Yuanlin, Changhua
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Yuanlin 員林市 |
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| Yuanlin City | ||
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 Yuanlin within Changhua County |
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| Coordinates: 23°57′40″N 120°34′25″E / 23.96111°N 120.57361°ECoordinates: 23°57′40″N 120°34′25″E / 23.96111°N 120.57361°E | ||
| Country | Taiwan | |
| County | Changhua | |
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| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Zhang Jinkun (張錦昆) (KMT) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 40.04 km2 (15.46 sq mi) | |
| Highest elevation | 410 m (1,350 ft) | |
| Lowest elevation | 20 m (70 ft) | |
| Population (December 2014) | ||
| • Total | 124,725 | |
| • Density | 3,115/km2 (8,070/sq mi) | |
| • Households | 38,030 | |
| Time zone | CST (UTC+8) | |
| Postal code | 510 | |
| Area code(s) | 04 | |
| Website | http://www.yuanlin.gov.tw/ | |
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| Traditional Chinese | 員林市 | ||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 員林市 | ||||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Yuánlín Shì |
| Wade–Giles | Yüan²-lin² Shih⁴ |
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| Hokkien POJ | Oân-lîm-chhī |
Yuanlin City (Chinese: 員林市) is a county-controlled city in eastern Changhua County, Taiwan. It is the second largest settlement in the county, after the county seat of Changhua City.
The land around Yuanlin was cleared of trees and bushes, and fitted for cultivation since the Yongzheng era of the Qing dynasty (1723–1735). It was well developed about the 16th year of the Qianlong era. At first, people cut down the surrounding forests to build their houses. Gradually, only the round woodland was left, and the town was named 圓林仔 (Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Oân-nâ-á), meaning "the round woodland." Later the characters were changed to 員林 (Yuanlin). Yuanlin produces different kinds of fruits, and succade (fruit cooked in sugar syrup and encrusted with a sugar crystals) is one of its specialties.
On 8 August 2015, Yuanlin was upgraded from an urban township into a county-controlled city after the qualifying population level for city status was revised downwards from 125,000 to 100,000 people.
Yuanlin is located on the eastern border of Changhua County, in central Taiwan. The city is bordered to the north by Dacun, to the east by Fenyuan and Nantou City (the only neighboring settlement outside Changhua County), to the south by Shetou, and to the west by Yongjing and Puxin.
With a population of 124,725 as of December 2014, Yuanlin was the most populous township in Taiwan until it was upgraded into a county-controlled city, and has a higher population than 10 of the 17 County-controlled cities. The division between male and female residents is almost equal, with 63,043 male and 62,433 female registered inhabitants in 36,722 households. At the beginning of the Republic of China era on Taiwan, the first census in December 1946 showed a population of 37,999, with steady annual increases from then on. The number of inhabitants passed the 50,000 mark in 1953, and first exceeded 100,000 in 1979. Since 1995 the population has fluctuated only slightly, and remained between 124,000 and 128,000.
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