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<br>台中市</td></tr>
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Abbreviation: Central City (中市)
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City nickname: The cultural city
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<tr><td width=50%>Capital District</td><td>West Dist.(Taichung)|West Dist. (西區)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Region </td><td>Central Taiwan</td></tr>
<tr><td>Mayor</td><td>Jason Hu (胡志強)</td></tr>
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Area
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List of Taiwanese counties and cities by area|Ranked 18 of 25
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&nbsp;- Total <br>
&nbsp;- % water
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163.4256 1 E9 m2|km&sup2;<br>
?%
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Population
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List of Taiwanese counties and cities by population|Ranked 9 of 25</td>
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&nbsp;- Total (May 2004)<br>
&nbsp;- Density
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1,114,080<br>
6205/km&sup2;
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<td style="border-top:3px solid gray;">District|Districts:</td>
<td style="border-top:3px solid gray;">8</td>
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<tr><td>City tree:</td><td>Dita bark (Alstonia Scholaris)</td></tr>
<tr><td>City bird:</td><td>Little egret (Egretta garzetta)</td></tr>
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Taichung (台中, Hanyu Pinyin: T?izhōng, Wade-Giles: T'ai-chung, Taiwanese POJ: T?i-tiong) is a city located in west-central Taiwan with a population of just over one million people, making it the third largest city on the island, after Taipei and Kaohsiung. The city's name is Chinese for "Central Taiwan." Taichung City (台中市) is administratively a Provincial city|municipality of Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. It is surrounded completely by Taichung County. The city was formerly known as "Taiwan".

Taichung is home to Chung-hsing University (中興大學), Fengchia University (逢甲大學), Providence University (靜宜大學), and Tunghai University (東海大學).

Taichung is famous for suncakes (taiyang bing). Taichung's http://icetea.com.tw/ Chun Shui Tang teahouse (春水堂) is where bubble tea was invented. The city is also the birthplace of actress/singer Vivian Hsu.

Last Modified:   2005-04-13