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Encyclopedia > Chiayi
Chiayi City
嘉義市
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City Flag
Map of Chiayi City
City Seal
Abbreviation Jia
嘉市
Nickname Peach city
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Capital East Dist.(東區)
Region Southwestern Taiwan
Mayor Huang Ming-Hui
(黃敏惠)
Area 60,0256 km²
(Ranked 24 of 25)
Population (May 2004)
 - Population 270,143
(Ranked 21 of 25)
 - Density 4,500 /km²
Districts 2
Website English
Trad. Chinese
Symbols
 - Bird -
 - Flower Hong Kong orchid tree
(Bauhinia blakeana)
 - Tree Hong Kong orchid tree
Map of Chiayi City


Chiayi City (Chinese: 嘉義市; Hanyu Pinyin: Jiāyì Shì; Wade-Giles: chia-yi shih; Taiwanese: Ka-gī chhī) is a provincial city in Southwestern Taiwan. Formerly called Kagi during the Japanese era, its historical name in Chinese (諸羅山) derives from the Taiwanese aboriginal word Tirosen. Image File history File links Chiayi_City_seal. ... The following is a list of counties and cities under the jurisdiction of the Republic of China (Taiwan) ranked by area. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The following is a list of counties and cities under the jurisdiction of the Republic of China (Taiwan) ranked by population density. ... Local government areas called districts are used, or have been used, in several countries. ... Binomial name Bauhinia blakeana S. T. Dunn Bauhinia blakeana, sometimes called Hong Kong orchid tree, is a tree in the genus Bauhinia. ... Image File history File links Chiayi_City_location. ... Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: 汉语拼音; Traditional Chinese: 漢語拼音; Hanyu Pinyin: , lit. ... Wade-Giles, sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a Romanization (phonetic notation and transliteration) system for the Chinese language based on Mandarin. ... Taiwanese (Chinese: 台語, 台灣話; Taiwanese pe̍h-oÄ“-jÄ«: Tâi-oân-oÄ“; Hanyu Pinyin: TáiyÇ” or Táiwānhuà) is a dialect of Min Nan spoken by about 70% of the Taiwanese population. ... Provincial cities (省轄市 or 省管市), sometimes translated provincial municipalities, are cities lesser in rank than direct-controlled municipalities of the Republic of China. ...

Contents


District

  • East District(東區)
  • West District(西區)

City Attractions

Chiayi Park, Dutch Lake, University of Chiayi, Chiayi Museum


Sister cities

Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China. ... Hsinchu (新竹 pinyin Xīnzhú) is a large city in northern Taiwan. ...

External links

  • Government website | English


Administrative divisions of the Republic of China Flag of the Republic of China
Provinces (streamlined): Taiwan Province | Fuchien Province
Central Municipalities: Kaohsiung City | Taipei City
Counties (Taiwan Province): Changhua County | Chiayi County | Hsinchu County | Hualien County | Kaohsiung County | Miaoli County | Nantou County | Penghu County | Pingtung County | Taichung County | Tainan County | Taipei County | Taitung County | Taoyuan County | Yilan County | Yunlin County
Counties (Fuchien Province): Kinmen County | Lienchiang County
Provincial Cities (Taiwan Province): Chiayi City | Hsinchu City | Keelung City | Taichung City | Tainan City

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Police Bureau,Chiayi City (222 words)
It was originally conjunction with the police bureau of Chiayi county, observing the document no. 174204, November 29, 1992, and it was then bisected from the police bureau of Chiayi county on January 1, 1992.
Subordinating to Chiayi city government, our bureau is under the supervison of th police superintendent department, whose obligations are to preserve societal peace, to maintain societal security, to prevent damages from happening, and to advance the people’s welfare.
Its west neighbors with Taipao volost of Chiayi county, and its north is adjacent to Mingshong volost of Chiayi county.
Understanding Chiayi (1006 words)
The present Chiayi city became the seat of Chuluo county (one of the three counties in the island).
The Japanese constructed a 72-kilometer-long railway connecting Chiayi city with the timber land (elevations are 30 meters and 2,200 meters, respectively) in 1912, facilitating an economic boom for the city at the cost of numerous red cypresses ("Hinoki" in Japanese) of millenniums age.
The beautiful Chiayi Park is located just 100 meters away from the author's home, where different cultural heritages coexist: military monuments of Manchu and KMT authorities, Confucian Temple, Japanese Shinto Shrine, western cannons, and newly built "Shoot the Sun Tower" (inspired by aboriginal legend),...
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