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Central Taiwan is a region in .
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Taichung and Sun Moon Lake.

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is a city in the west-central part of the island of . It has a pleasant climate and a population of just over 2.8 million people, making it the second largest city on the island after .

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is a in , , . It is the largest body of water in Taiwan. The area around the lake is home to the Thao people, one of Taiwan's indigenous ethnic groups.

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, officially known as City, is a county-administered city and the county seat of in . For many centuries the site was home to a settlement of Babuza people, a coastal tribe of Taiwanese aborigines.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Nantou County and Miaoli County.

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is in the Central Region of . It is famous for its mountain scenery and is the only county in Taiwan without a coastline.

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Miaoli is a county in western , bordered by and Hsinchu City to the north, to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the west.

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Changhua is a Taiwanese county that is the smallest on the main island of Taiwan by area, and the fourth smallest in the country. With a total population of 1.24 million, is the most populous county in the Republic of China.

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The is a mountain range that runs from the south of the island to near in the north.

Central Taiwan

Latitude of center
24.2° or 24° 12′ north
Longitude of center
120.86° or 120° 51′ 36″ east
Wiki­data ID
Q6856738
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Yue Chinese—“Central Taiwan” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Taiwan Central”
  • Chinese: “Tiong Tâi-oân”
  • Chinese: “中臺灣”
  • Esperanto: “Meza Tajvano”
  • Italian: “Taiwan centrale”
  • Japanese: “台湾中部”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tiong Tâi-oân”
  • Slovenian: “Osrednji Tajvan”
  • Vietnamese: “Trung Đài Loan”
  • Yue Chinese: “中臺灣”

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