Taoyuan () is a special municipality located in northwestern

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, neighboring

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to the north-east, Yilan County to the south-east, and

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to the south-west. Taoyuan District is the seat of the municipal government and which, along with

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, forms a large

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. Taoyuan developed from a

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of Taipei metropolitan area to become the fourth-largest metropolitan area, and fifth-largest populated city in Taiwan. "Taoyuan" literally means "peach garden" in Chinese, since the area used to have many peach trees. Formerly a county, Taoyuan became the latest new founding special municipality in 2014. Taoyuan City is home to many industrial parks and tech company headquarters. Due to the city's proximity to

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, and the lower

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, Taoyuan has had the fastest population growth of any city in Taiwan in recent decades. The city is also home to 116,000 foreign workers, with many coming from

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and working in factories or as household caregivers.

Taoyuan International Airport Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (Traditional Chinese: 臺灣桃園國際機場) is the main international airport serving Taiwan, particularly the northern region and Taipei. Located in Dayuan District, Dayuan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Taoyuan, ...

, which serves the capital,

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and the rest of northern Taiwan, is located in this city.

History

Early history

In ancient times, the Taoyuan plateau was the home of the Taiwanese plains aborigines. In prehistory, the Ketagalan people settled in '. In the early years of Dutch colonization, Spanish colonization, and

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of the

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, there were no large-scale cultivation or industrial activities. During the Qing era, a number of people from Fujian Province and Guangdong province began to immigrate into present-day Taoyuan to develop and farm the land. They planted peach trees, which, when fully bloomed in spring, were so beautiful that the people named the land ''Toahong'' ().

Empire of Japan

In November 1901, during Japanese era, a local administrative office, , was established in the area, and renamed in 1905. In 1920, the ''Tōen'' area was incorporated into Shinchiku Prefecture. During the Japanese era, the staged migration policy caused Taoyuan to develop into a city with a variety of cultures. For example, temples and worship paths (currently the Taoyuan Martyrs Shrine) symbolized cultural systems. were used to represent military systems, and the old Taoyuan City Office signified political systems.

Republic of China

After the transfer from Japan to the Republic of China, the present day-area of Taoyuan City was incorporated under

. In 1950,

Taoyuan County Taoyuan County () is under the administration of Changde, Hunan, Hunan Province, China. The Yuan River, a tributary of the Yangtze, flows through Taoyuan. It covers an area of 4441 square kilometers, of which is arable land. It is from Zhangji ...

was established by separating it from Hsinchu County. On 21 April 1971, Taoyuan City was made the county seat of Taoyuan County. It had 6

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, 1 urban

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and 6

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townships. In June 2009, the

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approved the plan to upgrade Taoyuan from a county to a special municipality. On 25 December 2014, Taoyuan County was upgraded into a special municipality of Taoyuan City ().

Geography

Taoyuan is located approximately southwest of

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, in northern Taiwan, and occupies . It is made up of low-lying plains, interconnected mountains and plateaus. Its shape has a long and narrow southeast-to-northwest trend, with the southeast in the

Xueshan Range The Xueshan Range is a mountain range in northern Taiwan. It is bordered by the Chungyang Range to the southeast. The tallest peak of the Xueshan Range is Xueshan, Xueshan/Sekuwan, which has a height of . Shei-Pa National Park is located around ...

and the far end on the shores of the

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. There are many irrigation ponds at Taoyuan Plateau, which caused Taoyuan to earn the nickname "Thousand-pond Township" ().

Climate

Taoyuan has a

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, with mild to warm winters and hot summers, typical of northern Taiwan.

Ethnic composition

Han Chinese

Hoklo

As of most of the cities and urban towns of Taiwan, Minnan people (Hoklos) are one of the largest ethnic groups of Taoyuan, most of whom live in northern Taoyuan (北桃園) which comprises the northern districts of Taoyuan, including Taoyuan city centre, Bade, Daxi, Dayuan, Guishan and Luzhu, and the city seat of government, Taoyuan District citycentre.

Hakka

The

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are the second-largest ethnic group in the city after the Minnan ethnicity (Hoklo) who won against the Hakkas in clan wars moved to the poor mountainous regions in southern Taoyuan, most of the Hakka peasants live in the rural peasant village areas of southern Taoyuan (南桃園), which includes Zhongli, Pingzhen, Yangmei, Longtan,

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and Xinwu districts. With more than 785,000 Hakka people, Taoyuan hosts the largest Hakka population among all of Taiwan's administrative divisions.

Waishengren

After the

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, many people from mainland China (unaffectionately referred to as " Waishengren") settled in the then-

after the retreat of the

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in 1949. Most of them live in military dependents' villages in Zhongli, Pingzhen and Guishan. Longgang is well known for its immigrants from

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, featuring many Yunnan-style restaurants.

Indigenous peoples

Most

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in the city live in Fuxing District, with most of them belonging to the

Atayal people The Atayal (Atayal language, Atayal: Tayal), also known as the Tayal and the Tayan, are a Taiwanese indigenous peoples, Taiwanese indigenous people. The Atayal people number around 90,000, approximately 15.9% of Taiwan's total indigenous popula ...

. Outside of the Fuxing District, Taoyuan is the one Special Municipality of Taiwan that has no Aboriginal populations, appearing on related maps as empty.

Economy

Taoyuan is one of the Taiwan's top industrial and technological cities. High-tech companies including Quanta, MiTAC, Inotera, Nanya Technology, HTC, CPT and AU Optronics have all opted to build or expand their factories in Taoyuan. Taoyuan has now become a bastion of electronics and

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manufacturing. Over 200 of Taiwan's top 500 manufacturing companies have factories in Taoyuan. Taoyuan has also led Taiwan in terms of industrial output for nine straight years. There are now 29 registered industrial areas with of non-urban industrial land and of urban industrial land. There are over of land available for factories and industrial use in the city, representing the fact that Taoyuan's development bureau is based on industry and commerce. There are also 9 sites (57 ha; 140 acres) for mixed industrial-commercial use, the most of any county and city in Taiwan. On 26 March 2010,

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(Taiwan's government-owned airline) moved into its new headquarters on the grounds of Taipei Taoyuan International Airport and in Dayuan Township in Taoyuan County (now Dayuan District, Taoyuan).

EVA Air EVA Airways Corporation ( ; ) () is an international airline headquartered in Taoyuan City. It is one of the two largest airlines in Taiwan along with state-owned China Airlines. The privately owned airline operates passenger and dedicated c ...

maintains its headquarters in Luzhu District. Evergreen Airlines Services Corporation, Evergreen Aviation Technologies Corp., and Evergreen Air Cargo Services Corporation, subsidiaries of

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, are headquartered in Dayuan. On 25 December 2016, The Asia Silicon Valley Development Agency (ASVDA) was inaugurated in northern Taoyuan City, in a governmental effort to foster innovation, promote the

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(IoT) sector and attract top-class technology talent. The Asia Silicon Valley Development Plan aimed to transform Taiwan into an R&D hub for the IoT sector as well as a global center of entrepreneurship.

Industry and environment

A former

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facility is located in the city. The RCA facility is the source of significant

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contamination.

Tourism

Historical sites

*Daxi Old Street : Daxi Old Street is one of the more famous Taiwanese old streets. It used to be a bustling hub for

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and the tea trade, filled with diverse stores with façades designed in a

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style. The street also has the Daxi Wood Art Ecomuseum, which includes buildings such as Daxi Butokuden and Lee Teng-fan's Ancient Residence. *Furen Temple : Furen Temple was established in 1813, dedicated to Kai Zhang Sheng Wang and the temple is located along Daxi Old Street in Daxi District. *Tianhou Temple : Tianhou Temple was established in 1826, and is located in Xinwu District. The temple built a magnificent bronze statue of Goddess

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in 2002, which is the 2nd-tallest statue of Mazu in Taiwan and the 3rd-tallest in the world. *Taoyuan Martyrs' Shrine : Taoyuan Martyrs' Shrine is one of the best-kept Shinto shrines outside Japan.

Nature attractions

*Shimen Reservoir Shihmen Reservoir is one of Taiwan's major reservoirs. Once the largest water conservancy project in

, visitors may find many restaurants open near the reservoir serving fresh reservoir fish delicacies. There is also a bikeway surrounding the back pond. Shimen Reservoir provides almost all of the water in Taoyuan, as well as to New Taipei City's Xinzhuang, Banqiao, and Linkou districts. *Lala Mountain : Lala Mountain is one of Taiwan's "natural protection zones," including 500- to 2,800-year-old divine trees and the "No. 5 Divine Tree," which predates Confucius.

Museums and art centers

*Taoyuan Arts Center : Taoyuan Arts Center is the main performance center in Taoyuan, located in Taoyuan Zhongzheng Arts and Cultural Business District. *Hengshan Calligraphy Art Center : Hengshan Calligraphy Art Center is the first official art museum in Taiwan with the theme of

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Others

*Cihu Mausoleum : Cihu Mausoleum is the final resting place of the former president of the Republic of China, Chiang Kai-shek. *Window on China Theme Park :The Window on China Theme Park is one of Taiwan's earliest theme parks, established in 1984. The park consists of three areas: Mini World, Water Park, and Amusement Park. The park features numerous small-scale replicas of many famous world landmarks. *Longgang Mosque :The Longgang Mosque in

is Taiwan's fifth mosque. It was originally built in 1967 to serve an area with many Taiwanese Muslims. *Taoyuan Aquarium Xpark : Xpark is a

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operated by Yokohama Hakkeijima. The Taiwanese

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-themed tank "Formosa" is popular. File:Taiwan ShihMan Reservoir.JPG, Shihmen Reservoir File:Cihu President Chiang Mausoleum entrance.JPG, Cihu Mausoleum of Chiang Kai-shek File:LonggangMosque.jpg, Longgang Mosque

Government and politics

The Taoyuan City Government is the municipal government of Taoyuan. The Taoyuan City Council is the elected municipal council of Taoyuan, the council composes of 60 councillors elected once every four years by single non-transferable vote.

Mayor

In 2001,

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of the

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defeated

Democratic Progressive Party The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is a centre to centre-left Taiwanese nationalist political party in Taiwan. As the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition, one of the two main political camps in Taiwan, the DPP is currently the ...

incumbent Peng Shao-Chin in the race for Taoyuan County magistrate. Peng had inherited the magistrate position after Annette Lu vacated the post to serve as vice president. Chu ran for re-election in 2005 and defeated DPP challenger Pao-Ching Cheng, CEO of the Taiwan Salt Company. In 2009, John Wu of the KMT defeated his DPP opponent, Cheng Wen-tsan and became the Magistrate of Taoyuan County. In 2014, following the upgrade of Taoyuan County to Taoyuan City, Cheng Wen-tsan of the DPP won the Taoyuan City mayoral election and became the city's first mayor. In 2022 Taoyuan City mayoral election, Chang San-cheng of the KMT was elected as the new mayor.

Administrative divisions

Taoyuan City is divided into 12 municipal

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and 1 mountain indigenous district. The city government is located within Taoyuan District. Colors indicate the common language status of

and

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within each division. Prior to becoming a municipality on 25 December 2014, Taoyuan County used to have 6 county-administered cities (Bade, Luzhu, Pingzhen, Taoyuan, Yangmei, Zhongli), 1 urban township (Daxi), 5 rural townships (Dayuan, Guanyin, Guishan, Longtan, Xinwu), and 1 Mountain indigenous township (Fuxing).

Education

Public universities

* Central Police University * National Central University *

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* National Taiwan Sport University

Private universities

* Chang Gung University *

Ming Chuan University Ming Chuan University (MCU; ) is a private university with four campuses in Taipei, Taoyuan and Kinmen in Taiwan, as well as one in Michigan, United States. MCU also has international education centers in Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and Thailand. ...

* Chung Yuan Christian University * Kainan University * Yuan Ze University

Technical and vocational universities

* Chien Hsin University of Science and Technology * Lunghwa University of Science and Technology * Vanung University

Military Academies

* Army Academy R.O.C. * Republic of China Army Communication, Electronics and Information School * Republic of China Army Chemical School * Republic of China Army Logistics School *

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School

Public high schools

* The Affiliated Jhongli Senior High School of National Central University * Taoyuan Municipal Nei Li Senior High School *Taoyuan Municipal Taoyuan Senior High School *Taoyuan Municipal Yang Mei Senior High School *Taoyuan Municipal Yang Ming Senior High School * Taoyuan Municipal Wu-Ling Senior High School *Taoyuan Municipal Dasi Senior High School *Taoyuan Municipal Dayuan International Senior High School *Taoyuan Municipal Nankan Senior High School *Taoyuan Municipal Pingjen Senior High School *Taoyuan Municipal Shoushan Senior High School * Taoyuan Municipal Yung-Feng High School *Taoyuan Municipal Yungfong Senior High School *Taoyuan Municipal Xinwu High School *Taoyuan Municipal Longtan Senior High School *Taoyuan Municipal LuoFu Senior High School *Taoyuan Municipal Guanyin High School

Junior high schools

Elementary schools

International schools

* Taoyuan American School

Taoyuan Main Public Library

Taoyuan Main Public Library is the central library of Taoyuan, located in Taoyuan Zhongzheng Arts and Cultural Business District. The new library building opened in December 2022. It was designed by T.C.K. Architect Engineer Planner and . It is the largest local public library in Taiwan.

Sports

The Taoyuan International Baseball Stadium is home to the Rakuten Monkeys of the

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(CPBL). Taoyuan also has two professional basketball teams, the Taoyuan Leopards of the T1 League and the Taoyuan Pauian Pilots of the P. League+ (shared with

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). The Taoyuan County Stadium, built in 1993, is a multi-use stadium used mostly for

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matches that also has an athletics track. The stadium has a capacity of 30,000 spectators. It is within walking distance southwest from Taoyuan Senior High School Station of the Taiwan Railway Administration. The Taoyuan Arena, also built in 1993, is an indoor sporting arena located in Taoyuan District. The concept of its roof structure was based on the bicycle structure, the outer ring (to bear pressure) and inner tire (to bear tensile strength) of the bicycle wheels are connected by cable wires. It occupies an area of with a capacity of 15,000 spectators. It is used to host indoor sporting events, such as

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and

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. The then-Taoyuan County is also the birthplace of Taiwanese professional golfer Yani Tseng and

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athlete Chu Mu-Yen. Recent major sporting events held by Taoyuan include: * 2004 Asian Karate Championships * 2011 BWF World Junior Championships * 2015 Asia Pacific Deaf Games * 2015 WBSC Premier12 (co-hosted with

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, and Yunlin ( Douliu)) * 2018 World Taekwondo Grand Prix (Series 3) * 2019 WBSC Premier12 (co-hosted with

) * 2019 Asian Airgun Championships

Notable persons

* Yani Tseng (

Guishan District Guishan District () is a District (Taiwan), district in northeastern Taoyuan City, Taiwan. History Guishan was formerly known as ''Kulunsia'' ( (Ku-lun-siā)). The name originated from a hill by the Mercy Buddha Temple of Shou Shan Rock, built in ...

) * Lu Chao-Hsuan (

) * Jerry Yan * Cheng Wen-tsan ( Bade District) *

( Bade District) * Lin Chung-lung * Yeh Shuhua * Martino Yu

Transportation

Rail

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Western Line（ Taoyuan - '' Zhonglu'' - '' Taoyuan Hospital'' - Neili - '' Chungyuan'' - Zhongli - '' Pingzhen'' - Puxin - Yangmei - Fugang - Xinfu） *

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: Taoyuan Station is located at the Qingpu (青埔) area, in

Mass Rapid Transit

The rapid transit system of the city is

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and is operational since April 2017. *Lines and stations of the Taoyuan MRT System:

Road

National Highway No. 1 and 3 are nearby and connect via local highways to the city itself. National Highway No. 2 connects to

. Bridges in the city are Luofu Bridge.

Bus

* Taoyuan Bus Co. * Zhongli Bus Co.

Air

Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (Traditional Chinese: 臺灣桃園國際機場) is the main international airport serving Taiwan, particularly the northern region and Taipei. Located in Dayuan, Taoyuan, approximately west of Taipei, t ...

at Dayuan District is the largest airport in Taiwan. It serves as the main international hub for

and

. Taiwan Taoyuan handled 25,114,418 passengers in 2010. It is the fifteenth-busiest air freight hub in the world and thirteenth-busiest by international passenger traffic. Taipei Taoyuan International Airport currently has two terminals which are connected by two, short people movers. A third terminal and a rapid transit system linking the terminals together underground are currently under construction.

International relations

Twin towns – Sister cities

* Miaoli City, Taiwan (2006) *

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, South Korea (2009) * Narita, Chiba, Japan (2016) *

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, France (2018) * Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan (2018) * Aur Atoll, Marshall Islands (2018) *

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, United States (2022)

Sister county

* Alameda County,

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Geography

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Others

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Mayor

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Taoyuan Main Public Library

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International relations

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Sister county

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