Chiayi
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Chiayi 嘉義市 |
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| Chiayi City | |||
Clockwise from top left:View of night in Chiayi, Chiayi Confucius Temple, Fountain at the Lantan Reservoir, Chiayi City Sports Arena, Chiayi Sun Shooting Tower, Chiayi National University
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| Nickname(s): Peach City (桃城) or Jia City (嘉市) | |||
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| Country | Taiwan | ||
| Region | Southern Taiwan | ||
| Seat | East District | ||
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| Government | |||
| • Type | Chiayi City Government | ||
| • Mayor | Twu Shiing-jer (DPP) | ||
| • Deputy Mayor | Hou Chong-wen | ||
| Area | |||
| • Provincial city | 60.03 km2 (23.18 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 21 out of 22 | ||
| Elevation | 69 m (226 ft) | ||
| Population (2016) | |||
| • Provincial city | 270,254 | ||
| • Rank | 18 of 22 | ||
| • Density | 4,500/km2 (12,000/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | National Standard Time (UTC+8) | ||
| Postal code | 600 | ||
| Area code(s) | 05 | ||
| ISO 3166 code | TW-CYI | ||
| Flower | Hong Kong orchid tree (Bauhinia blakeana) |
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| Tree | Hong Kong orchid tree | ||
| Website | www.chiayi.gov.tw (English) | ||
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| Simplified Chinese | 嘉义市 | ||||||||||||||
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| Kanji | 嘉義市 | ||||||||||||||
| Kana | かぎし | ||||||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Jiāyì Shì |
| Wade–Giles | Chia¹-i⁴ Shih⁴ |
| Tongyong Pinyin | Jiayì Shìh |
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| Hokkien POJ | Ka-gī-chhī |
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| Romanization | Kagi Shi |
Chiayi, officially known as Chiayi City (Chinese: 嘉義市; pinyin: Jiāyì Shì; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ka-gī-chhī), is a provincial city located in the plains of southwestern Taiwan. Formerly called Kagee during the late Qing Dynasty and Kagi during the Japanese era (Chinese and Japanese: 嘉義), its historical name is Tirosen.
First inhabited by the Hoanya aborigines, the region was named Tirosen (variants Tirocen, Tiracen). With the arrival of Han Chinese immigrants in southwestern Taiwan, the name evolved to become Tsulosan (Chinese: 諸羅山; pinyin: Zhūluóshān; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chu-lô-san) in Hokkien. Eventually, Tsulosan was shortened to simply Tsulo. Because of the choice of the characters, it has been mistakenly suggested that the origin of the name came from the expression "mountains surrounding the east." "Peach City" is another name for Chiayi City due to its peach-shaped territory in ancient times. The tip of the peach is around Central Fountain and was called "Peach-tip" by citizens.
Tsulosan was once the foothold to which people from the mainland immigrated. In 1621, Chinese Peter, who came from Zhangzhou, Fujian Province, first led his people to cultivate this land after they landed at Ponkan (modern-day Beigang).
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