Bade City

Bathing, older spelling Godfather (Chinese八德 市, pinyin bathing Shì, Tongyong Pinyin Badé Shih, W.-G. Pa - te Shih ), is a city (市, Shì ) with about 175,000 inhabitants in Taoyuan County in northwestern Taiwan.

Location

Bath lies immediately south of the county town of Taoyuan and about 25 km southwest of Taipei. The city is located at the edge of the, about 100 to 140 meters above sea level Taoyuan Plateau, which descends to the valley of Dahan to the southeast.

Bath has a junction leading to the for about 15 km north-west airport Taiwan Taoyuan Highway 2, on the eastern outskirts is the military airfield Pa Kuei ( Bakuai ). The Taiwan High Speed ​​Rail and the main line of the conventional railroad leading north-west past the beach, stations are located in the neighboring cities of Taoyuan and Zhongli. A connection pool at the metro network of Taipei is planned.

History

The original name八 块 厝( Bākuài CuO, Taiwanese pronunciation Bede Chu ) of the mid-18th Century incurred community meant " eight houses ". 1920, the village name was shortened to八 块( Bākuài / Bede ) and 1936 changed to八德, bath, which is very similar to Taiwanese. In the second half of the 20th century, the Taoyuan County developed the bathwater been a member since April 1946, one of the most important industrial regions of Taiwan. This had a strong growth in population resulted, after which the community swimming at 1 January 1995 was granted the status of a city (市, Shì ).