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T’ai-chung

former county, Taiwan
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T’ai-chung, former county (hsien, or xian), west-central Taiwan. Since 2010 it has been incorporated administratively into the T’ai-chung special municipality, The enlarged special municipality is bordered by the counties of Miao-li (Miaoli) to the north, I-lan (Yilan) and Hua-lien (Hualian) to the east, and Chang-hua (Zhanghua) and Nan-t’ou (Nantou) to the south and by the Taiwan Strait to the west. Northern extensions of the Chung-yang (Zhongyang) Range rise to elevations between 8,000 and 13,000 feet (2,500 and 3,900 metres) above sea level and cover most of the eastern part of the region. To the west are alluvial plains, in one ...(100 of 327 words)

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