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Culture/Sightseeing > Educational Institutions
Asia > Taiwan > Changhua County > 彰化市
Introduction
Changhua County is the smallest county in Taiwan located on the westside of Taiwan. It is officially governed as a county of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
History
There are prehistoric burial sites in Changhua that date back 5000 years. The number of burials tally to 32.
The original name of Changhua was "half line", colloquially so-named by Taiwanese aboriginals. The current name Changhua is the Mandarin transliteration. Changhua was previously inhabited by the Babuza people (mostly assimilated by the Chinese today). When Qing soldiers invaded Changhua in 1644, Chunghua was one of their bases of operation. At the time, Changhua was administered as the "Tian-Hsin County" of the Qing Dynasty.
During the Japanese Colonial Period, Taiwan was subdivided into Taipei, Taiwan, and Tainan. Changhua was ruled under the Taiwan subdivision. After a administrative division replanning, Changhua and Taichung City together were combined and became Taichū Prefecture. By 1930, the population in Changhua already exceeded one million.
Geography
Changhua county is located on the west coast of Taiwan, bordering the Taichung metropolitan area on the north, so Changhua and Taichung are often referred to as the Taichung–Changhua metropolitan area. Changhua County is bordered by Yunlin County to the south by means of the natural boundary, the Zhuoshui River.
The County's total area is 1074 square kilometers, being Taiwan's smallest county. It owns a 60km coastline. The landscape of Changhua can be roughly divided into two parts, one being the western flat land, and the other being the Changhua flat land. This two combines together measures up to 88% of Changhua county's total area. The highest elevation in Changhua is "Hen Shan" (443m).
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