Taoyuan County, Taiwan

Taoyuan County, Taiwan

Infobox ROC county
englishname = Taoyuan County
chinesename =桃園縣


emblem =
abbreviation = Taoyuan (桃園)


county seat = Taoyuan City
region = Northwestern Taiwan
countymagistrate = Eric Li-lun Chu (朱立倫)
totalarea = 1,220.954
arearank = 14
percentwater = less than 0.4% (>5 km², in Shimen Reservoir)
totalpop = 1,940,014 (Mar. 2008)
poprank = 3
density = 1588.93
citiesno = 4
townshipno = 9
countyflower = Peach blossom
countytree = Peach tree
countybird = Formosan blue magpie
("Urocissa caerulea")
website = tycg.gov.tw Chinese

Taoyuan County (zh-tshtw|t=桃園縣|s=桃园县|tp=Táoyuán Siàn|hp=Táoyuán Xiàn|w=T'ao-yüan Hsien; Taiwanese POJ: Thô-hn̂g-kōan; Jhuyin Fuhao: ㄊㄠˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ) is a county of Taiwan, located in the northwestern part of the island, next to Taipei County. Taoyuan City is located in this county and serves as the seat of Taoyuan County.

"Taoyuan" means "garden of peaches," since the area used to have many peach blossoms. Taoyuan is the native home to the Pingpu tribe of Aborigines. It is now an important industrial region of Taiwan. Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, which serves Taipei, is inside this county.

* Area: 1,220.9540 km²
* Population: 1,921,526 people (Jun. 2007)

Administration

Taoyuan County controls four township-level cities (縣轄市), two urban townships (鎮), and seven rural townships (鄉).

"See also:" Administrative divisions of the Republic of China

Education

Public Universities

*National Central University

Private Universities

*Ching Yun University [http://aps2.cyu.edu.tw/asp_work/encyu01/english/]
*Chung Yuan Christian University
*Yuan Ze University

Public High Schools

* [http://www.clhs.tyc.edu.tw/ National Chungli High School]
*National Neili Senior High School

Junior High Schools

See Education in Taoyuan County

Elementary schools

See Education in Taoyuan County

Industry and Environment

A former RCA facility is located in Taiwan's northern county of Taoyuan. The RCA facility is the source of significant trichloroethylene contamination.

See also

*Township (Taiwan)

External links

* [http://www.tycg.gov.tw/ Taoyuan County Government Official Website zh] [http://english.tycg.gov.tw/ en]

Transportation

* [http://ebus.tycg.gov.tw/TYWeb/Index.jsp Bus]

Night Market


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