West District

West District is a district in west Chiayi City, . West District has about 147,000 residents.
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  • Type: Suburb with 147,000 residents
  • Description: A district in Chiayi City, Taiwan
  • Also known as: “West District, Chiayi” and “West District, Chiayi City”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chiayi Branch, Taichung Veterans General Hospital and Chia-i Station.

Hospital
Photo: Shouji Hasegawa, CC0.

Railway station
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Chiayi is a railway station in , Taiwan, served by Taiwan Railway and Alishan Forest Railway.

Bridge
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include East District and Shuishang.

Suburb
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is a district in east , . The district is the city seat of Chiayi City. is situated 2½ km northeast of West District.

Town
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Township is a rural township in , . is situated 6 km southwest of West District.

Town
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Township or Minsyong Township is a rural township in , . is situated 10 km north of West District.

West District

Latitude
23.46429° or 23° 27′ 51″ north
Longitude
120.43485° or 120° 26′ 6″ east
Population
147,000
Open location code
7QM2FC7M+PW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2178033609
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Wiki­data ID
Q707524
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“West District” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “Se-khu”
  • Chinese: “嘉義市西區”
  • Chinese: “西区”
  • Chinese: “西區”
  • German: “Chiayi-Westbezirk”
  • Japanese: “西区”
  • Korean: “시구”
  • Literary Chinese: “西區”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Se-khu”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “西區”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Tây, Gia Nghĩa”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Tây”
  • Yue Chinese: “西區 (嘉義)”
  • “西區”

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