Taiping District () is an inner city

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in the eastern part of

Taichung Taichung (, Wade–Giles: '), officially Taichung City, is a special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality in central Taiwan. Taichung is Taiwan's second-largest city, with more than 2.85 million residents, making it the largest city in Ce ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

. 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

Taichung County Taichung County was a County (Taiwan), county in central Taiwan between 1945 and 2010. The county seat was in Yuanlin Township before 1950 and Fengyuan District, Fongyuan City after 1950. History Taichung County was established on 26 November ...

. On 1 August 1996, Taiping was upgraded to a

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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 *

Population Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and pl ...

: 196,564 people (February 2023)

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

Tourist attractions

* Ancient Farm Village Culture Museum * Bat Tunnel * Little Cassia Forest * Public Leisure Park * 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 in Taiwan Districts of Taichung