Bathing (Taoyuan)
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Bath 八德 區 |
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 Republic of China (Taiwan)
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| Coordinates : | 24 ° 57 ′ N , 121 ° 18 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 130 m | ||
| Area : | 33.7 km² | ||
| Residents : | 175,471 (March 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 5,207 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Time zone : | UTC + 8 (Chungyuan time) | ||
| Telephone code : | (+886) (0) 3 | ||
| Postal code : | 334 | ||
| ISO 3166-2 : | TW-TAO | ||
| Community type : | Municipality of Taoyuan | ||
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Bade , older spelling godfather ( Chinese 八德 區 , Pinyin Bādé Qū ), is a district (區, qū ) with about 175,000 inhabitants in the government-direct city of Taoyuan in northwestern Taiwan .
location
Bade is located immediately south of the neighboring Taoyuan district and about 25 km southwest of Taipei . The district is located on the edge of the Taoyuan Plateau , about 100 to 140 meters above sea level , which slopes down to the southeast to the Dahan Valley .
Bade has a junction with Highway 2 leading to Taiwan Taoyuan Airport, which is about 15 km north-west, and Pa Kuei ( Bakuai ) military airfield is located on the eastern edge of the district . The Taiwan High Speed Rail and the main line of the conventional railroad run northwest of Bade, stations are in the neighboring districts of Zhongli and Taoyuan. A connection to Bades' metro network in Taipei is planned.
history
The original name 八 塊 厝 ( Bākuài Cuò , Taiwanese pronunciation Bede Chu ) of the community, which emerged in the middle of the 18th century, meant "eight houses". In 1920 the place name was shortened to 八 塊 ( Bākuài / Bede ) and in 1936 it was changed to 八德 , Bade , which is pronounced similarly in Taiwanese. In the second half of the 20th century, Taoyuan County, to which Bade has been a member since April 1946, developed into one of the most important industrial regions in Taiwan. This resulted in a strong increase in the number of inhabitants, whereupon the municipality of Bade received the status of a large city (市, Shì ) on January 1, 1995 . After the transformation of Taoyuan County into a city under the government, Bade was given the status of a district.
