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Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * Administrative divisions of Taiwan at Wikipedia
 * Biggest Cities In Taiwan at WorldAtlas
 * Biggest Industries In Taiwan at WorldAtlas
 * Demographics of Taiwan at Wikipedia
 * Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Taiwan at FallingRain
 * Facts and figures about Taiwan at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer - Index of places Taiwan at Places in the world
 * List of Taiwan Locations at GeoNames
 * Maps Of Taiwan at WorldAtlas
 * Mountains in Taiwan at Wikipedia
 * Population of Cities in Taiwan 2023 at World Population Review
 * Outline of Taiwan at Wikipedia
 * Religion in Taiwan at Wikipedia
 * Religious Beliefs In Taiwan at WorldAtlas
 * Rivers of Taiwan at Wikipedia
 * Schools in Taiwan at Wikipedia
 * Taiwan - 10 Largest Cities at GeoNames
 * Taiwan Cities Database at SimpleMaps
 * Taiwan: Counties and Cities - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts at City Population
 * Taiwan Factbook at CIA The World Factbook
 * Taiwan (Republic of China): Regions, Counties, Cities, Townships at City Population
 * Universities in Taiwan at Wikipedia

Print Only Gazetteers

 * Gazetteer to maps and charts of Formosa (Taiwan) United States. Army Map Service, Washington, D.C. : The Service, 1944
 * Hong Kong, Macao, Sinkiang, Taiwan, and Tibet : official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names United States. Board on Geographic Names, Washington, D.C. : U.S. Office of Geography, 1955
 * Studies of Gazetteers in Taiwan Hsueh-chi Hsu, Taibei Shi, 2021
 * 外地地方行政區畵便覽 : 附外地現行地方制度概要 拓務省管理局, ユタ州ソルトレーク市 : ユタ系図協会撮影, 1978

Why Use Gazetteers
A gazetteer is a dictionary of place-names. Gazetteers list or describe towns and villages, parishes, states, populations, rivers and mountains, and other geographical features. They usually include only the names of places that existed at the time the gazetteer was published. Within a specific geographical area, the place-names are listed in alphabetical order, similar to a dictionary. You can use a gazetteer to locate the places where your family lived and to determine the civil and religious jurisdictions over those places.

There are many places within a country with similar or identical place-names. You will need to use a gazetteer to identify the specific town where your ancestor lived, the state the town was or is in, and the jurisdictions where records about the person was kept.

Gazetteer Contents
Gazetteers may also provide additional information about towns, such as:
 * Different religious denominations
 * Schools, colleges, and universities
 * Major manufacturers, canals, docks, and railroad stations
 * The population size.
 * Boundaries of civil jurisdiction.
 * Ecclesiastical jurisdiction(s)
 * Longitude and latitude.
 * Distances and direction from other from cities.
 * Schools, colleges, and universities.
 * Denominations and number of churches.
 * Historical and biographical information on some individuals (usually high-ranking or famous individuals)