Taiwan in other languages: Taipei, ISO codes, counties, municipalities
Taiwan is 臺灣 (Táiwān) in Chinese, and its state calls itself 中華民國 (Zhōnghuá Mínguó), the Republic of China. ISO 3166-1 codes it TW, TWN and 158 under the short name “Taiwan, Province of China”. The lists below give Taiwan in 167 languages and the capital Taipei in 67, followed by the 13 counties, 6 special municipalities and 3 cities that ISO 3166-2 codes.
Official languagesChinese
Checked
- alpha-2
- TW
- alpha-3
- TWN
- numeric
- 158
中華民國Zhōnghuá Mínguó
- English
- TaiwanRepublic of China
- Capital
- 臺北Táiběi · Taipei
ISO 3166-1, checked 28 October 2026. ISO lists the short name “Taiwan, Province of China” and the local short name Taiwan
Taiwan in other languages: list of exonyms
| Languages | ISO 639-3 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, Afrikaans, Breton, Catalan, Welsh, Danish, Lower Sorbian, Estonian, Basque, Finnish, Kven, West Frisian, Friulian, Hausa, Upper Sorbian, Igbo, Interlingua, Indonesian, Italian, Javanese, Jersey Norman French, Lingala, Ladin, Dutch, Norwegian, Novial, Occitan, Romansh, Romanian, Aromanian, Sicilian, Slovak, Northern Sami, Saterland Frisian, Swahili, Swedish, Võro, Walloon, German, Luxembourgish, Low German | eng / afr / bre / cat / cym / dan / dsb / est / eus / fin / fkv / fry / fur / hau / hsb / ibo / ina / ind / ita / jav / jnf / lin / lld / nld / nor / nov / oci / roh / ron / rup / scn / slk / sme / stq / swa / swe / vor / wln / deu / ltz / nds | Taiwan | same as written |
| Aragonese, Asturian, Galician, Spanish, Tetum | arg / ast / glg / spa / tet | Taiwán | same as written |
| Kashubian, Maltese, Polish, Silesian | csb / mlt / pol / szl | Tajwan | same as written |
| Bambara, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi | bam / kin / run | Tayiwani | same as written |
| Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, Karakalpak | crh / gag / kaa | Tayvan / Тайвань | Tayvan |
| Croatian, Hungarian, Slovenian | hrv / hun / slv | Tajvan | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish, Quechua, Zazaki | kur / que / zza | Taywan | same as written |
| Azerbaijani | aze | Tayvan / Тајван | Tayvan |
| Bosnian | bos | Tajvan / Тајван / تايوان | Tajvan |
| Czech | ces | Tchajwan | same as written |
| Esperanto | epo | Tajvano | same as written |
| Faroese | fao | Teivan | same as written |
| French | fra | Taïwan | same as written |
| Franco-Provençal | frp | Tayivan | same as written |
| Scottish Gaelic | gla | Taiwan, Tai-Bhàn | same as written |
| Irish | gle | An Téaváin | same as written |
| Manx | glv | Yn Taiwaan | same as written |
| Icelandic | isl | Tævan | same as written |
| Latin | lat | Taivania, Taevania, Formosa | same as written |
| Latvian | lav | Taivāna | same as written |
| Lithuanian | lit | Taivanas | same as written |
| Latgalian, Samogitian | ltg / smg | Taivans | same as written |
| Malagasy | mlg | Taioana | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | Taiwan / Тайван | Taiwan |
| Malay | msa | Taiwan / تايوان | Taiwan |
| Nahuatl | nah | Taihuan | same as written |
| Norman French | nrm | Formôse, Tai’wai | same as written |
| Portuguese | por | Taiwan, Taiuã | same as written |
| Kalderash Romani | rmy | Taiwan / ताइवान | Taiwan |
| Slovio | slo | Taivan / Таиван | Taivan |
| Albanian | sqi | Tajvani | same as written |
| Sardinian | srd | Taiwàn | same as written |
| Tagalog | tgl | Taywan, Taiwan | same as written |
| Tongan | ton | Taiuani | same as written |
| Turkmen | tuk | Taýwan / Тайвань | Taýwan |
| Turkish | tur | Tayvan | same as written |
| Uzbek | uzb | Tayvan / Тайвань / تەيۋەن | Tayvan |
| Vietnamese | vie | Đài Loan | same as written |
| Wolof | wol | Taaywaan | same as written |
| Zhuang | zha | Daizvanh | same as written |
| Abaza, Altai, Chuvash, Khakas, Komi, Karachay-Balkar, Kumyk, Lezgi, Meadow Mari, Ossetian, Russian, Tuvan, Udmurt, Ukrainian, Kalmyk | abq / alt / chv / kjh / kom / krc / kum / lez / mhr / oss / rus / tyv / udm / ukr / xal | Тайвань | Tajvan' |
| Bulgarian, Kabardian, Mongolian, Rusyn | bul / kbd / mon / rue | Тайван | Tajvan |
| Bashkir, Chechen | bak / che | Тайвань / Tayvan | Tayvan |
| Abkhaz | abk | Таиван | Taivan |
| Avar | ava | Тайвань | Tajwan' |
| Belarusian | bel | Тайвань / Tajvań | Tajvań |
| Kazakh | kaz | Тайвань / تايۆان / Tayvan | Tayvan |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Тайвань / تايۋان / Tayvan | Tayvan |
| Kurdish (Caucasus) | kmr | Т’айԝан / T’aywan | T’aywan |
| Macedonian | mkd | Тајван | Tajvan |
| Yakut | sah | Тайуан | Tajuan |
| Serbian | srp | Тајван / Tajvan | Tajvan |
| Tatar | tat | Тайвань / Tayvan / تايۋان | Tayvan |
| Tajik | tgk | Тайван / تیون / Tajvan | Tajvan |
| Arabic | ara | تايوان, تيوان | Tāywān, Taywān |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | تایوان / Tayvan | Tayvan |
| Sorani Kurdish | ckb | تایوان / Taywan | Taywan |
| Persian | fas | تایوان / Tâyvân | Tâyvân |
| Western Punjabi, Urdu | pnb / urd | تائیوان | Tāʾīvān |
| Dari | prs | تایوان | Tāyvān |
| Pashto | pus | تايوان | Tāywān |
| Uyghur | uig | تەيۋەن / Teywen / Тәйвән | Teywen |
| Dhivehi | div | ތައިވާން | Taivān |
| Hebrew | heb | טיון, טיוואן / טייוואן, טאיוואן | Ṭayvan, Ṭayvān, Ṭāyvān |
| Ladino | lad | טאייבﬞאן / Tayvan | Tayvan |
| Yiddish | yid | טײַװאַן | Tayvan |
| Amharic | amh | ታይዋን, ታይቫኝ | Taywan, Tayvañ |
| Greek | ell | Ταϊβάν | Taïván |
| Armenian | hye | Թայվան, Տայվան | T̕ayvan, Tayvan |
| Georgian, Mingrelian | kat / xmf | ტაივანი | Taivani |
| Laz | lzz | ტაივანი / T’aivani | T’aivani |
| Hindi | hin | ताइवान, तायवान, तैवन, टाइवान | Tāivān, Tāyvān, Tævan, Ṭāivān |
| Bengali | ben | তাইওয়ান | Tāioyān |
| Gujarati | guj | તાઈવાન | Tāīvān |
| Odia | ori | ତାଇଓ୍ବାନ | Tāiobān |
| Punjabi | pan | ਤਾਈਵਾਨ | Tāīvān |
| Sinhala | sin | තායිවානය | Tāyivānaya |
| Kannada | kan | ಟೈವಾನ್ | Ṭaivān |
| Malayalam | mal | തായ്വാൻ, തയ്വാൻ | Tāyvān, Tayvān |
| Tamil | tam | தாய்வான், தைவான் | Tāyvāṉ, Taivāṉ |
| Telugu | tel | తైవాన్ | Taivān |
| Chinese | zho | 臺灣/台湾 | Táiwān |
| Cantonese | yue | 臺灣/台湾 | Tòihwāan |
| Japanese | jpn | 台湾 | Taiwan |
| Korean | kor | 대만 | Daeman |
| Tibetan | bod | ཐའེ་ཝན།, ཐེ་ཝན།, ཐའི་དབན།, ཐའི་ཝའན། | Tʰa'e.wan, Tʰe.wan, Tʰa'i.dban, Tʰa'i.wān |
| Dzongkha | dzo | ཏའི་ཝཱན། | Ta'i.wān |
| Burmese | mya | တိုင်ဝမ် | Taĩwã |
| Thai | tha | ไต้หวัน | Tái[h]wân |
| Lao | lao | ໄຕ້ຫວັນ | Tái[h]wân |
| Khmer | khm | តៃវ៉ាន់ | Taivan |
Taiwan, Tajvan, Formosa, Đài Loan: names in two traditions
Most languages take the name from the Chinese 臺灣 (Táiwān) through English and fit it to their own spelling: Taiwán in Spanish, Tajwan in Polish, Tajvan in Croatian, Hungarian and Slovenian, Tchajwan in Czech, Tævan in Icelandic and Тайвань (Tajvan’) in Russian. Irish writes An Téaváin, with the article.
Two older strands survive at the edges of the list. Latin gives Formosa beside Taivania, and Norman French Formôse. The languages of East Asia have forms of their own: Japanese reads the name Taiwan, Vietnamese says Đài Loan and Korean 대만 (Daeman).
Chinese names on this page appear in two forms separated by a slash, as in 臺灣/台湾 or 臺北/台北: the first in traditional characters, the second in simplified characters. The first character of the name differs between the two, 臺 against 台.
Taipei in other languages
| Languages | ISO 639-3 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | eng | Taipei, Taibei | same as written |
| German, Luxembourgish, Low German | deu / ltz / nds | Taipeh | same as written |
| Hungarian, Polish, Silesian | hun / pol / szl | Tajpej | same as written |
| Czech, Slovak | ces / slk | Tchajpej | same as written |
| Dutch, Swedish, Irish | nld / swe / gle | Taipei | same as written |
| Portuguese, Tetum | por / tet | Taipé | same as written |
| Azerbaijani | aze | Taybey / Тајбеј | Taybey |
| Bosnian | bos | Taipei / Тајпеј / تايپەي | Taipei |
| Esperanto | epo | Tajpeo | same as written |
| French | fra | Taïpeh, Taipei | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish | kur | Taypê | same as written |
| Latvian | lav | Taipeja | same as written |
| Lithuanian | lit | Taibėjus | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | Taipei / Тайбей | Taipei |
| Malay | msa | Taipei / تايڤي | Taipei |
| Slovio | slo | Taipei / Таипеи | Taipei |
| Samogitian | smg | Taibėjos | same as written |
| Turkmen | tuk | Taýbeý / Тайбэй | Taýbeý |
| Turkish | tur | Taypey | same as written |
| Uzbek | uzb | Taybey / Тайбэй / تەيبېي | Taybey |
| Vietnamese | vie | Đài Bắc | same as written |
| Bashkir | bak | Тайбэй / Taybey | Taybey |
| Belarusian | bel | Тайбэй / Tajbej | Tajbej |
| Bulgarian | bul | Тайпей | Tajpej |
| Kazakh, Kyrgyz | kaz / kir | Тайбэй / تايبەي / Taybey | Taybey |
| Mongolian | mon | Тайбэй | Tajbäj |
| Russian | rus | Тайбэй | Tajbėj |
| Yakut | sah | Тайпэй | Tajpäj |
| Serbian | srp | Тајпеј / Tajpej | Tajpej |
| Tatar | tat | Тайбэй / Taybey / تايبەي | Taybey |
| Tajik | tgk | Тайбэй / تیبی / Tajbej | Tajbej |
| Ukrainian | ukr | Тайбей | Tajbej |
| Arabic | ara | تايبه, تايبي, تايباي | Tāybih, Tāybay, Tāybāy |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | تایبئی / Taybey | Taybey |
| Persian | fas | تایپه / Tâype | Tâype |
| Western Punjabi | pnb | تائیپی | Tāʾīpay |
| Pashto | pus | تايپې | Tāype |
| Uyghur | uig | تەيبېي / Teybéy / Тәйбей | Teybéy |
| Urdu | urd | تائیپئے | Tāʾīpaʾe |
| Hebrew | heb | טיפה / טייפה, טאיפיי | Ṭaypeh, Tāypey |
| Amharic | amh | ታይፔ | Taype |
| Greek | ell | Ταϊπέϊ | Taïpéï |
| Armenian | hye | Թայբէյ | T̕aybêy |
| Georgian | kat | ტაიბეი | Taibei |
| Hindi | hin | ताइपे | Tāipe |
| Nepali | nep | ताइपेइ | Tāipei |
| Bengali | ben | তাইপেই, তাইপে | Tāipei, Tāipe |
| Punjabi | pan | ਤਈਪਈ | Taīpaī |
| Kannada | kan | ತಾಯ್ಪೈ | Tāypai |
| Malayalam | mal | തായ്പേയ് | Tāypēy |
| Tamil | tam | தைப்பே | Taippē |
| Telugu | tel | తైపే | Taipē |
| Chinese | zho | 臺北/台北 | Táiběi |
| Japanese | jpn | 台北 / タイペイ | Taipei |
| Korean | kor | 타이페이 | Taipei |
| Tibetan | bod | ཐའེ་པེ། | Tʰa'e.pe |
| Thai | tha | ไทเป | Tʰaipē |
| Khmer | khm | តៃប៉ិ | Taibi |
Counties, special municipalities and cities of Taiwan
ISO 3166-2:TW codes 13 counties (縣, xiàn), 6 special municipalities (直轄市, zhíxiáshì) and 3 cities (市, shì). Each row gives the name in traditional and simplified characters with Hanyu Pinyin, the code and the seat.
| ISO 3166-2 | Traditional | Simplified | English | Administrative centre | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Counties 縣13 | |||||
| TW-CHA | 彰化縣Zhānghuà xiàn | 彰化县 | Changhua County | 彰化Zhānghuà | |
| TW-CYQ | 嘉義縣Jiāyì xiàn | 嘉义县 | Chiayi County | 太保Tàibǎo | |
| TW-HSQ | 新竹縣Xīnzhú xiàn | 新竹县 | Hsinchu County | 竹北Zhúběi | |
| TW-HUA | 花蓮縣Huālián xiàn | 花莲县 | Hualien County | 花蓮Huālián | |
| TW-ILA | 宜蘭縣Yílán xiàn | 宜兰县 | Yilan County | 宜蘭Yílán | 2015 ISO changed its spelling to Yilan |
| TW-KIN | 金門縣Jīnmén xiàn | 金门县 | Kinmen County | 金城Jīnchéng | 2015 Added to ISO 3166-2 in 2015 |
| TW-LIE | 連江縣Liánjiāng xiàn | 连江县 | Lienchiang County | 南竿Nángān | 2015 Added to ISO 3166-2 in 2015 |
| TW-MIA | 苗栗縣Miáolì xiàn | 苗栗县 | Miaoli County | 苗栗Miáolì | |
| TW-NAN | 南投縣Nántóu xiàn | 南投县 | Nantou County | 南投Nántóu | |
| TW-PEN | 澎湖縣Pénghú xiàn | 澎湖县 | Penghu County | 馬公Mǎgōng | |
| TW-PIF | 屏東縣Píngdōng xiàn | 屏东县 | Pingtung County | 屏東Píngdōng | |
| TW-TTT | 臺東縣Táidōng xiàn | 台东县 | Taitung County | 臺東Táidōng | |
| TW-YUN | 雲林縣Yúnlín xiàn | 云林县 | Yunlin County | 斗六Dǒuliù | |
| Special municipalities 直轄市6 | |||||
| TW-KHH | 高雄直轄市Gāoxióng zhíxiáshì | 高雄直辖市 | Kaohsiung City | 高雄Gāoxióng | |
| TW-NWT | 新北直轄市Xīnběi zhíxiáshì | 新北直辖市 | New Taipei City | 新北Xīnběi | 2015 Added to ISO 3166-2 as a special municipality |
| TW-TAO | 桃園縣Táoyuán xiàn | 桃园县 | Taoyuan City | 桃園Táoyuán | 2014 Taoyuan County became the special municipality of Taoyuan City (桃園市); ISO changed its category in 2015 |
| TW-TNN | 臺南直轄市Táinán zhíxiáshì | 台南直辖市 | Tainan City | 臺南Táinán | 2015 ISO category changed from municipality to special municipality |
| TW-TPE | 臺北直轄市Táiběi zhíxiáshì | 台北直辖市 | Taipei City | 臺北Táiběi | |
| TW-TXG | 臺中直轄市Táizhōng zhíxiáshì | 台中直辖市 | Taichung City | 臺中Táizhōng | 2015 ISO category changed from municipality to special municipality |
| Provincial cities 市3 | |||||
| TW-CYI | 嘉義省轄市Jiāyì shěngxiáshì | 嘉义省辖市 | Chiayi City | 嘉義Jiāyì | |
| TW-HSZ | 新竹省轄市Xīnzhú shěngxiáshì | 新竹省辖市 | Hsinchu City | 新竹Xīnzhú | |
| TW-KEE | 基隆省轄市Jīlóng shěngxiáshì | 基隆省辖市 | Keelung City | 基隆Jīlóng | |
Codes, categories and changes: ISO 3166-2:TW on the ISO Online Browsing Platform, read from the English Wikipedia article that reproduces it on 28 October 2026. Chinese names, Pinyin and seats: the 2017 edition of this list; the upgrade of Taoyuan on 25 December 2014: Wikipedia, Taoyuan, Taiwan; the spelling of the Yunlin seat Douliu: Wikipedia, Douliu.
Six special municipalities since Taoyuan
Six of the 22 units are special municipalities, 直轄市: Kaohsiung, New Taipei, Taichung, Tainan, Taipei and Taoyuan. Taoyuan is the newest; on 25 December 2014 Taoyuan County was upgraded to Taoyuan City. ISO 3166-2 adjusted its entry in November 2015: Taoyuan changed category, the codes for the former Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taipei and Taichung counties were deleted, and Kinmen, Lienchiang and New Taipei received codes of their own.
The codes cover the islands of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu. Matsu is Lienchiang County, with its seat at Nangan, 南竿; Penghu is governed from Magong and Kinmen from Jincheng.
The national anthem: Sānmín zhǔyì
The anthem of the Republic of China, 中華民國國歌 (Zhōnghuá Mínguó guógē), takes its words from a speech by Sun Yat-sen of 16 June 1924 and was adopted as the anthem in 1930. Traditional characters, simplified characters and Hanyu Pinyin.
- 三民主義，吾黨所宗， 以建民國，以進大同。 咨爾多士，為民前鋒； 夙夜匪懈，主義是從。 矢勤矢勇，必信必忠； 一心一德，貫徹始終。
- 三民主义，吾党所宗， 以建民国，以进大同。 咨尔多士，为民前锋； 夙夜匪懈，主义是从。 矢勤矢勇，必信必忠； 一心一德，贯彻始终。
- sānmín zhǔyì, wú dǎng suǒ zōng, / yǐ jiàn mínguó, yǐ jìn dàtóng. / zī ěr duō shì, wèi mín qiánfēng; / sù yè fěi xiè, zhǔyì shì cóng. / shǐ qín shǐ yǒng, bì xìn bì zhōng; / yì xīn yì dé, guànchè shǐ zhōng.
Questions about the name Taiwan
What is the ISO country code of Taiwan?
TW (alpha-2), TWN (alpha-3) and 158 (numeric). ISO 3166-1 lists the entry under the short name “Taiwan, Province of China”.
Is it 臺灣 or 台湾?
The list gives both: 臺灣 in traditional characters and 台湾 in simplified characters, both read Táiwān.
How many counties does Taiwan have?
13 counties, plus 6 special municipalities and 3 cities, 22 units in ISO 3166-2:TW.