Taichung City
臺中市[I] | |
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| Etymology: Taichū (Japanese: 臺中, Taiwan center) | |
| Nickname: Cultural City (文化城) | |
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| Coordinates: 24°08′38″N 120°40′46″E / 24.14389°N 120.67944°E | |
| Country |  Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| Established | 1887 |
| Provincial city status | 25 October 1945 |
| Upgraded to special municipality and merger with Taichung County | 25 December 2010 |
| Seat | Xitun District |
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| Government | |
| • Body | |
| • Mayor | Lu Shiow-yen (KMT) |
| Area | |
| 2,214.90 km2 (855.18 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 492 km2 (190 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 6 out of 22 |
| Population (April 2024)[3] | |
| 2,850,285 | |
| • Rank | 2 out of 22 |
| • Density | 1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2,635,000 |
| • Urban density | 5,400/km2 (14,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (National Standard Time) |
| Postal code | 400-439 |
| Area code | (0)4 |
| ISO 3166 code | TW-TXG |
| Bird | White-eared sibia[5] |
| Flower | Taiwan cherry[5] |
| Tree | Taiwan white pine[5] |
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.svg) "Taichung" in Traditional (top) and Simplified (bottom) Chinese characters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 臺中市 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 台中市 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | "Tai[wan] Central" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hiragana | たいちゅうし | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Katakana | タイチュウシ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kyūjitai | 臺中市 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shinjitai | 台中市 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Taichung (/ˌtaɪˈtʃʊŋ/,[6] Wade–Giles: Tʻai2-chung1, pinyin: Táizhōng), officially Taichung City,[I] is a special municipality in central Taiwan. Taichung is Taiwan's second-largest city, with more than 2.85 million residents,[7][8] making it the largest city in Central Taiwan. It serves as the core of the Taichung–Changhua metropolitan area, Taiwan's second-largest metropolitan area.
Located in the Taichung Basin, the city was initially developed from several scattered hamlets helmed by the Taiwanese indigenous peoples. It was constructed to be the new capital of Taiwan Province and renamed "Taiwan-fu" in the late Qing dynastic era between 1887 and 1894. During the Japanese era from 1895, the urban planning of present-day Taichung was performed and developed by the Japanese.[9] The urban area of Taichung was organized as a provincial city from the start of ROC rule in 1945 until 25 December 2010, when the original provincial city and Taichung County were merged into a new special municipality.[10]
The city is home to the National Museum of Natural Science, the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, the National Taichung Theater, the National Library of Public Information, National Taiwan Museum of Comics, National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, as well as many cultural sites, including the historic Taichung Park, the Lin Family Gardens, and many temples.
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- ^ 《中華民國統計資訊網》縣市重要統計指標查詢系統網 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 12 June 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
- ^ "Demographia World Urban Areas PDF (April 2016)" (PDF). Demographia. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
- ^ 各區人口結構 [Population structure by district]. demographics.taichung.gov.tw (in Traditional Chinese). Archived from the original on 2016-05-30. Retrieved 2019-08-08.
- ^ "Demographia World Urban Areas PDF" (PDF). Demographia. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-05-03. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
- ^ a b c "市樹、花、鳥介紹" (in Traditional Chinese). 臺中市: 臺中市政府農業局. 2014-06-24. Archived from the original on 2017-04-24. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
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- ^ 民國106年7月戶口統計資料分析. Ministry of the Interior, ROC. 2017-08-04. Archived from the original on 2017-08-13. Retrieved 2017-08-13.
- ^ 台中人口超越高雄 躍升第2大城 - 政治 - 自由時報電子報. news.ltn.com.tw. 5 August 2017. Archived from the original on 2019-01-07. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
- ^ Taichung History Map Walk, publish by Center for Digital Cultures，Academia Sinica，2017，p.23. ISBN 9789860546279
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