Chiayi

Chiayi City (sometimes romanized as Jiayi) (traditional Chinese: 嘉義市; Tongyong Pinyin: Jiayì Shìh; Hanyu Pinyin: Jiāyì Shì; Wade-Giles: Chia-i Shih; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ka-gī chhī) is a city located in the plains of southwestern Taiwan. It is surrounded by Chiayi County and is currently governed as a provincial city of Taiwan Province, Republic of China. Formerly called Kagee during the late Qing Dynasty and Kagi during the Japanese era, its historical n... more

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