Fengyuan District

Fengyuan
豐原區
Fengyuan District
Coordinates: 24°15′N 120°43′E / 24.250°N 120.717°E / 24.250; 120.717
CountryRepublic of China (Taiwan)
Special municipalityTaichung
Area
 • Total41.1845 km2 (15.9014 sq mi)
Population
 (February 2023)
 • Total163,750
 • Density4,031/km2 (10,440/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (National Standard Time)
Postal code
420
Websitewww.fengyuan.taichung.gov.tw Edit this at Wikidata (in Chinese)
Fengyuan District
Traditional Chinese豐原區
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinFēngyuán Qū
Tongyong PinyinFongyuán Cyu
Southern Min
Hokkien POJHong-goân-khu
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese葫蘆墩
Transcriptions
Southern Min
Hokkien POJHô͘-lô͘-tun
Fengyuan District office

Fengyuan District (Chinese: 豐原區) is a district located in north-central Taichung, Taiwan on the south bank of the Dajia River. Fengyuan district is the third most populated district among former Taichung County, ranking after Dali and Taiping district. Fengyuan was recognized as Huludun in early times, meaning "gourd" in Chinese, for a gourd-shape pile of mud that was found in Fengyuan by the aborigines. The rice produced in Fengyuan is famous for its high quality and the bakery industry prospered in later decades. Because of its location of the intersection of Taiwan Railways Administration Western Trunk line and Dongshi branch line, Fengyuan quickly expanded after World War II. It soon became one of the regions with great economic and cultural development in central Taiwan. After the merger of Taichung City and Taichung County in 2010, population and economic growth slowed slightly. so recently, fengyuan faces the challenge of being marginalized .