Agency - Engaged in comprehensive plans, urban planning, public housing, construction management, public works, building new business.
• Geopolis : research group, university of Paris-Diderot, France — Urbanization in the world