Taichung

Taichung 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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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Central Taichung and Datun.

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The centre of Taichung, consisting of Central, Eastern, Northern, Southern, Western, Beitun, Nantun, and Xitun, is considered the downtown area of Taichung.

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, also known as Tun districts, consists of Dali, Taiping, Wufeng, and Wuri, located in the south of Taichung. It is closely connected to and heavily relies on it. locals usually travel downtown for shopping, dining, and entertainment.

is the western, coastal portion of Taichung city. It is composed of the districts of Dajia, Qingshui, Shalu, Wuqi, Da'an, Dadu, Lonjing, and Waipu.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Mountain Line.

is the northern part of the city of Taichung, sitting at the foot of Dadu Mountain in. It is composed of the distrricts of Fengyuan, Houli, Shigang, Dongshi, Xinshe, Tanzi, Daya, Shengang, and Li Shan.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include National Taichung Theater and Fengjia Night Market.

Theater building
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The is an opera house in the Taichung's 7th Redevelopment Zone in the of Taichung, . The estimated area of the structure is 57,685 square meters.

Marketplace
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or Feng Chia Night Market, also called Fengjia Shopping Town, is a night market in , Taichung, . The market is located next to Feng Chia University. It was claimed to be the largest night market in Taiwan.

Park
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The is a national museum in , Taichung, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Xitun District and Beitun District.

Suburb
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or Situn District is the second-most populated district of Taichung, . It is located on the western side of the city. Once considered part of the countryside, the district has seen rapid growth in recent years with department store and office towers in the redevelopment zone.

Suburb
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is a district in Taichung, . Located in the northern part of the city, it is a half mountainous, half urban area. Though used to be considered part of the countryside, the new has urbanized it considerably.

Suburb
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is an urban district in Taichung, . It was a part of Taichung before the City and County were amalgamated in 2010. The district has seen rapid growth in recent years with department store and office towers in the 7th redevelopment zone.

Taichung

Latitude
24.1632° or 24° 9′ 47″ north
Longitude
120.6478° or 120° 38′ 52″ east
Population
2,770,000
Elevation
91 metres (299 feet)
IATA airport code
RMQ
United Nations Location Code
TW TXG
Open location code
7QP25J7X+74
Open­Street­Map ID
node 60655918
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1668399
Wiki­data ID
Q245023
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zhuang—“Taichung” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Taichung”
  • Arabic: “تاي شانغ”
  • Armenian: “Տայչժուն”
  • Asturian: “Taichung”
  • Balinese: “Kota Taichung”
  • Belarusian: “Тайчжун”
  • Bengali: “তাইচুং”
  • Bengali: “তাইচোং”
  • Catalan: “Taichung”
  • Cebuano: “Taichung City”
  • Chechen: “Тайчжун”
  • Chinese: “Tâi-tiong-chhī”
  • Chinese: “Táizhōng Shì”
  • Chinese: “中市”
  • Chinese: “台中”
  • Chinese: “台中市”
  • Chinese: “臺中”
  • Chinese: “臺中市”
  • Croatian: “Taichung”
  • Czech: “Tchaj-čung”
  • Danish: “Taichung”
  • Dutch: “Taichung”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تاى شانج”
  • Esperanto: “Tajĉung”
  • Esperanto: “Tajĉungo”
  • Estonian: “Taichung”
  • Finnish: “Taichung”
  • French: “Taichung”
  • Gan Chinese: “臺中”
  • Gan Chinese: “臺中市”
  • German: “Taichung”
  • Greek: “Ταϊτσούνγκ”
  • Gujarati: “તાઈચુંગ”
  • Gujarati: “તૈચંગ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Thòi-chûng-sṳ”
  • Hausa: “Taichung”
  • Hebrew: “טאיג’ונג”
  • Hindi: “ताइचुंग”
  • Hindi: “ताईचुंग”
  • Hungarian: “Tajcshung”
  • Hungarian: “Tajcsung”
  • Indonesian: “Kota Taichung”
  • Indonesian: “Taichung”
  • Irish: “Taichung”
  • Italian: “Taichung”
  • Japanese: “中”
  • Japanese: “中市”
  • Japanese: “台中”
  • Japanese: “台中市”
  • Japanese: “大墩”
  • Kannada: “ತಾಯ್ಚುಂಗ್”
  • Kannada: “ತೈಚುಂಗ್”
  • Khmer: “តៃជុង”
  • Kirghiz: “Тайчжун”
  • Korean: “타이중 시”
  • Korean: “타이중시”
  • Ladin: “Taichung”
  • Latvian: “Taičuna”
  • Latvian: “Taidžuna”
  • Literary Chinese: “臺中市”
  • Lithuanian: “Taičungas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Taichung”
  • Macedonian: “Тајџунг”
  • Malay: “Taichung”
  • Maltese: “Taichung”
  • Marathi: “ताईचुंग”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Dài-dṳ̆ng”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tâi-tiong-chhī”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tâi-tiong-tshī”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tâi-tiong”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “台中市”
  • Mingrelian: “ტაიჩუნი”
  • Mongolian: “Тайжун”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Taichung”
  • Norwegian: “Taichung”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Taichung”
  • Ossetian: “Тайчжун”
  • Persian: “تایچونگ”
  • Polish: “Taizhong”
  • Portuguese: “Taichung”
  • Portuguese: “Taizhong”
  • Quechua: “T’aychun”
  • Quechua: “Taychun”
  • Romanian: “Taichung”
  • Russian: “Тайчжун”
  • Sakizaya: “Tay-cung”
  • Scots: “Taichung”
  • Serbian: “Тајучунг”
  • Silesian: “Taizhong”
  • Sinhala: “ටයිචන්ග්”
  • Sinhala: “ටායිචන්ග්”
  • Slovenian: “Taichung”
  • Slovenian: “Taizhong”
  • Slovenian: “Tajčung”
  • Spanish: “Taichung”
  • Swedish: “Taichung”
  • Tamil: “டைச்சுங்”
  • Tamil: “தாய்சங்”
  • Telugu: “టాయిచుంగ్”
  • Thai: “ไถจง”
  • Turkish: “Taichung”
  • Turkish: “Tayçung”
  • Uighur: “Teyjong shehiri”
  • Ukrainian: “Тайчжун”
  • Urdu: “تائچونگ”
  • Urdu: “ٹائچونگ”
  • Venetian: “Taichung”
  • Vietnamese: “Đài Trung”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Taichung”
  • Wu Chinese: “台中市”
  • Wu Chinese: “臺中市”
  • Yue Chinese: “臺中市”
  • Zhuang: “Daizcungh”
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  • “臺中市”

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