Changhua
Changhua, officially known as Changhua City, is a county-administered city and the county seat of Changhua County in Taiwan. For many centuries the site was home to a settlement of Babuza people, a coastal tribe of Taiwanese aborigines.Places of Interest
Highlights include Changhua railway station and Changhua Arts Hall.
Changhua railway station
Railway station
Photo: 鐵路1, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Changhua is a railway station in Changhua City, Changhua County, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railway. It is located at the southern junction of the Taichung line and Coastal line, where the line continues onto the southern section of the West Coast line.
Changhua Arts Hall
Arts center
Photo: Mingwangx, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Changhua Arts Hall is an art gallery in Changhua City, Changhua County, Taiwan.
Changhua Roundhouse
Changhua Roundhouse is a railway roundhouse operated by Taiwan Railway in Changhua City, Changhua County, Taiwan. The roundhouse is located directly north of Changhua railway station. Built in 1922, it is the only surviving railway roundhouse in Taiwan.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Huatan Township and Xizhou.
Huatan Township
Town
Photo: Chi-Hung Lin, CC BY 2.0.
Huatan Township is a rural township in Changhua County, Taiwan. Huatan Township is situated 4½ km south of Changhua.
Xizhou
Hamlet
Photo: Chi-Hung Lin, CC BY 2.0.
Xizhou Township is a rural township in Changhua County, Taiwan. It has a population total of 28,597 and an area of 75.83 square kilometres. It is the third largest township in Changhua County after Erlin and Fangyuan. Xizhou is situated 5 km north of Changhua.
Changhua
- Type: Locality with 227,000 residents
- Also known as: “Bamboo Town”, “Chiang-hòa”, “Chiong-hòa”, “Tsiong-huà-tshī”, and “彰化市”
- Location: Jieshou Village, Zhanghua City, Changhua County, Taiwan, Central Taiwan, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
24.0692° or 24° 4′ 9″ northLongitude
120.5512° or 120° 33′ 4″ eastPopulation
227,000Elevation
28 metres (92 feet)Open location code
7QP23H92+MFGeoNames ID
1993459
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Babuza to Chinese—“Changhua” goes by many names.
- Babuza: “Pasua”
- Chinese: “半线” (historical)
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