Map of Taoyuan
Taoyuan is a first-level division of Taiwan. Its largest mapped city is Zhongli, with about 1.63 million people in the metropolitan area. The interactive map below is centred on Taoyuan, and the tables list its 5 mapped cities along with the ports nearest to them.
- Cities Mapped
- 5
- Largest City
- Zhongli
- Country
- Taiwan
Interactive Map of Taoyuan
About Taoyuan
Taoyuan() is a special municipality located in northwestern Taiwan, neighboring New Taipei City to the north-east, Yilan County to the south-east, and Hsinchu County to the south-west. Taoyuan District is the seat of the municipal government and which, along with Zhongli District, forms a large metropolitan area. Taoyuan developed from a satellite city of Taipei metropolitan area to become the fourth-largest metropolitan area, and fifth-largest populated city in Taiwan. "Taoyuan" literally means "peach garden" in Chinese, since the area used to have many peach trees. Formerly a county, Taoyuan became the latest new founding special municipality in 2014.
Taoyuan City is home to many industrial parks and tech company headquarters. Due to the city's proximity to Taipei, and the lower cost of living, Taoyuan has had the fastest population growth of any city in Taiwan in recent decades. The city is also home to 116,000 foreign workers, with many coming from Southeast Asia and working in factories or as household caregivers. Taoyuan International Airport, which serves the capital, Taipei and the rest of northern Taiwan, is located in this city.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia: Taoyuan, Taiwan (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Taoyuan in Depth
History
In ancient times, the Taoyuan plateau was the home of the Taiwanese plains aborigines. In prehistory, the Ketagalan people settled in Nankan. In the early years of Dutch colonization, Spanish colonization, and Zheng He of the Ming Dynasty, there were no large-scale cultivation or industrial activities. During the Qing era, a number of people from Fujian Province and Guangdong province began to immigrate into present-day Taoyuan to develop and farm the land. They planted peach trees, which, when fully bloomed in spring, were so beautiful that the people named the land Toahong (Chinese: 桃仔園; pinyin: Táozǐyuán; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thô-á-hn̂g; lit. 'peach orchard').
Geography
Taoyuan is located approximately 40 km (25 mi) southwest of Taipei, in northern Taiwan, and occupies 1,220 km2 (470 sq mi). It is made up of low-lying plains, interconnected mountains and plateaus. Its shape has a long and narrow southeast-to-northwest trend, with the southeast in the Xueshan Range and the far end on the shores of the Taiwan Strait.
There are many irrigation ponds at Taoyuan Plateau, which caused Taoyuan to earn the nickname "Thousand-pond Township" (千塘之鄉).
Taoyuan has a humid subtropical climate, with mild to warm winters and hot summers, typical of northern Taiwan.
Economy
Taoyuan is one of Taiwan's top industrial and technological cities. High-tech companies including Quanta, MiTAC, Inotera, Nanya Technology, HTC, CPT and AU Optronics have all opted to build or expand their factories in Taoyuan. Taoyuan has now become a bastion of electronics and semiconductor manufacturing. Over 200 of Taiwan's top 500 manufacturing companies have factories in Taoyuan. Taoyuan has also led Taiwan in terms of industrial output for nine straight years.
There are now 29 registered industrial areas with 3,696 ha (9,130 acres) of non-urban industrial land and 3,131 ha (7,740 acres) of urban industrial land.
Tourism
Daxi Old Street is one of the more famous Taiwanese old streets. It used to be a bustling hub for camphor and the tea trade, filled with diverse stores with façades designed in a Baroque style. The street also has the Daxi Wood Art Ecomuseum, which includes buildings such as Daxi Butokuden and Lee Teng-fan's Ancient Residence.
Furen Temple was established in 1813, dedicated to Kai Zhang Sheng Wang and the temple is located along Daxi Old Street in Daxi District.
Tianhou Temple was established in 1826, and is located in Xinwu District. The temple built a magnificent bronze statue of Goddess Mazu in 2002, which is the 2nd-tallest statue of Mazu in Taiwan and the 3rd-tallest in the world.
Taoyuan Martyrs' Shrine is one of the best-kept Shinto shrines outside Japan.
Sections adapted from Wikipedia: Taoyuan, Taiwan (CC BY-SA 4.0).
History of Taoyuan: Empires and States
The atlas records 6 polities whose mapped territory included part of Taoyuan, from The Spanish Empire in 1632 CE to 2024 CE. They are listed in the order they first appear.
| Polity | Period here |
|---|---|
| The Spanish Empire | 1632–1658 CE |
| Dutch Republic | 1642–1661 CE |
| Southern Ming | 1662–1682 CE |
| The Qing Dynasty | 1683–1894 CE |
| Empire of Japan | 1895–1945 CE |
| Republic of China | 1946–2024 CE |
Historical Maps of Taoyuan
Taoyuan on the world map in each year one of these states held it:
Derived by testing mapped cities against dated territorial polygons. Dates are when the polygons cover this place, not the polity's whole lifespan, and polities absent from the source dataset are not listed.
Largest Cities in Taoyuan
5 cities mapped. Ranked by metropolitan population. A port city's harbour is written up on the page of its sea.
| # | Name | Population | Region | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zhongli | 1.63 million | Taoyuan | Populated place |
| 2 | Taoyuan | 500,000 | Taoyuan | Admin-1 capital |
| 3 | Pingzhen | 201,632 | Taoyuan | Populated place |
| 4 | Yangmei | 175,000 | Taoyuan | Populated place |
| 5 | Bade | 172,065 | Taoyuan | Populated place |
Ports in Taoyuan
4 ports mapped. Ranked by approach channel depth, the figure that limits which ships can call. Harbours link to their write-up on the page of the sea or coast they lie on. Assigned by the nearest mapped city, so features near the boundary may belong to a neighbouring division.
| # | Name | Channel Depth | Class | Sea | Max Vessel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tan-Shui | 56.7 m | Very Small | Yellow Sea & East China Sea | medium vessels |
| 2 | Hua-Lien Kang | 38.4 m | Minor | Yellow Sea & East China Sea | medium vessels |
| 3 | Tai-Chung Kang | 34.7 m | Small | Yellow Sea & East China Sea | medium vessels |
| 4 | Su-Ao | 27.4 m | Minor | Yellow Sea & East China Sea | medium vessels |
Taoyuan: Quick Answers
- Where is Taoyuan?
- Taoyuan is a first-level division of Taiwan, in Asia. Its mapped cities centre on 24.9544° N, 121.2386° E.
- What is the largest city in Taoyuan?
- Zhongli is the largest city mapped in Taoyuan, with a metropolitan population of about 1.63 million.
- How many cities are in Taoyuan?
- YearMaps maps 5 cities and towns in Taoyuan, with a combined metropolitan population of about 2.68 million. This counts mapped settlements, not every municipality.