Taichung

Taichung City
臺中市[I]
Taichū
Flag of Taichung City
Official seal of Taichung City
Etymology: Taichū (Japanese: 臺中, Taiwan center)
Nickname: 
Cultural City (文化城)
Map
Location of Taichung City
Coordinates: 24°08′38″N 120°40′46″E / 24.14389°N 120.67944°E / 24.14389; 120.67944
Country Republic of China (Taiwan)
Established1887
Provincial city status25 October 1945
Upgraded to special municipality and merger with Taichung County25 December 2010
SeatXitun District
Districts
Government
 • Body
 • MayorLu Shiow-yen (KMT)
Area
 • Special municipality2,214.90 km2 (855.18 sq mi)
 • Urban
492 km2 (190 sq mi)
 • Rank6 out of 22
Population
 (Dec 2023)[3]
 • Special municipality2,844,250
 • Rank2 out of 22
 • Density1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi)
 • Urban2,635,000
 • Urban density5,400/km2 (14,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (National Standard Time)
Postal code
400-439
Area code(0)4
ISO 3166 codeTW-TXG
BirdWhite-eared sibia[5]
FlowerTaiwan cherry[5]
TreeTaiwan white pine[5]
Websiteenglish.taichung.gov.tw Edit this at Wikidata
Taichung City
"Taichung" in Traditional (top) and Simplified (bottom) Chinese characters
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese臺中
Simplified Chinese台中
Literal meaning"Tai[wan] Central"
Japanese name
Hiraganaたいちゅうし
Katakanaタイチュウシ
Kyūjitai臺中市
Shinjitai台中市

Taichung (/ˌtˈʊŋ/,[6] Wade–Giles: Tʻai2-chung1, pinyin: Táizhōng), officially Taichung City,[I] is a special municipality located in central Taiwan. Taichung has approximately 2.85 million residents and is the second largest city of Taiwan,[7][8] as well as the most populous city in Central Taiwan. It serves as the core of the Taichung–Changhua metropolitan area, the second largest metropolitan area in Taiwan.

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 as "Taiwan-fu" in the late Qing dynastic era between 1887 and 1894. During the Japanese era from 1895, the urban planning of present-day city of Taichung was performed and developed by the Japanese.[9] From the start of ROC rule in 1945, the urban area of Taichung was organized as a provincial city up 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, and the 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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  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Taichung History Map Walk, publish by Center for Digital Cultures,Academia Sinica,2017,p.23. ISBN 9789860546279
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