Taichung
City in Taiwan
Also known as Taizhong · Taichung City · Taichū · Tâi-tiong · Thòi-chûng
- Country
- Located in
- Population
- 2,868,452(April 2026)
1
- , 2,867,537(September 2025)
1
Sources- 1.ris.gov.tw/info-popudata/app/awFastDownload/viewRetrieved 2025-11-09
- , 3,033,885(2020)
- +7 more
- 2,868,452(April 2026)
- Area
- 163 km²
- Elevation
- 112 m
- Head of government
- Lu Shiow-yen(since 2018)
- , Lin Chia-lung(2014–2018)
- , Jason Hu(2001–2014)
- Founded
- December 25, 2010
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
170 statements · 34% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Twinned administrative body
- Manchester(since 1989)
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra(since 1978)
- Winnipeg(since 1982)
- Makati(since 2004)
- San Pedro Sula(since 2003)
- San Diego(since 1983)
- Manila
- Austin(since 1986)
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- Auckland(since 1996)
- Cheyenne(since 1981)
- Maracaibo
- Hirakawa
- Reno(since 1985)
- Burnaby(since 2010)
- Nagoya(since 2018)
- Uvs Province(since 2018)
- Petah Tikva(since 2018)
- Columbia(since 2014)
- Columbus(since 2007)
- Kwajalein Atoll(since 2002)
- Tacoma(since 2000)
- Nassau County(since 1997)
- Montgomery County(since 1990)
- Mexicali Municipality(since 1989)
- Sumter County(since 1986)
- Msunduzi Local Municipality(since 1983)
- Contra Costa County(since 1983)
- Baton Rouge(since 1980)
- Tucson(since 1979)
- Chungju(since 1969)
- New Haven(since 1965)
- Replaces
- Taichung County(December 25, 2010)
- Taichung(December 25, 2010)
- Geoshape
- Data:Taiwan/Taichung City.map
- Contains the administrative territorial entity
- West District
- Central District
- Beitun District
- Xitun District
- Nantun District
- Dali District
- Taiping District
- South District
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- Wufeng District
- Tanzi District
- Xinshe District
- Dongshi District
- Heping District
- Shigang District
- Fengyuan District
- Shengang District
- Daya District
- Dadu District
- Shalu District
- Longjing District
- Qingshui District
- Waipu District
- Wuqi District
- Da'an District
- Houli District
- Dajia District
- North District, Taichung
- East District
- Wuri District
- Number of households
- 1,176,771(April 2026)
1
- 1,164,690(September 2025)
1
Sources- 1.ris.gov.tw/info-popudata/app/awFastDownload/viewRetrieved 2025-11-09
- 1,074,904(July 2024)
1
- 1,072,458(June 2024)
1
- 1,176,771(April 2026)
- Male population
- 1,397,378(April 2026)
1
- 1,397,989(September 2025)
1
Sources- 1.ris.gov.tw/info-popudata/app/awFastDownload/viewRetrieved 2025-11-09
- 1,394,033(July 2024)
1
- 1,393,802(June 2024)
1
- 1,397,378(April 2026)
- Female population
- 1,471,074(April 2026)
1
- 1,469,548(September 2025)
1
Sources- 1.ris.gov.tw/info-popudata/app/awFastDownload/viewRetrieved 2025-11-09
- 1,459,140(July 2024)
1
- 1,458,484(June 2024)
1
- 1,471,074(April 2026)
On other databases
36 identifiers linking Taichung across the web's reference databases
- ArchINFORM location ID1745
- BabelNet ID00075902n
- Code of Household Registration and Conscription Information System (Taiwan)66000
- Curlie IDRegional/Asia/Taiwan/Localities/Taichung_City/
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Tai-chung-Taiwan
- Encyclopædia Universalis IDtaichung-taizhong
- FactGrid item IDQ92326
- Freebase ID/m/01r8pt
- GeoNames ID1668392
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID1085379
- GitHub topictaichung
- GND ID4119496-2
- Google Maps Customer ID9750925294308836479
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDtaichung
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0064934
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDTaichung
- INaturalist place ID97296
- Interlingual Index IDi82773
- ISO 3166-2 codeTW-TXG
- Lex IDTaichung
- LocalWiki IDtaichung
- Museum-digital place ID80388
- MusicBrainz area ID82134e1f-a265-4522-a008-d40ed84379e8
- Namuwiki ID타이중시
- National Library of Wales Authority IDtaichung
- NL CR AUT IDge356696
- OmegaWiki Defined Meaning1211777
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID3984916
- OpenStreetMap relation ID2921154
- Quora topic IDTaichung-Taiwan
- SNARC IDQ3364
- UN/LOCODETWTXG
- Who's on First ID85679617
- WikiKids IDTaichung
- WordNet 3.1 Synset ID08748890-n
- Yale LUX IDplace/63318558-e6c7-4c0d-89e7-9a9a78c3583b