Taiping District () is an inner city

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in the eastern part 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 Taiw ...

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. It is the second largest district in Taichung City after Heping District.

History

After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the

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in 1945, Taiping was organized as a rural township of

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. On 1 August 1996, Taiping was upgraded to a county-administered city due to its population. On 25 December 2010, Taichung County was merged with Taichung City and Taiping was upgraded to a

of the

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Administrative divisions

Taiping District consists of 39 villages, which are Taiping, Zhangyi, Yongcheng, Zhongping, Zhongzheng, Pingan, Zhongxing, Yongping, Tungping, Chenggong, Tunghe, Jianguo, Jianxing, Pinglin, Daxing, Qinyi, Guanghua, Guangming, Zhongshan, Fengnian, Yixin, Yijia, Yichang, Xinping, Xinji, Xincheng, Xinguang, Xinxing, Xingao, Xinfu, Toubian, Shenghe, Tungbian, Xinglong, Fulong, Huangzhu, Guanglong, Yonglong and Delong Village.

Geography

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: 120.75 km² *

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: 184,223 people (January 2016)

Economy

Taiping District supplies many agricultural products to the

urban area, including

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s, and

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Education

National Chin-Yi University of Technology National Chin-Yi University of Technology (NCUT; ) is a public university located in Taiping District, Taichung, Taiwan. Some of the most popular programs at NCYU include Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information Management, ...

Tourist attractions

* Ancient Farm Village Culture Museum *

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* Taichung City Tun District Art Center * Tobiankeng

Sister cities

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is Taiping's

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Notable natives

* Hsieh Yue-hsia, former actress

References

External links

* Districts of Taichung {{Taiwan-geo-stub