Longtan (Taoyuan)
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Longtan 龍潭區 |
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 Location within Taoyuan City |
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 Republic of China (Taiwan)
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| Coordinates : | 24 ° 51 ' N , 121 ° 12' E | ||
| Area : | 75.2341 km² | ||
| Residents : | 119,391 (July 2016) | ||
| Population density : | 1,587 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Time zone : | UTC + 8 (Chungyuan time) | ||
| Postal code : | 325 | ||
| ISO 3166-2 : | TW-TAO | ||
| Community type : | Municipality of Taoyuan | ||
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Longtan ( Chinese 龍潭區 , Pinyin Lóngtán Qū , Hakka Liùng-thâm-khî , Pe̍h-ōe-jī Liông-thâm-khu ) is a district in the southwest of the government - direct city of Taoyuan in Taiwan .
history
The area of the current district has been settled and arable for agriculture by Chinese immigrants, especially the Hakka ethnic group, since the beginning of the 19th century . The originally resident indigenous population was pushed into the mountain regions of the east. The district takes its name from the Dragon Lake (Chinese: Longtan ) in its center , the name of which is in turn owed to the legend that dragons soaring from it were once observed.
meaning
To this day, Longtan is a rural district with a relatively low population density in the metropolis of Taoyuan. After the end of the Japanese colonial era , Longtan gained greater national importance with the establishment of the Shimen Dam (1964) and the headquarters of the Taiwanese army . The National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (founded in 1969), which works with the military, is also located here. The Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, established in 1968, is one of the oldest research institutions for nuclear physics in Taiwan. More recently, Longtan has also gained tourist importance through the Miniature Park Window on China (opened in 1984) and the Taoyuan Hakka Culture Hall (opened in 2008), which is reminiscent of the Hakka heritage .
