Heping District, Taichung

Heping (Chinese和平 区/和平 区, pinyin Heping Qū ) is the geographically largest and most sparsely populated district (区, Qū ) Taichung City in Taiwan, Republic of China. The approximately 10,000 residents mostly belong to the indigenous people of the Atayal.

By 2010 Heping was a rural community (乡, Xiang ) in Taichung County, which has been fully incorporated on December 25, 2010 in the city of Taichung.

Location

The more than 1000 km ² large district occupies the entire eastern half of the former Taichung county. It extends in the central highlands of Taiwan along the upper reaches of the river dajia (大甲溪), which is dammed in Heping to 454 acres Deji Reservoir (德基 水库). Was destroyed since a portion of the leading along the road dajia in an earthquake in 1999, there is no direct transport connection more from the eastern part of the district to the western part and the center of Taichung.

In the valley of dajia and the surrounding mountains, the " Lishan National Scenic Area " extends. A tourist attraction is the hot springs of Guguan (谷 关 温泉). The northern part of the district with the 3,886 m high Xueshan (雪山), the second highest mountain in Taiwan, part of the Sheipa National Park. In the eastern part of Heping of the Taroko National Park extends into.

• Place on Taiwan
• Taichung