Daxi District
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Daxi 大溪區 |
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| Daxi District | |
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 Daxi District in Taoyuan City |
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| Coordinates: 24°52′50.2″N 121°17′13.5″E / 24.880611°N 121.287083°ECoordinates: 24°52′50.2″N 121°17′13.5″E / 24.880611°N 121.287083°E | |
| Country | Republic of China |
| Municipality | Taoyuan City |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Huang Rui-song |
| Area | |
| • Total | 40.6 sq mi (105.1 km2) |
| Population (January 2016) | |
| • Total | 93,388 |
| Website | www.daxi.tycg.gov.tw (Chinese) |
Daxi District (Chinese: 大溪區; pinyin: Dàxī Qū), formerly known as Daxi Township (大溪鎮; Dàxī Zhèn; also seen as "Tahsi"), is a district in eastern Taoyuan City, Taiwan. In March 2012, it was named one of the Top 10 Small Tourist Towns by the Tourism Bureau of Taiwan.
The Dasi area was occupied for several thousand years by the Atayal people. The Atayal called the local river (modern-day Dahan Creek) Takoham in their native Austronesian language. This gave rise to similar names such as Toa-kho-ham (Chinese: 大嵙陷; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tōa-kho͘-hām; also ; Tōa-kho͘-khàm) in Hokkien and Taikokan in Japanese via transliteration.
Eighteenth-century Han settlement in the Taipei Basin led many Atayal families to relocate upriver, though some Atayal stayed and mingled with the newcomers. The settlement later became an important trading post in the 19th century.
In 1803, open fighting broke out between two rival factions of Han settlers in Taipei, and many refugees fled south for safety. Among the refugees was the Lin Ben Yuan Family, one of the wealthiest clans in Taiwan at the time. The clan settled in Takoham, invested its fortunes in the settlement and brought prosperity to the whole region. Due to its strategic location and the investments made by the Lin clan, Takoham became the center of trading and transportation between Taipei and the south. Goods would arrive here to be transported to Taipei via Dahan river, and many traders opened their shops in the area; some of the shops still exist today in the old town section.
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