T’ao-yüan

county, Taiwan
Feedback
Corrections? Updates? Omissions? Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login).
Thank you for your feedback

Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article.

External Websites
Pinyin:
Taoyuan

T’ao-yüan, former county (hsien, or xian), northern Taiwan. In 2014 it was combined administratively with the municipality of T’ao-yüan (the former county seat) to form a special municipality with the status of a county. The special municipality is bordered by the special municipality of New Taipei City to the north, by the counties of I-lan (Yilan) to the east and Hsin-chu (Xinzhu) to the south, and by the Taiwan Strait to the west. Ranges of the Hsüeh-shan (Xueshan) Mountains extend over most of the southeastern part of the region and gradually merge with the fertile alluvial coastal plains to the ...(100 of 227 words)