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Urban in Hsinchu City, Republic of China

Hsinchu Metropolitan Area
Urban


Coordinates: 24°48′N 120°58′E / 24.800°N 120.967°E / 24.800; 120.967
Country	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Main City	Hsinchu City
Area
• Metro	703.4429 km (271.6008 sq mi)
Population
• Urban	1,184,997
• Metro density	1,684.567/km (4,363.01/sq mi)

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Hsinchu metropolitan area (Chinese: 新竹都會區; pinyin: Xīnzhú Dūhuì Qū) is the metropolitan area of the city of Hsinchu in northern Taiwan.

The population of the metro area in 2016 was around 1,000,000, and when including Zhunan and Toufen in neighboring Miaoli County was over 1.18 million.

Definition

According to the definition of metropolitan areas formerly used by the Republic of China (Taiwan) government, Hsinchu metropolitan area includes the following areas:

Hsinchu City (core city)	Hsinchu County
East District North District Xiangshan District	Zhubei City Zhudong Township Guanxi Township Xinpu Township Hukou Township Xinfeng Township Baoshan Township Beipu Township Hengshan Township Qionglin Township

However, since 2010, the term is no longer in official usage.

References

"「中華民國統計地區標準分類」自99年12月25日起停止適用" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-07-04.

Administrative divisions of Taiwan

Special municipalities (6)

"Provinces [zh]"

- Fuchien
- Taiwan

Cities (3)	Keelung Hsinchu Chiayi
Counties (13)	Hsinchu Yilan Miaoli Changhua Nantou Yunlin Chiayi Pingtung Taitung Hualien Penghu Kinmen Lienchiang

Districts under special municipalities / cities
Cities / townships under counties

List of townships/cities and districts in Taiwan

The provinces are merely retained as nominal entities within the constitutional structure, as they have no governing power following the formal dissolution of the provincial administrative organs in 2018. Cities and counties are de facto regarded as the principal constituent divisions of the ROC.
- Sarah Shair-Rosenfield (November 2020). "Taiwan Combined" (PDF). The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

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