East District () is a

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in east

Chiayi City Chiayi (, Taiwanese Hokkien, Taigi Pe̍h-ōe-jī, POJ: ''Ka-gī''; ), officially known as Chiayi City, is a Provincial city (Taiwan), city located in the plains of southwestern Taiwan. Formerly called ''Kagee'' during the late Qing dynasty and ...

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 nort ...

. The district is the city seat of Chiayi City.

History

The East District was established on 6 October 1990.

Administrative divisions

East District consists of the following villages:(includes maps) *() **Duanzhu (), Lantan (), Dongchuan (), Luliao (), Lucuo (), Wenya (), Wangtian (), Changzhu (), Houzhuang (), Xindian (), Zuntou () *() **Zhongshan (), Taiping (), Dongxing (), Huanan (), Zhongyang (), Zhaoyang (), Minzu (), Guogou () *() **Xinkai (), Xuanxin (), Xingnan (), Fengnian (), Fangcao (), Fang'an (), Dingliao (), Anliao (), Anye (), Xingcun (), Xing'an (), Xingren () *() **Beimen (), Linsen (), Zhongzhuang (), Dingzhuang (), Yijiao (), Renyi (), Houhu () and Laoteng ().

Government institutions

* Chiayi City Hall

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 ...

- Lantan Main Campus and Linsen Campus *

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

Tourist attractions

Alishan Forest Railway Garage Park Alishan Forest Railway Garage Park () is a railway workshop of Alishan Forest Railway in East District, Chiayi City, Taiwan. Exhibitions The park consists of a garage and reparation facility. It displays various display of trains from steam l ...

Chiayi City Cultural Park Chiayi (, Taigi POJ: ''Ka-gī''; ), officially known as Chiayi City, is a city located in the plains of southwestern Taiwan. Formerly called ''Kagee'' during the late Qing dynasty and ''Kagi'' during the Japanese era (), its historical name i ...

* Chiayi Botanical Garden *

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. Transp ...

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 ...

* St. John's Cathedral *

The First 228 Peace Memorial Monument The First 228 Peace Memorial Monument () is a monument in East District, Chiayi City, Taiwan. It was built in 1989, making it the earliest 228 Memorial Monument built in the island. It is the only 228 Memorial Monument to have been built befor ...

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 ...

Transportation

* TRA

Jiabei Station Jiabei () (Chiabei, literly "Chia north", meaning "north of Chiayi") is a railway station of the Taiwan Railways Administration West Coast line located in East District, Chiayi City, Taiwan. History The train station was opened on 8 Septembe ...

References

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