Metropolitan areas were recognized by the Taiwanese government until 2010. This was the definition of metropolitan areas used by the government of Taiwan. 1. * A metropolitan area is an economically and socially integrated area with one or more core cities. The population has to be over 300,000. 2. 1. * Core city: A core city has to satisfy the following three conditions: 3. 2. 1. * Its population more than 200,000. 4. 3. 2. * More than 70% of its residents living in the urbanized area. 5. 4. 3. * More than 70% of the employed residents working within the city. 6. 5. * Satellite city: Within the same region of the core city, a city or township is defined as a satellite city if one of the following conditions is satisfied. A satellite city has to connect to the core city