Timeline
Below, unless noted otherwise in parenthesis, the newly created cities were towns that exceeded the 150,000 criteria.
| Date | Addition | Removal | No. | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, 1946 | Yilan City, Hualien City | 2 | Reform from the prefectural cities in the period under Japanese rule. | |
| August 16, 1950 | Chiayi City | 3 | Downgraded from provincial city | |
| December 1, 1951 | Changhua City Hsinchu City Pingtung City |
6 | Downgraded from provincial cities | |
| April 1, 1962 | Sanchong City, Taipei County | 7 | The population requirement of county-controlled cities is setted to 100,000. | |
| July 1, 1962 | Zhongli City, Taoyuan County | 8 | ||
| January 25, 1971 | Taoyuan City, Taoyuan County | 9 | ||
| July 1, 1972 | Banqiao City, Taipei County Fengshan City, Kaohsiung County |
11 | ||
| January 1, 1976 | Taitung City, Taitung County | 12 | ||
| March 1, 1976 | Fengyuan, Taichung County | 13 | ||
| January 1, 1979 | Yonghe City, Taipei County Zhonghe City, Taipei County |
15 | The population requirement of county-controlled cities changed to 150,000. | |
| January 15, 1980 | Xindian City, Taipei County Xinzhuang City |
17 | ||
| December 25, 1981 | Douliou City, Yunlin County Magong City, Penghu County Miaoli City, Miaoli County Nantou City, Nantou County Xinying City, Tainan County |
22 | All county seats upgraded from urban township (鎮Zhèn) to county-controlled cities. | |
| July 1, 1982 | Hsinchu City and Chiayi City | 20 | Upgraded to provincial cities | |
| October 31, 1988 | Zhubei City, Hsinchu County | 21 | County seat | |
| July 1, 1991 | Taibao City, Chiayi County | 22 | County seat | |
| March 1, 1992 | Pingzhen City, Taoyuan County | 23 | ||
| September 10, 1992 | Puzi City, Chiayi County | 24 | Originally rural township (鄉Xiāng), county seat. | |
| May 1, 1993 | Yongkang City, Tainan County | 25 | Originally rural township (鄉Xiāng). | |
| June 26, 1993 | Tucheng City, Taipei County | 26 | ||
| November 1, 1993 | Dali City, Taichung County | 27 | ||
| January 1, 1995 | Bade City, Taoyuan County | 28 | ||
| August 1, 1996 | Taiping City, Taichung County | 29 | ||
| October 6, 1997 | Luzhou City, Taipei County | 30 | ||
| July 1, 1999 | Xizhi City, Taipei County | 31 | ||
| October 4, 1999 | Shulin City, Taipei County | 32 | ||
| August 1, 2010 | Yangmei City, Taoyuan County | 33 | ||
| December 25, 2010 | Banqiao City, Taipei County Dali City, Taichung County Fongshan City, Kaohsiung County Fengyuan City, Taichung County Luzhou City, Taipei County Sanchong City, Taipei County Shulin City, Taipei County Taiping City, Taichung County Tucheng City, Taipei County Xindian City, Taipei County Xinying City, Tainan County Xinzhuang City, Taipei County Xizhi City, Taipei County Yonghe City, Taipei County Yongkang City, Tainan County Zhonghe City, Taipei County |
17 | New special municipalities established in Taipei County, Taichung, Tainan, and Kaohsiung; all county-controlled cities in such places were renamed districts (區Qū). |
Lienchiang and Kinmen County do not have any cities.
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