Taoyuan County



         


Taoyuan County
桃園縣

Capital		Taoyuan City
Region Northwestern Taiwan
County magistrateRanked 14 of 18

 - Total
 - % water

1,220.954 km²
?%

Population

Ranked 3 of 25

 - Total (May 2004)
 - Density

1,834,045
1502/km²

Cities: 4
Townships:9
County flower:Peach blossom
County tree:Peach tree
County bird:Formosan blue magpie (Urocissa caerulea)


Taoyuan County (桃園縣, pinyin: Táoyuán Xiàn, WG: T'ao-yüan Hsien) is a county of Taiwan Province, Republic of China, located in the northwestern part of the island. Taoyuan City is located in this county and serves as the seat of Taoyuan County.

"Taoyuan" means "peach garden," since the area used to have many peach blossoms.

Taoyuan is the native home to the Pingpu tribe of Aborigines.

It is now an important industrial region of Taiwan.


Chiang Kai Shek International Airport, which serves Taipei, is inside this county.

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