page_title: New Taipei City
section_title: Government
hierarchical_section_title: New Taipei City / Government
caption_attribution_description: English: Taipei County Council Hall. 中文（繁體）‎: 臺北縣議會大樓。 Bân-lâm-gú: Tâi-pak-kuān Gī-huē Toā-lâu.
context_page_description: New Taipei City is a special municipality and the most populous city in Taiwan. Located in northern Taiwan, the city includes a substantial stretch of the island's northern coastline and surrounds the Taipei Basin, making it the second largest special municipality by area, behind Kaohsiung. New Taipei City is bordered by Keelung to the northeast, Yilan County to the southeast, and Taoyuan to the southwest. It completely surrounds Taipei. Banqiao District is its municipal seat and biggest commercial area. Until 2010, the area that roughly corresponds to the present New Taipei City was known as Taipei County.
context_section_description: New Taipei City is a special municipality directly under the central government of the Republic of China. The New Taipei City Government is headed by an elected mayor and is headquartered at the New Taipei City Hall at Banqiao District. The current mayor of New Taipei City is Hou You-yi of the Kuomintang.
caption: New Taipei City Council
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