Yangmei (Taoyuan)
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Yangmei 楊梅 區 |
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 Location within Taoyuan City |
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 Republic of China (Taiwan)
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| Coordinates : | 24 ° 56 ' N , 121 ° 17' E | ||
| Area : | 89.1229 km² | ||
| Residents : | 162,720 (July 2016) | ||
| Population density : | 1,826 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Time zone : | UTC + 8 (Chungyuan time) | ||
| Postal code : | 326 | ||
| ISO 3166-2 : | TW-TAO | ||
| Community type : | Municipality of Taoyuan | ||
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Yangmei ( Chinese 楊梅 區 , Pinyin Yángméi Qū , Hakka Yông-muì-khî , Pe̍h-ōe-jī Iûⁿ-mûi-khu ) is a district in the west of the government -direct city of Taoyuan in Taiwan .
Location and history
Yangmei is located to the west of Taoyuan City. It is bordered by Xinwu District to the west , Pingzhen and Longtan Districts to the east, and Hsinchu County to the south . The landscape is hilly. Like many other districts of Taoyuan, Yangmei was predominantly settled by the Chinese of the Hakka ethnic group during the 19th century , who still make up the majority of the population today. The originally resident aborigines were pushed to the east. The high Chinese Yangmei goes back to the Hakka place name Yông-muì and describes the tree Myrica rubra , which is said to have shaped the landscape in earlier times.
The district is connected to Highway 1 and the Taiwanese rail network.
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The originally agricultural character of Yangmei (rice, tea and fruit cultivation) is still preserved, but has recently declined due to newly settled industrial facilities. The Youshi and Yangmei industrial areas and the Xiucai technology park are located in Yangmei . The traditional Hakka culture, which is expressed, among other things, in the style of temples and buildings, is of touristic importance. Another attraction is the Fugang quarter with rows of houses from the Japanese colonial era (1895–1945).
Yangmei is the only place in Taiwan where the remains of the Tuniu Line , a nineteenth-century earthwork border fortification between the settlement area of the Chinese in the west and the area of the indigenous people in the east, can still be seen.
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Yangmei at night
The traditional Hakka building in Jiangxiatang
Row of houses in the Fugang quarter
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on the official website of the district
- ^ Message in the Liberty Times dated May 13, 2012
