Taoyuan District

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Taoyuan is the native home of the plains tribes of Taiwanese aborigines. Taoyuan's old name was Toahong{{cite book |last1=Davidson |first1=James W. |author-link=James W. Davidson |title=The Island of Formosa, Past and Present : history, people, resources, and commercial prospects : tea, camphor, sugar, gold, coal, sulphur, economical plants, and other productions |year=1903 |publisher=Macmillan |url=https://archive.org/details/islandofformosap00davi |location=London and New York |ol=6931635M |oclc=1887893 |page=[https://archive.org/details/islandofformosap00davi/page/597 597]}} ({{zh|c=桃仔園|p=Táozǐyuán|poj=Thô-á-hn̂g|l=peach orchard}}) since there used to be many peach blossoms in the area.

Under Japanese rule, the area was part of {{nihongo||桃仔園廳|Toshien Chō}} established in November 1901. In 1920, it was renamed {{nihongo||桃園街|Tōen Town}}, and incorporated into Tōen District, Shinchiku Prefecture.

After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China, it was reorganized as Taoyuan Town of Taoyuan County. On 21 April 1971, the town was upgraded from an urban township to a county-administered city called Taoyuan City.http://www.taocity.gov.tw/en/about.aspx {{Dead link|date=March 2022}} On 25 December 2014, the city became a district of the newly formed special municipality of Taoyuan City.

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Taoyuan is located on the Taoyuan Plateau, contiguous on the northeast to Guishan District. The Nankan River is Taoyuan's largest river, flowing from the southeast to the northwest.

• Area: {{convert|34.80|km²|2|abbr=on}}
• Elevation: {{convert|157|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}
• Population: 464,480 people (February 2023)

Taoyuan has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfa), with hot summers and mild winters. Precipitation is high throughout the year and is generally higher in the first half of the year. Due to the effect of wind from mainland China, Taoyuan is typically cooler than New Taipei, despite having a lower latitude.

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• Taoyuan City Government
• Taoyuan City Council

Within Taoyuan, there are 6 senior high schools, 14 junior high schools, 23 primary schools, and an "intelligence initiation school." Taoyuan is also home to a number of buxibans, or cram schools or language schools, which teach additional courses in mathematics, English, science, etc. There are also 10 universities located in Taoyuan.

Taoyuan Main Public Library is the central library of Taoyuan city. It is located in Xianfu Rd, Taoyuan District, near the Taoyuan City Government building.

Taoyuan was one of the host cities for the Taiwan European Film Festival in 2012.{{Cite news |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2012/11/11/2003547389 |title=European film festival opens |first=Ian |last=Bartholomew |date=November 11, 2012 |work=Taipei Times}}

Taoyuan District is served by Taiwan Railway Administration's Taoyuan railway station. The current station is expected to be converted to an underground station in 2029. In addition, the future underground Zhonglu railway station is also expected to serve the district in 2030. Taoyuan Metro's Green line is also under construction and will serve the district in the future.

• Taoyuan railway station
• Zhonglu railway station (under construction)

• Nankan Bus Station (2026)
• Taoyuan Performance Arts Center metro station (2026)
• Daxing West Road metro station (2027)
• Minguang Road metro station (2027)
• Yonghe Market metro station (2027)
• Taoyuan Main Station (2027)
• Yangming Park metro station (2027)

• {{ill|San Chung Bus Company|zh|三重客運}}
• {{ill|Taoyuan Bus Company|zh|桃園客運}}
• {{ill|United Highway Bus Company|zh|統聯客運}}
• {{ill|Zhinan Bus Company|zh|指南客運}}
• {{ill|Zhongli Bus Company|zh|中壢客運}}

{{See also|List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_Asia#Taiwan|l1=List of twin towns and sister cities in Taiwan}}

Taoyuan is twinned with:

• {{flagdeco|POL}} Radom, Poland{{cite web|url=http://www.radom.pl/page/192,miasta-partnerskie.html|title=Radom - Miasta partnerskie|access-date=2013-08-07|work=Miasto Radom [City of Radom]|language = pl|trans-title=Radom - Partnership cities|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403215958/http://www.radom.pl/page/192,miasta-partnerskie.html|archive-date=2013-04-03}}
• {{flagdeco|US}} Irvine, California, United States{{Cite news|url=http://www.cityofirvine.org/multicultural-and-international-affairs/sister-cities-program|title=Sister Cities Program|date=2015-06-06|work=City of Irvine|access-date=2018-09-17|language=en}}
• {{flagdeco|US}} Kennewick, Washington, United States

• Chaoyang Forest Park

• Chinese Furniture Museum
• Coca-Cola Museum
• Daguixi Park
• Dayou Ecological Park
• Fenghe Park
• Guixi Riverside Park
• Hutou Mountain Park
• Hutoushan Environmental Park
• Sanmin Sports Park
• Taoyuan Arts Center
• Taoyuan Arts Plaza (桃園藝文廣場)
• Taoyuan Confucian Temple
• Taoyuan Land God Culture Museum (桃園市土地公文化館)
• Taoyuan Martyrs' Shrine
• {{Interlanguage link multi|Taoyuan Jingfu Temple|zh|3=桃園景福宮}}
• Taoyuan Night Market
• Taoyuan Tableland and Pondshttps://www.moc.gov.tw/en/News_Content2.aspx?n=398&sms=10698&s=14052
• Tong'an Parent-Child Park
• Yangming Sports Park

• Wu Ming-yi, artist and author

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