Taichung County was a

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in central

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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 Prefecture () shortly after the end of

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. In the early years, Taichung County consists of most territory of Taichū Prefecture except the territory near cities of Taichū (

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 ...

) and Shōka ( Changhua). The county is subdivide into districts (), which is reformed from Japanese

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(). The districts are divided into townships. On 16 August 1950, another division reform was implemented. The southern part of the county was separated and established

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 ...

and

Nantou County Nantou County (; Hokkien POJ: ''Lâm-tâu-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Nàm-thèu-yen'') is the second largest county of Taiwan by area, located in the central part of the country. It is also the only non-coastal county in Taiwan. Its name derives fro ...

. The remaining Taichung County has territory equivalent to the Toyohara (Fengyüan), Tōsei (Tungshih), Taikō (Tachia), and Daiton (Tatun) in the Japanese era. In addition, districts in the remaining part of Taichung County was defunct. All townships were directly controlled by the County Government. On 25 December 2010, the county merged with

City to form a larger single special municipality.http://taiwanjournal.nat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xitem=53774&ctnode=413&mp=9

Administration

The subdivisions of the County remained mostly stable between 1950 and 2010. However, some changed has also been made. * 1 Oct 1955, Neipu Township () was renamed Houli Township () * 7 Jun 1973, two northeast most villages in Hoping Township () was separated to form a new county-level division — Lishan Constructing Administrative Bureau (). * 1 Mar 1973, Fengyuan () reformed from an urban township to a

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for its population. * 18 Feb 1982, Lishan Constructing Administrative Bureau dissolved, the two villages returned to Hoping Township. * 1 Nov 1993, Tali () reformed from a rural township to a

for its population. * 1 Aug 1996, Taiping () reformed from a rural township to a

for its population. In 25 Dec 2010, The county was merged with

City, all

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and

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became

. On the eve of merging with

City, the county consists of the following administrative divisions

Transportation

* Freeway ** Freeway 1 (Taiwan) **

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Freeway 4 (Taiwan) National freeway 4 is a freeway, which begins in Qingshui, Taichung on provincial highway 17. and ends in Tanzi District on provincial highway 74. Length The total length is 28.0 km (17.4 miles). Major cities along the route *Taichung Ci ...

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Taichung line The Taichung line (), also known as the Mountain line (), is a line of the Taiwan Railway Administration, which one of two parallel lines in Central Taiwan section offsetting to inland mountain area. It has a total length of 85.5 km, all of ...

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** Taichung HSR station * Harbor ** Port of Taichung * Airport **

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Other

Education

* Asia University * Providence University * Taichung Japanese School

Hospitals

* Jen-Ai Hospital - Dali (大里仁愛醫院) * Taichung Tzu Chi General Hospital (台中慈濟醫院)

References

External links

Taichung County Government Official Website
{{Authority control Taichung Former counties of Taiwan 1945 establishments in Taiwan 2010 disestablishments in Taiwan