Chiayi (, Taigi POJ: ''Ka-gī''; ), officially known as Chiayi City, is a

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located in the plains of southwestern

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. Formerly called ''Kagee'' during the late

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and ''Kagi'' during the

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(), its historical name is ''Tirosen''.

History

Early history

First inhabited by the

Hoanya The Hoanya () are a Taiwanese Aboriginal people who live primarily in Changhua County, Chiayi City, Nantou County, and near Tainan City. Their language, Hoanya, is now extinct. The Lloa people and Arikun people are generally considered to be a ...

aborigines, the region was named Tirosen (variants ''Tirocen'', ''Tiracen''). With the arrival of

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immigrants in southwestern Taiwan, the name evolved to become ''Tsulosan'' () in

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. Eventually, Tsulosan was shortened to simply Tsulo. Because of the choice of the characters, it has been mistakenly suggested that the origin of the name came from the expression "mountains surrounding the east". "Peach City" is another name for Chiayi City due to its peach-shaped territory in ancient times. The tip of the peach is around Central Fountain and was called "Peach-tip" by citizens. Tsulosan was once the foothold to which people from the mainland immigrated. In 1621, , who came from

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Fujian Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its cap ...

Province, first led his people to cultivate this land after they landed at ''Ponkan'' (modern-day

Beigang Beigang, Hokkō or Peikang is an Township (Taiwan), urban township in Yunlin County, Taiwan. It is primarily known for its Chaotian Temple, one of the most prominent temples of Mazu, Temples of Lin Moniang, Mazu on Taiwan. It has a population of ...

Dutch Formosa

Records from the Dutch era show Tirosen as the usual form of the name; it also occurred as ''Tirassen'', ''Tirozen'', ''Tilocen'', ''Tilossen'', ''Tilocen'', and ''Thilocen''. The place was north of Mattau (modern-day Madou, Tainan) and south of Favorlang (

Huwei, Yunlin Huwei Township () is an urban township in Yunlin County, Taiwan. It has a population of about 70,269. Name In the 17th century, during the Dutch era, '' Favorolang'' was one of the largest and most powerful aboriginal villages in Taiwan. Th ...

Kingdom of Tungning

In 1661 (the 15th year of Yung-Li,

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defeated the Dutch based in Taiwan and founded the

Kingdom of Tungning The Kingdom of Tungning (), also known as Tywan by the British at the time, was a dynastic maritime state that ruled part of southwestern Taiwan and the Penghu islands between 1661 and 1683. It is the first predominantly Han Chinese state in ...

. He established one province, , and two counties, and , demarcated by the Hsin-Kang River (, now the Yanshui River). Chiayi was under the jurisdiction of the Tien-Hsing County.

Qing dynasty

In 1683, when Qing rule began, the island was governed as

Taiwan Prefecture Taiwan Prefecture or Taiwanfu was a prefecture of Taiwan during the Qing dynasty. The prefecture was established by the Qing government in 1684, after the island came under Qing dynasty rule in 1683 following its conquest of the Kingdom of Tungnin ...

under the administration of

Fujian Province Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its cap ...

. In 1684, Tsulo County was established and initially encompassed the underdeveloped northern two-thirds of Taiwan. (Taiwan and Hongsoa counties were divided from Wan-Nien County during the

, which was changed from Tien-Hsing County.) In 1704, the county seat was moved to Tsulosan, the site of modern-day Chiayi City, and had wooden city walls. In 1727, the county magistrate, Liu Liang-Bi rebuilt the gatehouses and set a gun platform for each gatehouse. The four gatehouses were named: "Chin Shan" () for East, "Tai Hai" () for West, "Chung Yang" () for South, and "Kung Chen" () for North. In 1734 (the 12th year of Yongzheng), magistrate Lu-Hung built piercing-bamboo to better protect the city. In 1786, the

Lin Shuangwen rebellion The Lin Shuangwen rebellion () occurred in 17871788 in Taiwan under the rule of the Qing dynasty. The rebellion was started by the rebel Lin Shuangwen and was pacified by the Qianlong Emperor. Lin Shuangwen was then executed. It started when the ...

was an attempt to siege Tsulosan but failed to overcome the defense of the inhabitants. Consequently, on November 3 of the next year, the Qing Emperor conferred the name Kagee (; ) to praise the citizens' loyalty. In the mid-1800s, a custom of annual riotous mass

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developed in the city. In 1887, a separate

Taiwan Province Taiwan Province (; PFS: ''Thòi-vàn-sén'' or ''Thòi-vân-sén'') is a nominal administrative division of the Republic of China (ROC). Its definition has remained part of the Constitution of the Republic of China, but the province is no lo ...

was declared and the island was administratively divided into four prefectures; the city of Kagee belonged to

Tainan Prefecture was one of the administrative divisions of Taiwan during the Japanese rule. The prefecture consisted of modern-day Tainan City, Chiayi City, Chiayi County and Yunlin County. Population Administrative divisions Cities and districts In 19 ...

Japanese rule

In 1895, Taiwan was ceded to Japan in the

Treaty of Shimonoseki The , also known as the Treaty of Maguan () in China and in the period before and during World War II in Japan, was a treaty signed at the , Shimonoseki, Japan on April 17, 1895, between the Empire of Japan and Qing China, ending the Firs ...

. The 1906 Meishan earthquake devastated the entire city wall except the Eastern Gate. The Japanese authorities reconstructed the city. Industries and trades started to flourish. According to the census taken in 1904, Kagi was the fourth most populous city in Taiwan, with a population of over twenty thousand. The Great Kagi earthquake (later also known as the 1906 Meishan earthquake) struck the city in mid March 1906. In 1907, the construction of Alishan Forest Railway to Mount Ali was begun. In 1920, the city became an autonomous group as , Kagi District, within

, which included modern-day

Tainan City Tainan (), officially Tainan City, is a special municipality in southern Taiwan facing the Taiwan Strait on its western coast. Tainan is the oldest city on the island and also commonly known as the "Capital City" for its over 200 years of his ...

Chiayi County Chiayi County ( Mandarin pinyin: ''jiā yì xiàn''; Hokkien POJ: ''Ka-gī-koān'') is a county in southwestern Taiwan surrounding but not including Chiayi City. It is the sixth largest county in Taiwan. Name The former Chinese placename wa ...

and

Yunlin County Yunlin County ( Mandarin pinyin: ''Yúnlín Xiàn''; Taigi POJ: ''Hûn-lîm-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Yùn-lìm-yen'') is a county in western Taiwan. Yunlin County borders the Taiwan Strait to the west, Nantou County to the east, Changhua County ...

. In 1930, the town was upgraded to an autonomous city under the same prefecture.

Republic of China

After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in October 1945, Chiayi City was established as a provincial city of

. The city consisted of 8 districts, which were Bajiang, Beimen, Beizhen, Nanmen, Tungmen, Tungshan, Ximen and Zhuwei Districts. In 1946, the districts was reorganized to 6 districts in which Bajiang and Nanmen were merged to become Xinnan, Beimen and Beizhen were merged to become Xinbei, Tungmen and Tungshan were merged to become Xindong, Ximen and Zhuwei were merged to become Xinxi District and there were 2 addition of districts from

Tainan County Tainan County was a county in southern Taiwan between 1945 and 2010. The county seat was in Sinying City. History Tainan County was established on 7 January 1946 on the territory of Tainan Prefecture () shortly after the end of World War II ...

which were

Shuishang Shuishang Township (, meaning "near water") is a rural township in Chiayi County, Taiwan. History After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Shuishang was established as part of Tainan County. In 1946, it was in ...

and Taibao Districts. Chiayi saw some of the most violent events during the 228 Incident. In early March, local militas surrounded the Shueishang Airport and fought against the

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military. There were over 300 casualties. On 12 March 1947, negotiators for peace, including Tan Teng-pho and , were arrested after arriving at the airport and were executed on 25 March. The Kuomintang also executed many civilians in Chiayi. On 16 August 1950, because of the re-allocation of administrative areas in which Taiwan was divided into 16 counties, five provincial cities and a special bureau, Chiayi City was downgraded to a

county-administered city A county-administered city is a unit of administrative divisions of Taiwan, administrative division in Taiwan. Under the administrative structure of Taiwan, it is at the same level as a township (Taiwan), township or a district (Taiwan), district ...

and merged with

to be the

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. As a result, a shortage of capital hindered its development. On 1 July 1982, Chiayi City was elevated again to a provincial city as a result of pressure from local elites. On 6 October 1990, the East District and

West District West District may refer to: __NOTOC__ China * West District (Zhongshan), in Guangdong * West District (Panzhihua), in Sichuan India * West Delhi * West Sikkim district Taiwan * West District, Chiayi, in Chiayi City * West District, Taichung, in ...

were established.

Geography

Chiayi City is located on the north side of Chianan Plain, south west of Taiwan Island. On the east side is the Mount Ali, on the west side is the

Chiayi Airport Chiayi Airport () , commonly known as Shueishang Airport (), is an airport in Shuishang Township, Chiayi County, Taiwan. The airport has one runway, and it is used as a civilian airport and is co-located next to Chiayi Air Base. Chiayi Airport ...

, on the north side is the

Puzi River The Puzi River () is a river in Taiwan. It flows through Chiayi County Chiayi County ( Mandarin pinyin: ''jiā yì xiàn''; Hokkien POJ: ''Ka-gī-koān'') is a county in southwestern Taiwan surrounding but not including Chiayi City. It is ...

and on the south side is the

Bazhang River The Bazhang River, also spelled Pachang River, () is a river in Taiwan. It flows through Chiayi City, Chiayi County and Tainan City for 81 km. History On July 22, 2000, the Bazhang River experienced extreme flooding. Four workers on a riv ...

. The distance from east to west of Chiayi City is and from north to south is with a total area of . Chiayi City is completely surrounded by

. Most of Chiayi City land are broad flat fertile plains. The terrain slowly rises from west to east. Chiayi is also one of the closest Taiwanese cities to the

Tropic of Cancer The Tropic of Cancer, which is also referred to as the Northern Tropic, is the most northerly circle of latitude on Earth at which the Sun can be directly overhead. This occurs on the June solstice, when the Northern Hemisphere is tilted tow ...

, with the latitudinal line lying just south of the city.

Climate

Chiayi City has a warm humid subtropical climate (

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''Cwa''). Northeasterly winds during fall and winter mean that rainfall is depressed during that time, while southwesterly winds during summer and the later portion of spring bring most of the year's rainfall, with more than 60% falling from June to August. Humidity is high year-round, even during winter.

Government

Chiayi City is a provincial city of

of the Republic of China. The city is governed by the

Chiayi City Government Chiayi City Government () is the municipal government of Chiayi City, Taiwan Province, Republic of China. History Kingdom of Tungning (1661–1683) *1661, Koxinga came to Taiwan and expel Dutch. Founded first Chinese Government in Taiwan. E ...

, while the residence is represented in the

Chiayi City Council The Chiayi City Council (CYCC; ) is the elected city council of Chiayi City, Taiwan. The council composes of 24 councilors lastly elected through the 2018 Republic of China local election on 24 November 2018. Organization Congress * Speaker * ...

. The current

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of Chiayi City is

Huang Min-hui Huang Min-hui (; ) is a Taiwanese politician. She was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2005. Her tenure as vice chairperson of the Kuomintang (2008–16) overlapped with two terms as Mayor of Chiayi City (2005–14). Education Huan ...

of the

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Administrative divisions

Chiayi City is divided into two districts. East District is the city seat which houses the

Politics

Chiayi City voted one Democratic Progressive Party legislator to be in the Legislative Yuan during the

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. It has historically been a very

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city. During the martial law era, most people of Chiayi supported

tangwai The ''Tangwai'' movement, or simply ''Tangwai'' (), was a loosely knit political movement in Taiwan in the mid-1970s and early 1980s. Although the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) had allowed contested elections for a small number of seats in the Leg ...

politicians. However, the voting gap between the DPP and the KMT has narrowed in recent years.

Demographics

Chiayi city is a 100% purely ethnic

inhabited city.

Education

National Chiayi University National Chiayi University (NCYU; ) is a public university located in Chiayi City and Chiayi County, Taiwan. It was formed in 2000 by merging National Chiayi Institute of Technology and National Chiayi Teachers College. The University has six ...

National Chung Cheng University National Chung Cheng University (CCU; ) is a national university in Minxiong Township, Chiayi County, Taiwan. CCU is a member of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. History National Chung Cheng University was the first ...

Tatung Institute of Commerce and Technology Tatung Institute of Technology (TTC; ) is an educational institution based in East District, Chiayi City, Taiwan. It has five new departments: Finance, Food and Beverage Management, Early Childhood Care and Education, Multimedia Design, and ...

* Chung Jen College of Nursing, Health Science and Management

Energy

Green energy

On 17 December 2015,

launched a program to set up solar panels at schools and offices in the city to reduce green house gases. The program is expected to produce 3.55 million kWh of electricity annually and to help reducing carbon emission by 1,700 tonnes.

Tourist attractions

228 Memorial Park, Spotted Deer, Chiayi City (Taiwan)

Art Site of Chiayi Railway Warehouse The Art Site of Chiayi Railway Warehouse () is a historical warehouse in West District, Chiayi City, Taiwan. History In 1999, the Taiwan Provincial Government chose Chiayi City as the place for the Art Network of Railway Warehouse due to its p ...

Chia-Le-Fu Night Market The Chia-Le-Fu Night Market () is a night market in West District, Chiayi City, Taiwan. History In May 2016, Chiayi City Deputy Mayor Hou Chong-wen promoted the online registration of food sold at the night market in order to raise awareness ...

Chiayi Art Museum The Chiayi Art Museum () is an art museum in West District, Chiayi City, Taiwan. History The museum building was originally constructed in 1936 as a factory of the Chiayi branch of Taiwan Tobacco and Wine Monopoly Bureau during the Japanese ...

* Chiayi Botanical Garden *

Chiayi Cheng Huang Temple Chiayi Cheng Huang Temple () is a Chinese temple dedicated to the City God or Cheng Huang Ye () which is located in East District, Chiayi City, Taiwan. The temple was founded in 1715, it is one of the oldest and prominent temples in the region. ...

Chiayi City Municipal Baseball Stadium Chiayi City Municipal Baseball Stadium () is a multi-use stadium in Chiayi City, Taiwan. It is currently used for baseball games and was the home field for the Chinatrust Whales from 1998 to 2003. The stadium was originally built in 1918 during t ...

Chiayi Cultural and Creative Industries Park The Chiayi Cultural and Creative Industries Park () or G9 Creative Park is a multi-purpose park in West District, Chiayi City, Taiwan. History The area was originally opened in 1916 as Chiayi Brewery by the Japanese government. In 1922, the b ...

Chiayi Jen Wu Temple The Chiayi Jen Wu Temple () is a temple dedicated to Baosheng Dadi and located in East District, Chiayi City, Taiwan. History The temple was constructed in 1677. Materials for the temple building construction were imported from Fujian. Tran ...

Chiayi Municipal Museum The Chiayi Municipal Museum () is a museum in East District, Chiayi, East District, Chiayi City, Taiwan. History The founding of the museum was a collective community effort in the hope to establish a cultural public space for all of the residen ...

Chiayi Park Chiayi Park () is a park at East District, Chiayi City, Taiwan. History The park was built in 1911 during the Japanese era. It was once renamed to Zhongshan Park in 1949, but reverted to its current name in 1997. Architecture The park spans o ...

Chiayi Confucian Temple The Chiayi Confucian Temple () is a Confucian temple in Chiayi Park, East District, Chiayi City, Taiwan. History The temple was originally built in 1706. In 1815, the temple restoration stele was inscribed and erected. In 1907, an earthquake ...

Kagi Shrine was a Shinto shrine located in previously ''Soa-a-teng'' (), Kagi City, Tainan Prefecture, Japanese Taiwan (modern-day Chiayi Park, Chiayi City, Taiwan). The shrine was built on 28 October 1915 ( Taishō 4) facing south but later altered in 1 ...

** Sun-Shooting Tower *

Chiayi Prison Museum Chiayi Old Prison () is a former prison located at 140 Wei Hsin Road, East District, Chiayi City, Taiwan. It underwent restoration and reopened as the Chiayi Prison Museum () in 2011. It was designated as a historic monument of Taiwan in 2005. ...

Hinoki Village The Hinoki Village or Cypress Forest Life Village () is a culture village in East District, Chiayi City, Taiwan. History The village was originally the dormitories of the Chiayi Forest division of Forestry Bureau of the Taiwan Governor General ...

Lantan Lake Lantan Lake () or Orchid Lake is a lake and reservoir in East District, Chiayi City, Taiwan. History The lake is also called the Holland Lake, Dutch Lake, and Hong-Mao Pei (see ang mo) because the lake was dug by the Dutch around 300 years a ...

Museum of Old Taiwan Tiles The Museum of Old Taiwan Tiles () is an art museum in West District, Chiayi City, Taiwan. History The museum building used to be a timber storage building during the Japanese rule of Taiwan. The museum founder James Hsu and his friends collec ...

* St. John's Cathedral *

Taiwan Hinoki Museum The Taiwan Hinoki Museum () is a museum about hinoki trees in West District, Chiayi City, Taiwan. History The museum building was originally a timber factory. The director then renovated the factory building by adding new elements to create a ...

Water Source Water Meter Room The Water Source Water Meter Room () is a former water meter room in East District, Chiayi City, Taiwan. History The Chiayi waterway was constructed between July 1911 and March 1914 as part of the city waterway facilities. The room which hous ...

Wenhua Road Night Market The Wenhua Road Night Market () is a night market in West District, Chiayi City, Taiwan. Architecture The night market stretches along the Wenhua Road for around half a kilometer. The southern section of the road is divided by a central founda ...

* Historic Archives Building of Chiayi City () *

228 Memorial Park 8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. In mathematics 8 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2. * a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number o ...

National 228 Memorial Park National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, c ...

* Chung Cheng Park * Alishan Forest Railway & Railway Park * Chiayi International Band Festival Chiayi is the city of wind music in Taiwan. The wind music festival started as a local event in 1988, when it was more like a joint performance by local wind music bands. Over the years the festival has become the most anticipated annual event in Chiayi.

Sports

Major sporting events held by Chiayi include: *

1999 Asian Youth Boys Volleyball Championship The 1999 Asian Youth Boys Volleyball Championship was held in Chiayi City, Taiwan from 20 to 25 April 1999. Pools composition The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 1997 Asian Youth Boys Volleyball Championship. Preliminary ...

2001 Baseball World Cup The 2001 Baseball World Cup (BWC) was the 34th international Men's amateur baseball tournament. The tournament was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation, which titled it the Amateur World Series from the 1938 tournament through the ...

(Co-hosted with

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New Taipei New Taipei City is a special municipality located in northern Taiwan. The city is home to an estimated population of 3,974,683 as of 2022, making it the most populous city of Taiwan, and also the second largest special municipality by area, b ...

, and Kaohsiung) * 2012 Asian Soft Tennis Championship * 2018 World University Baseball Championship

Notable residents/natives

* Tan Ting-pho (1895–1947), Taiwan famous painter. * Sow-Hsin Chen (1935–2021), American physicist, Professor. * Vincent Siew (1939), Taiwanese politician, Vice President of the Republic of China (2008–2012), Vice-Chairman of the Kuomintang. *

(1959), former mayor of Chiayi City, vice chairperson of Kuomintang, a member of the Legislative Yuan (1999 and 2005). * Lo Chen-Jung (1961), Taiwanese left-handed baseball pitcher. * Wu Bai (1968), Taiwanese rock singer.

International relations

Twin towns — sister cities

Chiayi is Twin towns and sister cities, twinned with: * East Orange, New Jersey, East Orange, New Jersey, United States (1972) * Jackson, Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi, United States (1972) * Juneau, Alaska, Juneau, Alaska, United States (1977) * Murray, Utah, Murray, Utah, United States (1977) * Bulacan, Bulacan Province, Philippines (1980) * Martinsburg, West Virginia, Martinsburg, West Virginia, United States (1988) * Syracuse, New York, Syracuse, New York (state), New York, United States (1995) * Hsinchu, Hsinchu City, Taiwan (2002)

Transportation

Rail

Chiayi City is served by Chiayi Station and Jiabei Station of the Taiwan Railways Administration. Chiayi Station is the starting point for the Alishan Forest Railway. The city is also accessible from THSR Chiayi Station in

Bus

Chiayi Bus Rapid Transit connects Chiayi City to Chiayi HSR station in the neighboring Taibao, Taibao City. Chiayi City Bus serves the urban areas of Chiayi City.

Air

Chiayi City is served by

in the neighboring Shuishang, Shuishang Township.

In popular culture

Chiayi City and its street foods, including the famous Chiayi turkey rice, were featured on the List of original programs distributed by Netflix, Netflix TV series, ''Street Food (TV series), Street Food'', in season 1.

References

External links

*
Chiayi City/County tourism official website

Chiayi City Police Bureau official website
* * * National Chung Cheng University]
official website
{{Authority control Chiayi, 1982 establishments in Taiwan Provincial cities of Taiwan