Chiayi
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City Seal |
| Abbreviation | Jia 嘉市 |
| Nickname | Peach city 桃城 |
| Capital | East Dist.(東區) |
| Region | Southwestern Taiwan |
| Mayor | Huang Ming-Hui (黃敏惠) |
| Area | 60,0256 km² (Ranked 24 of 25) |
| Population (May 2004) | |
| - Population | 270,143 (Ranked 21 of 25) |
| - Density | 4,500 /km² |
| Districts | 2 |
| Website | English Trad. Chinese |
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| - Bird | - |
| - Flower | Hong Kong orchid tree (Bauhinia blakeana) |
| - Tree | Hong Kong orchid tree |
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Chiayi City (Traditional Chinese: 嘉義市; Hanyu Pinyin: Jiāyì Shì; Tongyong Pinyin: Jiayì Shìh; Wade-Giles: chia-yi shih; Taiwanese: Ka-gī chhī) is a provincial city of southwestern Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. Formerly called Kagi during the Japanese era, its historical name in Chinese (諸羅山) derives from the Taiwanese aboriginal word Tirosen.
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[edit] District
- East District(東區)
- West District(西區)
[edit] City Attractions
Chiayi Park, Orchid Lake (also known as Dutch Lake or Holland Lake), University of Chiayi, Chiayi Museum
[edit] Sister cities
Hsinchu City, Taiwan (2002)
Syracuse, New York United States(1995)
[edit] External links
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