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Taichung City
台中市

File:Taichung City flag.gif File:Taichung City seal.png City flag City seal
Abbreviation: Central City (中市)
City nickname: The cultural city
Capital District	West Dist. (西區)
Region	Central Taiwan
Mayor	Jason Hu (胡志強)
Area	Ranked 18 of 25
- Total  - % water	163.4256 km² ?%
Population	Ranked 9 of 25
- Total (May 2004)  - Density	1,114,080 6205/km²
Districts:	8
City flower:	?
City tree:	Dita bark (Alstonia Scholaris)
City bird:	Little egret (Egretta garzetta)

Taichung (台中, Hanyu Pinyin: Táizhōng, Wade-Giles: T'ai-chung, Taiwanese POJ: Tâi-tiong) is a city located in west-central Taiwan with a population of just over one million people, making it the third largest city on the island, after Taipei and Kaohsiung. The city's name is Chinese for "Central Taiwan." Taichung City (台中市) is administratively a municipality of Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. It is surrounded completely by Taichung County.

Taichung is home to Chung-hsing University (中興大學), Feng Chia University (逢甲大學), Providence University (靜宜大學), and Tunghai University (東海大學).

Taichung is famous for suncakes (taiyang bing) and its monumental number of KTV lounges. Taichung's Chun Shui Tang teahouse (春水堂) is where bubble tea was invented.

Taichung is interconnected with the rest of the world through the sister-city program. Taichung's sister city is Austin, Texas. This relationship helps to cement the fact that the United States is an ally of Taiwan.

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External links

• Taichung City Government | (English)

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