The Taichung City Government () is the municipal government of

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 ...

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 northe ...

History

Taichū City Government was established by the Governor-General of Taiwan and the Japanese colonial authorities on 1 October 1920. Following the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the

Republic of China 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 northea ...

, Taichung had been reconstituted as a provincial city government on 25 October 1945. Taichung

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merged with Taichung County to become a special municipality on 25 December 2010.

Building

The first Taichung city hall, known as Taichung Shiyakusho, was constructed in 1911, when Taiwan was under Japanese rule. It has been turned into a cultural center since 2016. The current Taichung City Hall was completed and opened on 10 October 2010.

Organizations

Bureaus

* Agriculture Bureau * Civil Affairs Bureau * Construction Bureau * Cultural Affairs Bureau * Economic Development Bureau * Education Bureau * Environmental Protection Bureau * Finance Bureau * Fire Bureau * Health Bureau * Information Bureau * Labor Affairs Bureau * Land Administration Bureau * Legal Affairs Bureau * Local Tax Bureau * Social Affairs Bureau * Tourism and Travel Bureau * Transportation Bureau * Urban Development Bureau * Water Resources Bureau

Offices

* Budget, Accounting and Statistics Office * Central District Household Registration Office * Civil Service Ethics Office * Civil Service Training Center * Council for Hakka Affairs * Daya District Office * Department of Personnel * Indigenous People Commission * Information Management Center * Police Department * Research, Development and Evaluation Commission * Secretariat

Mayors

References

External links

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