Liming New Village ( zh, t=黎明新村, p=Límíng Xīncūn) is a

planned community A planned community, planned city, planned town, or planned settlement is any community that was carefully planned from its inception and is typically constructed on previously undeveloped land. This contrasts with settlements that evolve ...

located in

Nantun District Nantun District () is an urban district in Taichung, Taiwan. It was a part of Taichung before the City and County were amalgamated in 2010. History The district used to be part of Taichung provincial city before the merger with Taichung County ...

Taichung City 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 Tai ...

, Taiwan. The community's boundaries roughly corresponds to those of Liming

Village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...

History

Originally,

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was simultaneously the capital of the Republic of China and

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, 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

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would move to central Taiwan, and government employees would live in new planned communities inspired by the

garden city movement The garden city movement was a 20th century urban planning movement promoting satellite communities surrounding the central city and separated with greenbelts. These Garden Cities would contain proportionate areas of residences, industry, and ...

. The first two communities built were Guangfu New Village and

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. In 1972, some government agencies were temporarily relocated from Taipei to Gancheng military base near

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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 first agencies to move in were the Water Resources Agency, the Land Administration Agency, and the Environmental Protection Agency, and other branches moved in over the next decade. Meanwhile, low-density residential buildings for public servants were constructed to house roughly one thousand families, complete with parks and other green space. There was also some small-scale agriculture along a small creek to the west of the community. Due to Taichung's urban growth, there have been multiple calls to demolish Liming New Village and redevelop it in a manner similar to the adjacent 7th Redevelopment Zone, the city's new central business district.

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Central Taiwan Joint Services Center and Liming New Village sign 20100808.jpg, One of the entrances to the village. Left: Office building for the

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. Right: A police station. Liming New Village House.JPG, One of the original residences in the community Taichung City Xiaokang Traditional Market.JPG, Traditional market Liming Village Physical Activity Center.JPG, Gymnasium

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