Taichung 臺中市 | |
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Special municipality | |
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: 24°09′N 120°40′E / 24.150°N 120.667°E | |
Country | Republic o Cheenae (Taiwan) |
Region | Central Taiwan |
Established | 2010 |
Seat | Xitun District |
Destricts | 29 destricts
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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.