Xitun District or Situn District (, literally "western village") is the second-most populated

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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 T ...

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. It is located on the western side of the city. Once considered part of the countryside, the district has seen rapid growth in recent years with department store and office towers in the redevelopment zone. Taichung City Hall is located in the district.

History

The original inhabitants of the area were the

Pazeh people The Pazeh people (or Pazih; 巴則海 or 巴宰), including the Kaxabu, are the descendants of the Pazeh-speaking indigenous people from Taichung and Miaoli areas of Taiwan. Due to the processes of acculturation and cultural assimilation, the ...

, who inhabited the Taichung Basin. The first Han settlers arrived in 1701, led by Liao Chao Kong () and Chang Da Jing (). As a result, the Pazeh people were pushed out of the area, and most of them migrated to

Puli, Nantou Puli Township () is an urban township in Nantou County, Taiwan. The township is located within the Puli Basin. It is the geographic center of Taiwan. Name In the 19th century the city was known as Posia () or Po-li-sia (). The Atayal name o ...

. Many of its prehistory artifacts can be found at the Huilai Monument Archaeology Park. The district was part of Taichung provincial city before the merger with

Taichung County Taichung County was a county in central Taiwan 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 Taich ...

to form Taichung special municipality on 25 December 2010.

Geography

Xitun is located on the western side of Taichung City. It is situated within the

Taichung Basin The Taichung Basin () is located in the central region of western Taiwan. It occupies some parts of Taichung City, Nantou County and Changhua County. The basin borders the Choshui River in the south; the hill lands of Nantou in the east; the ...

, with the western part of the district on the slopes of the

Dadu Plateau The Dadu Plateau (), also known as Dadu Mountain or Dadushan (), is a plateau that stretches across Taichung, Taiwan. It borders the Taichung Basin in the east and the seacoast of Taichung in the west, and lies between the Dajia River and the ...

. It borders Daya to the north, Shalu and Longjing to the west, Dadu and

Nantun Nantun District () is an urban district in Taichung, Taiwan. It was a part of Taichung before the City and County were amalgamated in 2010. History The district used to be part of Taichung provincial city before the merger with Taichung Count ...

to the south, and Beitun,

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, and

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districts to the east.

Administrative divisions

Xitun District Administration Building 20100804

Economy

* Taichung Science Park * Taichung Shuinan Economic and Trade Park

Education

Feng Chia University Feng Chia University (FCU; ) is a private research university in Taiwan, located in Taichung. It was named after Chiu Feng-Chia one of the leaders of the military resistance against the Japanese invasion of Taiwan in 1895. Feng Chia Univer ...

Overseas Chinese University Overseas Chinese University (OCU; ) is a private university in Xitun District, Taichung, Taiwan. History OCU was founded in 1964. Academic Units * School of Business and Management * School of Information Technology and Design * School of ...

Tunghai University Tunghai University (THU; ) is the oldest private university in Taiwan, established in 1955. It was founded by the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia (UBCHEA). It is located in Xitun District, Taichung, Taiwan. According to ...

National Wen-Hua Senior High School The Taichung Municipal Wen-Hua Senior High School is one of the most prestigious senior high schools of Taiwan located in Taichung. It was founded on July 1, 1989. WHSH has been accredited by the Ministry of Education as a ''First Tier High Sc ...

Hospitals

The Taichung Veterans General Hospital and Cheng Ching Hospital Chung Kang Branch is located in Xitun.

Transportation

Xitun is served by the following national roads: * TWHW1

National Freeway 1 National Freeway 1 (), also known as Sun Yat-sen Freeway (), is a freeway in Taiwan, the first freeway built in Taiwan. It begins in Keelung at the intersection of Xiao 2nd Road and Zhong 4th Road and ends in Kaohsiung at the intersection of Zh ...

: Taichung and Daya Interchanges are located in the district. * TW PHW74

Provincial Highway 74 * TW PHW1b

Provincial Highway 1B * TW PHW12

Provincial Highway 12: Also known as Taiwan Boulevard; major road of Taichung running straight through Xitun. The district is served by buses, including a

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along Taiwan Boulevard that was the former

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system. The Taichung Metro Green Line, running on Wenxin Road, has 3 stations in the district.

Tourist attractions

* Fengchia Night Market, one of the most renowned night markets in Taiwan, located adjacent to

* Huilai Monument Archaeology Park, an archaeological site where Neolithic objects were uncovered *

Luce Memorial Chapel The Luce Memorial Chapel () is a Christian chapel on the campus of Tunghai University in Xitun District, Taichung, Taiwan. It was designed by architects I. M. Pei and Chi-kuan Chen. Name The chapel was named in honor of the Rev. Henry W. Luc ...

, an iconic chapel located within

* National Taichung Theater * Taichung Football Field * Taichung Metropolitan Park, a 217-acre park located on the

References

External links

* {{Districts in Taiwan Districts of Taichung