Tianzhong Township is an urban

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located at eastern

Changhua County Changhua (Wade-Giles: ''Chang¹-hua⁴'') is a Taiwanese County (Taiwan), county that is the smallest on the Geography of Taiwan, main island of Taiwan by area, and the fourth smallest in the country. With a total population of 1.24 million, Chan ...

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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 39,701 as of January 2023. Most of the township is part of

Changhua Plain Changhua Plain (), which is sometimes listed as "Changhua Coastal Plain", is an alluvial plain in central Taiwan on the west coast between the Old Zhuoshui River (舊濁水溪) and Dadu River, and bordered to the east by the Bagua Plateau. I ...

, 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

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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) *

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References

External links

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