Zhonghe (Chinese: 中和市; Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōnghé Shì; Tongyong Pinyin: Jhonghé Shìh, Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiong-hô Chhī), historically spelled Chung-Ho, is a county-controlled city in Taipei County in northern Taiwan (ROC). Zhonghe is a burgeoning satellite city of Taipei. In 2009 the entire county is due to become a city in its own right: a special municipality known as New Taipei.
Zhonghe lies just south-west of Taipei City and shares borders with Banqiao,...
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Zhonghe (Chinese: 中和市; Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōnghé Shì; Tongyong Pinyin: Jhonghé Shìh, Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiong-hô Chhī), historically spelled Chung-Ho, is a county-controlled city in Taipei County in northern Taiwan (ROC). Zhonghe is a burgeoning satellite city of Taipei. In 2009 the entire county is due to become a city in its own right: a special municipality known as New Taipei.
Zhonghe lies just south-west of Taipei City and shares borders with Banqiao, Taipei, Xindian, Tucheng and Yonghe. The average annual temperature is 21.7 °C and the precipitation averages 2,111mm per year. The Pacific typhoon season occurs between June and October.
The present-day area of Zhonghe City was originally settled by aboriginal tribes. During conflict between the colonial forces of the Dutch and the Spanish, the area is recorded by the Dutch as Chiron, from the name of one of the tribes living there. This name is preserved in on of the constituent villages of the city, called Xiulang Li (秀朗里), and the bridge...
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