Fengyuan City
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| Former name | 《Calabash mound (葫蘆墩)》 | ||
| Administrative division government | Fengyuan City Government | ||
| Governed area | Fengyuan City | ||
| Official website | Fengyuan City Government | ||
| Governing administrative division | Taichung County | ||
| Administrative division type | County-controlled city | ||
| Mayor | Chang Ching-fen (張瀞芬) | ||
| Longitude | 120.72°E | ||
| Latitude | 24.25°N | ||
| Total area | 41.1845 km² | ||
| Number of households | 46,310 | ||
| Population | 164,089 （as of November 2006） | ||
| Divisions | 36 Villages, 800 Neighborhoods | ||
| Postal code | 42000 | ||
| Governing body | Fengyuan City Council | ||
| Neighboring administrative divisions | Houli, Shengang, Tanzih,
Shihgang, Dongshih, Sinshe； |
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| [[Image:|180px|Location of Fengyuan]]
Location of Fengyuan in Taichung County
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Fengyuan City (traditional Chinese: 豐原市; simplified Chinese: 丰原市; Hanyu Pinyin: Fēngyuán Shì; Tongyong Pinyin: Fōngyuán Shìh) is located in north-central Taichung County in Taiwan on the south bank of the Dajia River. It is the capital of Taichung County.
[edit] History
Before the arrival of the Han Chinese, the area of Fengyuan city was inhabited by the Taiwanese aborigines. The Mandarin transliteration of the aboriginal word for the area is "tai ye lue duan", meaning thriving pine forest.
Han immigration to the area began during the reign of the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing dynasty. In 1886, the then governor of Taiwan gave the town its name, Fengyuan, meaning flourishing spring.
In 1950, Fengyuan was made the capital of Taichung county.
[edit] Notable residents
- Winnie Hsin, pop singer
[edit] External links
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