Tianzhong Township is an urban

township A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, C ...

located at eastern

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 small ...

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. Its former name () and current name () make reference to the origin of the town in the center of rice paddies.

Geography

Tianzhong encompasses with a population of 42,133 as of January 2017. Most of the township is part of Changhua Plain, with the Bagua Mountain Range to the east.

Administrative divisions

The township comprises 22 villages: Beilu, Bifeng, Dalun, Dashe, Dingtan, Fuxing, Longtan, Meizhou, Nanlu, Pinghe, Sanan, Sanguang, Sanmin, Shalun, Tunglu, Tungyuan, Xiangshan, Xilu, Xinmin, Xinzhuang, Zhonglu and Zhongtan.

Festivals

* Clay Sculpture Festival

Transportation

Rail

* THSR Changhua Station * TRA Tianzhong Station

Bus

* Tianzhong Bus Station of Changhua Bus * Tianzhong Bus Station of Yuanlin Bus

Notable natives

* Cho Po-yuan, Magistrate of Changhua County (2005-2014) *

Huang Jong-tsun Huang Jong-tsun (; born 30 March 1947) is a Taiwanese politician and psychologist who serves as the current President of the Examination Yuan. Prior to assuming his current role, Huang had served as President of China Medical University from ...

, President of

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* Richie Jen, actor and singer

References

External links

* Townships in Changhua County {{taiwan-geo-stub