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It is a pet peeve of mine that most textbooks use geographical terms that are not found on the maps they provide.
This map covers Táiwān 臺灣 (台湾), including the Pescadores islands in the Taiwan Strait (constituting Pénghú County). The abbreviations used are not official; they are my own invention. As with the china map, they allow this one to serve as an exercise in addition to being a reference. They represent the officially designated county and municipality names.
The "postal" spellings are those most common in books about Taiwan. Since 1945 Taiwan's government has tried to officialize several Romanization systems, both for place names and more broadly, the main goal being to avoid use of the mainland's now universal Pinyin system. Expect variation!
If you would like to print out a reference copy of the map, click on it to get a page with the map alone.
| Abbr. | Chinese | Official Postal Spelling |
|---|---|---|
| Northern | ||
| IL | Yílán 宜蘭 | Ilan |
| JLS | Jīlóng shì 基隆市 | Keelong City |
| TB | Táibĕi 臺北 | Taipei |
| TBS | Táibĕi shì 臺北市 | Taipei City |
| TY | Táoyuán 桃園 | Taoyuan |
| XZ | Xīnzhú 新竹 | Hsinchu |
| ZH | Zhānghuà 彰化 | Changhua |
| Central | ||
| HL | Huālián 花蓮 | Hualien |
| ML | Miáolì 苗栗 | Miaoli |
| NT | Nántóu 南投 | Nantou |
| PH | Pénghú 澎湖 | Penghu |
| TZ | Táizhōng 臺中 | Taichung |
| TZS | Táizhōng shì 臺中市 | Taichung City |
| YL | Yúnlín 雲林 | Yunlin |
| Southern | ||
| GX | Gāoxióng 高雄 | Kaohisung |
| GXS | Gāoxióng shì 高雄市 | Kaohsiung City |
| JY | Jiāyì 嘉義 | Chiayi |
| PD | Píngdōng 屏東 | Pingtung |
| TD | Táidōng 臺東 | Taitung |
| TN | Táinán 臺南 | Tainan |
| TNS | Táinán shì 臺南市 | Tainan City |