Taoyuan County, Taiwan
| Taoyuan County 桃園縣 |
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| County of the Republic of China | |||||
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| Capital | Taoyuan City | ||||
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| • | Established | 25 October 1950 | |||
| • | Disestablished | 25 December 2014 | |||
| Political subdivisions | 6 County-controlled city 1 Urban township 5 Rural townships 1 Mountain indigenous township |
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| Today part of | Taoyuan City (Special municipality) | ||||
| Taoyuan County, Taiwan | |||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 桃園縣 | ||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 桃园县 | ||||||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Táoyuán Xiàn |
| Wade–Giles | T'ao-yüan Hsien |
| Tongyong Pinyin | Táoyuán Siàn |
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| Hokkien POJ | Thô-hn̂g-kōan |
Taoyuan County was a county of the Republic of China in northern Taiwan before it was upgraded into special municipality in 2014. The county capital was Taoyuan.
Taoyuan County was established in Taiwan Province on 25 October 1950 split from Hsinchu County. On 21 April 1971, Taoyuan City was made the capital of Taoyuan County. On 1 January 2011 Taoyuan County became the second Quasi-municipality. It was upgraded into a special municipality on 25 December 2014.
At the time before the upgrade, Taoyuan County administered 6 cities, 1 urban township and 6 rural townships. All of these became districts of the city of Taoyuan.
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