taichung city map Archives - TravelsFinders.Com ® http://travelsfinders.com/tag/taichung-city-map Thu, 19 Jan 2017 20:00:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Taichung Map http://travelsfinders.com/taichung-map-2.html http://travelsfinders.com/taichung-map-2.html#respond Sat, 28 Jan 2017 13:30:00 +0000 http://travelsfinders.com/?p=231338 Taichung (pop. 763,000), with its artificially-constructed harbour, is the most importanttown in central Taiwan. Nowthe island’sthird largesttown, it was founded by Chinese settlers from the mainland in 1721 and was initially named Tatun (Great Hill). When the Japanese came to Taiwan in 1895 they renamed it Taichung and made it into one of the island’s major towns. Its status was further enhanced when the sea-port 26km/22 miles further to the west came into operation. A ten-lane motorway links the port with the town itself. Taichung’s town emblem is the 26-8m/88ft high statue of the Buddha, which is one of the

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