Taitung, Taiwan
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Taitung 臺東市 |
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| County-controlled city | |
| Taitung City | |
Downtown Taitung City
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| Nickname(s): 東市 (Eastern City) | |
 Taitung
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| Coordinates: 22°45′30″N 121°08′40″E / 22.75833°N 121.14444°ECoordinates: 22°45′30″N 121°08′40″E / 22.75833°N 121.14444°E | |
| Country | Taiwan |
| Provinces | Taiwan Province |
| County | Taitung |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Chang Kuo-chou (張國洲) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 109.7691 km2 (42.3821 sq mi) |
| Population (December 2014) | |
| • Total | 106,929 |
| • Density | 970/km2 (2,500/sq mi) |
| Website | www.taitungcity.gov.tw |
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| Traditional Chinese | 市 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 台东市 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Eastern Taiwan | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Kanji | 台東市 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Kana | たいとうし | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Kyūjitai | 臺東市 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Táidōng Shì |
| Wade–Giles | T'ai²-tung¹ Shih⁴ |
| Hakka | |
| Romanization | Thòi-tûng-sṳ |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | toi4dung1 si5 |
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| Hokkien POJ | Tâi-tang-chhī |
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| Romanization | Taitō Shi |
Taitung City is a county-controlled city and the county seat of Taitung County, Taiwan. It lies on the southeast coast of Taiwan facing the Pacific Ocean. Taitung City is the most populous subdivision of Taitung County and it is one of the major cities on the east coast of the island.
Due to the Central Mountain Range of Taiwan, ground transportation to Taitung City is very limited. The city is served by Taitung Airport. Taitung is a gateway to Green Island and Orchid Island, both of which are popular tourist destinations.
Before the 16th century the Taitung plain was settled by agriculturalist Puyuma and Amis aboriginal tribes. Under Dutch rule and during Qing rule, a large part of eastern Taiwan, including today's Taitung, was called "Pi-lam" (Chinese: 卑南; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pi-lâm).
In the late 19th century, when Liu Mingchuan was the Qing Governor of Taiwan, Han Chinese settlers moved into the Taitung region. Pi-lam Subprefecture () was established in 1875, and was upgraded and renamed to Taitung Prefecture in 1888, after the island was made Fujian-Taiwan Province.
During Japanese rule, the central settlement was called Nankyō Village (南鄉新街?). Taitō Chō (臺東廳) was one of twenty local administrative offices established in 1901. English-language works from the era refer to the place as Pinan (from Japanese) and Pilam (from Hokkien). Taitō Town was established in 1920 under Taitō Prefecture, and included modern Taitung City and eastern Beinan Township. There were no Americans living here during the Japanese rule.
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