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Shenji New Village
The Shenji New Village () is a former dormitory area in West District, Taichung, Taiwan. History The place used to be the dormitory area built by the Taiwan Provincial Government for the residence of auditing office employees. It was then redeveloped into a cultural and creative center. Architecture The area features artist studios, creative shops and markets which spans over an area of 0.52 hectares. See also * Liming New Village Liming New Village ( zh, t=黎明新村, p=Límíng Xīncūn) is a planned community located in Nantun District, Taichung City, Taiwan. The community's boundaries roughly corresponds to those of Liming Village. History Originally, Taipei wa ... References External links * Buildings and structures in Taichung {{taiwan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West District, Taichung
West District () is a district of Taichung, Taiwan. It is the second smallest district in Taichung City after Central District. Former Taichung City Hall and part of Taichung City Government offices are located in this district. History The district used to be part of Taichung provincial city before the merger with Taichung County to form Taichung special municipality on 25 December 2010. Division The West District of Taichung is divided into 25 Li (里): Education * National Taichung University of Education Tourism Historic sites * Shenji New Village * Taichung Shiyakusho * Taichung Prefectural Hall * Taichung City Hall * Datun Region Hall * Taichung Takenori Hall * National Taichung University of Education Administrative Building * Datung Elementary School Administrative Building * Sun Li-jen Former Residence * Lin Chih-Chu Studio Museums and arts * National Museum of Natural Science * National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts * Taichung City Dadun Cultural Center * Taich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taichung
Taichung (, Wade–Giles: ''Tʻai²-chung¹'', pinyin: ''Táizhōng''), officially Taichung City, is a special municipality located in central Taiwan. Taichung has approximately 2.8 million residents and is the second most populous city of Taiwan, 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. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. The territories controlled by the ROC consist of 168 islands, with a combined area of . The main island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', has an area of , with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third, where its highly urbanised population is concentrated. The capital, Taipei, forms along with New Taipei City and Keelung the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Other major cities include Taoyuan, Taichung, Tainan, and Kaohsiung. With around 23.9 million inhabitants, Taiwan is among the most densely populated countries in the world. Taiwan has been settled for at least 25,000 years. Ancestors of Taiwanese indigenous peoples settled the isla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiwan Provincial Government
The Taiwan Provincial Government was the government that governed Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. Its functions have been transferred to the National Development Council and other ministries of the Executive Yuan. History At the end of World War II, Japan surrendered on August 15, 1945. The Nationalist government started the process to takeover Taiwan on behalf of the Allies. The Taiwan Provincial Administrative Office was established by the Executive Yuan in Chungking on September 1, 1945. The office moved to Taipei on October 25, 1945. After the February 28 incident in 1947, the Executive Yuan decided to restructure the Provincial Administrative Office as a provincial government. On May 16, 1947, the Taiwan Provincial Government was established. As the Republic of China progressively lost control of mainland China to Communist Party forces in the late 1940s and early 1950s, the national government relocated to Taiwan in late 1949. However, Taiwan continued to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liming New Village
Liming New Village ( zh, t=黎明新村, p=Límíng Xīncūn) is a planned community located in Nantun District, Taichung City, Taiwan. The community's boundaries roughly corresponds to those of Liming Village. History Originally, Taipei was simultaneously the capital of the Republic of China and Taiwan Province, which was deemed a security risk in the case of an invasion by the Communist government in mainland China. Therefore, it was decided that the provincial government would move to central Taiwan, and government employees would live in new planned communities inspired by the garden city movement. The first two communities built were Guangfu New Village and Zhongxing New Village. In 1972, some government agencies were temporarily relocated from Taipei to Gancheng military base near Taichung railway station while they searched for another tract of land to develop. Sancuo Farm (三厝農場), an empty piece of farmland, was chosen as the site of the new community. The fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
