Taichung
Appearance
Taichung 臺中市 | |
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Taichung City | |
Clockwise frae top: Taichung skyline, Taichung railwey station, Taichung Intercontinental Basebaw Stadium, Nanhu Moontain, Wind ferm in Taichung, Luce Memorial Chaipel, Naitional Museum o Naitural Science | |
Etymology: Taichū (Japanese: 臺中, Taiwan center) | |
Eik-name(s): Cultural Ceety (文化城) | |
Coordinates: 24°09′N 120°40′E / 24.150°N 120.667°ECoordinates: Republic o Cheenae (Taiwan) | |
Region | Central Taiwan |
Established | 2010 |
Seat | Xitun District |
Destricts | |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Lin Chia-lung (DPP) |
Area | |
• Special municipality | 2214.90 km2 (855.18 sq mi) |
• Urban | 492 km2 (190 sq mi) |
Area rank | 6 oot o 22 |
Population (2017)[3] | |
• Special municipality | 2,781,498 |
• Rank | 2 oot o 22 |
• Density | 1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi) |
• Urban | 2,520,000 |
• Urban density | 5,100/km2 (13,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (Naitional Staundart Time) |
Postal code | 400-439 |
Area code(s) | (0)4 |
ISO 3166 code | TW-TXG |
Bird | Little egret[5] |
Flower | Christmas Kalanchoe[6] |
Tree | Palimara Alstonia[7] |
Website | eng.taichung.gov.tw (in Inglis) |
Taichung (台中; literally "Central Taiwan") is a ceety locatit in wast-central Taiwan wi a population o juist ower ane million fowk, makin it the third lairgest ceety on the island efter Taipei an Kaohsiung. The ceety presently constitutes a provincial ceety apairt frae the adjacent Taichung Coonty. Bi the end o 2010 the ceety an coonty, baith currently first-level divisions o Taiwan, will merge tae form a single direct-controlled municipality.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "《中華民國統計資訊網》縣市重要統計指標查詢系統網" (in Cheenese). Archived frae the original on 12 Juin 2016. Retrieved 11 Juin 2016.
- ↑ "Demographia World Urban Areas PDF (April 2016)" (PDF). Demographia. Retrieved 11 Juin 2016.
- ↑ "臺中市政府民政局 ::: 人口統計管理平台 :::". demographics.taichung.gov.tw (in Cheenese). Archived frae the original on 30 Mey 2016. Retrieved 27 Julie 2017.
- ↑ "Demographia World Urban Areas PDF (April 2016)" (PDF). Demographia. Retrieved 6 Juin 2016.
- ↑ "Taichung's City Bird: Little Egret". Archived frae the original on 13 September 2006. Retrieved 29 September 2006.
- ↑ "Taichung's City Flower: Christmas Kalanchoe". Archived frae the original on 13 September 2006. Retrieved 29 September 2006.
- ↑ "Taichung's City Tree: Palimara Alstonia". Archived frae the original on 13 September 2006. Retrieved 29 September 2006.
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