East District () is an urban

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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 Ta ...

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. It was a part of Taichung City before the City and County were merged in 2010.

History

The district used to be part of the Taichung provincial city before the merger with

Taichung County Taichung County was a county in central Taiwan between 1945 and 2010. The county seat was in Yuanlin Township before 1950 and Fongyuan City after 1950. History Taichung County was established on 26 November 1945 on the territory of Taichū ...

to form the Taichung special municipality on 25 December 2010.

Administrative divisions

East District is divided into 17 villages, which are: Xinzhuang, Zhenxing, Tungqiao, Tungxing, Quanyuan, Gancheng, Hanxi, Lecheng, Tungmen, Shijia, Tungying, Tungnan, Tungshi, Gezuo, Furen, Futai and Tungxin.

Tourist attractions

* Hanxi Night Market * Dongguang Green Tunnel (東光錄園道) * Lecheng Temple * Lin Family Ancestral Shrine * Zhang Liao Family Temple

Transportation

The district is served the Jingwu and

stations of the

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