Changhua City

Changhua (Chinese彰化市, Pinyin Zhanghua Shì, Tongyong Pinyin Jhanghuà Shih, W.-G. Chang -hua Shih, PEH oē - jī Chiong - HOA chhi ) is a city with about 237,000 inhabitants in western Taiwan, Republic of China. It is the capital of Changhua County.

Location

Changhua lies on the northwestern foot of running in a north-south direction Bagua hills. To the west and southwest of the city extends reaching up to about 15 km away Formosastraße Changhua level. The northeastern city border is the Dadu River.

In Changhua to the highway junction 1 and 3, the two main north- south streets of Taiwan. The town has a railway station on the main line of the Taiwan Railway. The route of the Taiwan High Speed ​​Rail roams the city area in the East, which has a station Taichung is located in the north-eastern neighboring community Wuri.

Attractions

Landmark Changhua is the highly visible 26-meter tall Buddha statue on the 70 m high Bagua Mountain in the east of the city center. The Confucius Temple built in 1726 is one of the oldest on Taiwan.

History

Changhua long stood in the shadow of the western port city Lukang, which belonged to the early 20th century, the largest and most important cities of Taiwan. In 1900, during the Japanese rule over Taiwan Changhua was the seat of a prefecture, which later in the prefecture Taichū ( Taichung) came up.

Under the Republic of China Changhua received 1945 first the status of an independent city in 1951 it was incorporated into the Changhua County and has since been its capital.

• Place in Taiwan