Longjing District () is a coastal suburban

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in western

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Geography

Longjing shares borders with Wuqi and Shalu to the north, Xitun to the east, the Pacific Ocean to the west, Dadu and Shengang in

Changhua County Changhua County (Mandarin Pinyin: ''Zhānghuà Xiàn''; Wade-Giles: ''Chang¹-hua⁴ Hsien⁴''; Hokkien POJ: ''Chiang-hòa-koān'' or ''Chiong-hòa-koān'') is the smallest county on the main island of Taiwan by area, and the fourth smallest ...

to the south. The eastern part of Longjing is located on the

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Name and history

The area was originally occupied by the aboriginal Papora people. The term ''Longjing'' (龍井) means "Dragon Well"; a well is located in the area. Prior to Japanese rule, the district was called "Chie Tou Village" (茄投庄). During Japanese rule over Taiwan the district was renamed to Longjing (龍井), taken from the name of a famous well in the area named Dragon Eye Well (龍目井) Dragon Eye Well is located in Longquan Village, under an old

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tree. One of the Qing governors of Changhua recorded that the well's water was cool and refreshing, and the atmosphere was serene around the well. The name "Dragon Eye" comes from the two rocks around the well that makes it look like a dragon."Origins of Longjing"
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Administrative divisions

Infrastructure

Longjing houses

Taichung Power Plant The Taichung Power Plant () is a coal, coal-fired power plant in Longjing District, Longjing, Taichung, Taiwan (ROC). With an installed coal-fired generation capacity of 5,500 Megawatt, MW, it is List of largest power stations in the world#Coal, ...

, the world's largest

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Transportation

The district is served by a variety of national roads. * TWHW3

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Provincial Highway 1 * TW PHW17

Provincial Highway 17 * TW PHW61

Provincial Highway 61 The district can be reached by rail through

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Longjing Station.

References

External links

* {{Districts in Taiwan Districts of Taichung