North Taiwan Hakka Autonomous Nation

NTHAN
North Taiwan Hakka Autonomous Nation

Print Monopoly (PM) 2008 North Taiwan Hakka Autonomous Nation (001522-00001)

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ccording to The World Factbook of the CIA, Taiwan is divided into 18 counties (hsien, singular and plural), 5 municipalities (shih, singular and plural), and 2 special municipalities (chuan-shih, singular and plural). The names for administrative divisions that follow are taken from the Taiwan Yearbook 2007, published by the Government Information Office in Taipei.

Counties: Changhua, Chiayi [county], Hsinchu (or Hsinju), Hualien, Yilan, Kaohsiung [county], Kinmen, Lienchiang, Miaoli, Nantou, Penghu, Pingtung, Taichung, Tainan, Taipei [county], Taitung, Taoyuan, and Yunlin.

Municipalities: Chiayi [city], Hsinchu (or Hsinju), Keelung, Taichung, and Tainan.

Special municipalities: Kaohsiung [city], and Taipei [city].

The North Taiwan Hakka Autonomous Nation (NTHAN) is a member of Taiwan Free Confederation of Direct Democracies (TFCDD), or just simply "Taiwan".

NTHAN is made up of three counties — the Taoyuan (桃園縣, the red area in the map below), Hsinchu [or Hsinju] (新竹縣, the blue area below), and Miaoli (苗栗縣, the green area below) counties — which are located in the northern part of Taiwan, and which border with Taipei County, which in turn surrounds the capital of Taiwan and it largest city, Taipei City.

Taoyuan flag

Hsinchu flag

Miaoli flag

The three counties were once a single county of Hsinchu, and the current smaller Hsinchu County borders Hsinchu City, where the Hakkas (or "guest peoples") are a minority.

The Hakka are one of the four Taiwanese ethnic groups. The Hakka people are a subgroup of the Han Chinese people who live predominantly in the provinces of Guangdong, Jiangxi, and Fujian in China. In Taiwan, however, the Hakka comprise about 15% of the population, and are descended largely from Guangdong.

The Hakka form one of the four minority groups on the island, which are: the Indigenous Peoples (原住民族, 2%), the Mainlanders (外省人, 13%), the Hakka (客家人, 15%), and the Holo (鶴佬人, 70%). Many Hakka moved to lands high up in the hills or remote mountains to escape political persecution. Many of the Hakka people continue to live in these hilly locations of Taiwan.

Taiwan's Hakka are concentrated in Hsinchu City and Hsinchu County, in Miaoli County, and around Chungli in Taoyuan County. Hakka are also elsewhere in Taiwan, around Meinong in Kaohsiung County, in Pingtung County, and with smaller presences in Hualian and Taitung County. In recent decades many Hakka have moved to the largest metropolitan areas, including Taipei, Taichung, and Kaohsiung.