Hsinchu metropolitan area () is the metropolitan area of the city of
Hsinchu in northern Taiwan.
The population of the metro area in 2016 was around 1,000,000, and when including
Zhunan
Zhunan Township is an urban township in northern Miaoli County, Taiwan. Its city centre forms a continuous urban area with Toufen.
Name
Literally, ''Zhúnán'' () means "bamboo south" but in this context, ''zhú'' is short for "Hsinchu". Th ...
and
Toufen
Toufen (Hakka PFS: ''Thèu-fun''; Hokkien POJ: ''Thâu-hūn'') is a county-administered city in northern Miaoli County, Taiwan. Its city centre forms a continuous urban area with Zhunan.
History
In 2007, there was a revitalization project for ...
in neighboring
Miaoli County
Miaoli County (Mandarin Pinyin: ''miáo lì xiàn''; Hakka PFS: ''Mèu-li̍t-yen''; Hokkien POJ: ''Biâu-le̍k-koān'' or ''Miâu-le̍k-koān'') is a county in western Taiwan. Miaoli is adjacent with Hsinchu County and Hsinchu City to the nort ...
was over 1.18 million.
Definition
According to the
definition
A definition is a statement of the meaning of a term (a word, phrase, or other set of symbols). Definitions can be classified into two large categories: intensional definitions (which try to give the sense of a term), and extensional definitio ...
of metropolitan areas formerly used by the
Republic of China (Taiwan) government, Hsinchu metropolitan area includes the following areas:
However, since 2010, the term is no longer in official usage.
References
Metropolitan areas of Taiwan
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