Taichung

Taichung 臺中市
Special municipality
Taichung City
Clockwise frae top: Taichung skyline, Taichung railwey station, Taichung Intercontinental Basebaw Stadium, Nanhu Moontain, Wind ferm in Taichung, Luce Memorial Chaipel, Naitional Museum o Naitural Science
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Etymology: Taichū (Japanese: 臺中, Taiwan center)
Eik-name(s):  Cultural Ceety (文化城)
Coordinates: 24°09′N 120°40′E
Country	Republic o Cheenae (Taiwan)
Region	Central Taiwan
Established	2010
Seat	Xitun District
Destricts	29 destricts Waipu Beitun Central East Nantun North Sooth Wast Xitun Dali Taiping Wufeng Wuri Fengyuan Dongshi Daya Heping Houli Shengang Shigang Tanzi Xinshe Dajia Qingshui Shalu Wuqi Da'an Dadu Longjing
Govrenment
• Mayor	Lin Chia-lung (DPP)
Area
• Special municipality	2214.90 km2 (855.18 sq mi)
• Urban	492 km2 (190 sq mi)
Area rank	6 oot o 22
Population  (2017)
• Special municipality	2,781,498
• Rank	2 oot o 22
• Density	1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi)
• Urban	2,520,000
• Urban density	5,100/km2 (13,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (Naitional Staundart Time)
Postal code	400-439
Area code(s)	(0)4
ISO 3166 code	TW-TXG
Bird	Little egret
Flower	Christmas Kalanchoe
Tree	Palimara Alstonia
Website	eng.taichung.gov.tw (in Inglis)

Taichung (台中; literally "Central Taiwan") is a ceety locatit in wast-central Taiwan wi a population o juist ower ane million fowk, makin it the third lairgest ceety on the island efter Taipei an Kaohsiung. The ceety presently constitutes a provincial ceety apairt frae the adjacent Taichung Coonty. Bi the end o 2010 the ceety an coonty, baith currently first-level divisions o Taiwan, will merge tae form a single direct-controlled municipality.