Taipei County
臺北縣

Taipei County emblem
Abbreviation: North County (北縣)
Capital	Banciao City
Region	Northern Taiwan
County magistrate	Lin Hsi-yao (acting)
Area	Ranked 7 of 18
- Total  - % water	2,052.5667 km² 0%
Population	Ranked 1 of 18
- Total (May 2004)  - Density	3,689,664 1796/km²
County flower:	Azalea
County tree:	Camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora)

Taipei County (台北縣 Pinyin: Táiběi Xiàn Taiwanese romanisation: 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: Lin Hsi-yao (acting)
• Area: 2052.57 km²
• Population: 3,694,608 (2004/4)

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 or Kaohsiung 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

External links

• Official site (bilingual)
• Bilingual map