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Taichung County, which means "central Taiwan", is located at the central part of Taiwan, with the Central Mountains in the east and adjacent to Hualien County at the island's east coast.
To the west, the county is fased with the Taiwan Strait.
The county is further adjacent to Changhua County and Nantou County in the south, and Miaoli County in the north.
www.wcycs.org /menu5/main.asp?menu=5&part=2   (16190 words)

  
 Tea from Taiwan's Taipei County
Taipei County is located in the northeast of Taiwan.
The mountains of Taipei County provide a cool climate with moist air and abundant rainfall.
Shimen township is located on the north shore of Taipei county.
www.teafromtaiwan.com /Taipei_County.htm   (559 words)

  
 Taipei, Taiwan - Taipei City in Taipei County - General Information
Taipei City is the provisional capital of the Republic of China (ROC) and the largest city on Taiwan island.
Taipei City is located in the Taipei Basin in northern Taiwan and is bordered on the south by the Sindian River (Hsintien), and the Danshuei (Tamsui) on the west.
The Easy Card, which is the Taipei's equivalent to Hong Kong's Octopus Card, is extremely convenient since it is read via sensory panels on buses and in MRT stations capable of scanning through wallets or purses, thus eliminating the need for the passenger to remove the card from his or her wallet or purse.
www.esljobproject.com /esl_info/taipei.html   (1408 words)

  
 Taipei County travel guide - Wikitravel
Taipei County (台北縣) is in the north of Taiwan, adjacent to the City of Taipei.
Danshui (淡水) is a smaller city to the north of Taipei that was the center of shipping and commerce in northern Taiwan in the 19th century.
The county has quite a diverse environment, from the densely populated industrial cities of Sanchung and Shulin to the coastal regions around the town of Danshui and the sparsely populated mountain townships near Shenkung.
wikitravel.org /en/Taipei_County   (419 words)

  
 Hotels In Taipei
Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
Taipei City, the surrounding Taipei County, and the nearby Keelung City together form the Taipei metropolitan area but are administered under different local government bodies.
Taipei City is a special municipality administered directly under the ROC central government, while Taipei County and Keelung City are administered as part of the Taiwan Province.
www.hotelsintaipei.cn   (482 words)

  
 The Chang Shuai Chiao Family in Taiwan
Simon Guo (Guo Xien Heng) was a student of Chang Tung Sheng and is currently the president of the Taipei County Shuai Chiao Association and a national Shuai Chiao tournament judge.
Wan Jen Tai is an advisor to the Taipei County Shuai Chiao Association.
is an advisor to the Taipei County Shuai Chiao Association.
www.changshuaichiao.com /csc_fam_twn.htm   (570 words)

  
 Taipei County -- Introduction
Taipei County is only a short distance from Taipei City.
The Taipei County Government has established museums of tea culture, pottery and ceramics, and other sites to help preserve the memory of the common history and culture in the region.
A trip to these places offers visitors a unique opportunity of seeing how Taipei County expanded gradually inland, from a small port at the gathering of the Tamshui, Hsintien and Keelung Rivers, to its present scope as a major cultural county in North Taiwan.
www.taiwan.com.au /Envtra/North/Taipei/report01.html   (148 words)

  
 Taipei County Government
Taipei City and County heads protest tax revenue a..
Taipei County set to attempt new Guinness World Re..
Taipei County set to attempt new Guinness World Record
english.tpc.gov.tw /web/Home?command=display&page=flash   (91 words)

  
 Taipei County - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Taipei County (Traditional Chinese: 台北縣; Hanyu Pinyin: Táiběi Xiàn; Tongyong Pinyin: Táiběi Siàn; Wade-Giles: T'ai-pei Hsien; POJ: Tâi-pak-koān) is located in northern Taiwan and encircles Taipei City.
It is south of Keelung, north of Taoyuan County and west of Yilan.
Chief magistrate of Taipei county : Chou, Hsi-Wei (周錫瑋)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Taipei_County   (223 words)

  
 Maps of Taipei - JohoMaps
Taipei City (Traditional Chinese: 臺北市 or 台北市; Simplified Chinese: 台北市; Hanyu Pinyin: Táiběi Shì ; Pe̍h-oē-jī: Tâi-pak-chhī; 25°02′N 121°38′E) is the capital of the Republic of China (ROC) and the largest city on Taiwan island.
Much of the architecture of Taipei dates from the period of Japanese rule (during which the city was known in Japanese as Taihoku) including the Presidential Building which was the Office of the Taiwan Governor-General.
Taipei was also the capital of Taiwan Province until the 1960s when that was moved to Jhongsing Village.
johomaps.com /as/taiwan/taipei/main.html   (619 words)

  
 Taipei, China, Republic of (Taiwan)
Taipei City is located in the Taipei Basin in northern Taiwan and is bordered on the south by the Sindian River, and the Danshuei on the west.
Taipei Main Station is the largest Taiwanese railway station and also functions as the nexus for the MRT system.
The Easy Card, which is the Taipei's equivalent to Hong Kong's Octopus Card, is extremely convenient since it is read via sensory panels on buses and in MRT stations capable of scanning through wallets or purses, thus eliminating the need for the passenger to remove the card from his or her wallet or purse.
www.creekin.net /c2831-n41-taipei-china-republic-of-taiwan-.html   (1223 words)

  
 Taipei County Government Secures Access to Its Assets
Taipei County Government drew the logical conclusion: Without a solution to its access-management problem, protecting network resources and managing user accounts would become only more difficult, and consequently, the threat of a security breach would become even more likely.
Taipei County Government employees are now required to enter up to three login factors--an eDirectory password, a smart card, and a fingerprint--depending on the importance and each resource's relative level of confidentiality.
Taipei County Government also plans to upgrade to NMAS 2.0 and is considering deploying Novell SecureLogin, which enables true single sign-on.
support.novell.com /techcenter/articles/nc2002_01b.html   (5904 words)

  
 FOCUS: Taipei County focus of Taiwan local elections Asian Political News - Find Articles
Taipei County is the only one of the 18 counties and five cities at stake in the upcoming ballot where feuding opposition groups managed to forge a united front and back a joint candidate, former Finance Minister Wang Chien-shien, one of the founders of the New Party.
Losing Taipei County, which surrounds Taipei City, could damage the DPP's bid to retake the capital from the KMT in mayoral elections late next year and could even carry implications for the next presidential election in 2004.
Given that Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou, seen as the KMT's rising star, is stumping for Wang, a Wang victory would boost Ma's own bid for another term as mayor and his chances of becoming his party's presidential candidate.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0WDQ/is_2001_Nov_19/ai_81011608   (904 words)

  
 Taipei - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Taipei City (Traditional Chinese: 臺北市 or 台北市; Simplified Chinese: 台北市; Hanyu Pinyin: Táiběi Shì; Tongyong Pinyin: Táiběi Shìh; Taiwanese: Tâi-pak-chhī) is the de facto capital city of Taiwan on Taiwan.
Taipei City is located in the Taipei Basin (台北盆地) in northern Taiwan and is bordered on the south by the Sindian (Hsintien) River (新店溪), and the Danshuei (Tamsui) River (淡水河) on the west.
In the late 19th century, the Taipei area, where the major Han settlements in northern Taiwan and one of the designated foreign trade port, Tamsui, were located, gained economic importance due to the boosting foreign trade, especially that of tea exportation.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Taipei   (1783 words)

  
 AsiaMedia :: TAIWAN: Taipei judge says he resigned over media accusations
A Taipei judge told the media yesterday that he resigned last week in the wake of reports over his allegedly cozy relations with the operator of an illegal casino.
Taipei District Court judge Kuan Hsin-cheng said that he knew Chi Ing-hsiang, a businessman who ran a large illegal baccarat casino in Taipei County which was busted by law enforcement officials last week.
Independent Taipei City Councilor Lo Tsung-sheng was released on bail late last month after being detained for his alleged involvement in several extortion cases.
www.asiamedia.ucla.edu /article.asp?parentid=49360   (502 words)

  
 Taiwan Communique no.78
The results mean that the democratic opposition now controls virtually all major population centers on the island and their surrounding counties, covering an area holding some 71.5 percent of Taiwan's population: Taipei City is governed by DPP presidential hopeful Chen Shui-bian, while in the surrounding Taipei County, Mr.
Farther to the south, Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Taichung, Tainan and Kaohsiung counties are all held by the opposition.
The Kuomintang received a majority in only eight counties, most of them thinly populated areas in central and eastern Taiwan, and Kinmen and Matsu, the two small islands off the Chinese coast, which are considered separate counties by the Taiwan authorities.
www.taiwandc.org /twcom/78-no1.htm   (1646 words)

  
 Baltimore County forms pact with Taipei County in Taiwan - Examiner.com
Taipei and Baltimore counties huddle around major cities, are near commercial ports and have protected urban-rural divisions.
Both counties are throwing their weight behind public development investments and business expansion — particularly in the biotechnology and high-tech industry.
Taipei county is larger than Baltimore County, with 3.7 million residents compared to Baltimore County’s 800,000.
www.examiner.com /a-162220~Baltimore_County_forms_pact_with_Taipei_County_in_Taiwan.html   (376 words)

  
 Taipei - Taiwan - China
Taipei City (Chinese languageChinese: 台北市, pinyin: Táibĕi Shì, Taiwanese (linguistics)tai.: Tâi-pak) is the provisional capital of the Republic of China and the largest city in Taiwan.
From 1875 (during the Qing Dynasty) until the beginning of Japanese rule in 1895, Taipei was part of Danshuei County (淡水縣) of Taipei Prefecture (Ching Rule)Taipei Prefecture (台北府).
Taipei Main Station is the largest Rail transport in TaiwanTaiwanese railway station and also functions as the nexus for the MRT system.
www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Taipei   (1313 words)

  
 Taipei County Government Deploys CA's Unicenter TNG to Target Higher Efficiency in Government Management
Taipei County's Unicenter TNG implementation is part of a strategic, NT$700 million, four-year initiative to transform government services to meet the needs of its Information Age constituency.
Of particular importance is the ability Unicenter TNG will give Taipei County's small, 10-person IT staff to manage network, system and application resources in hundreds of offices dispersed over an area of 2,052 square kilometers.
Unicenter TNG Remote Control and Software Delivery options will allow Taipei County's IT staff to quickly troubleshoot and resolve problems in remote machines and perform all necessary software distribution and upgrade tasks without leaving their desks.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=105&STORY=/www/story/07-27-1999/0000990185   (656 words)

  
 Taipei
Taipei Medical College Hospical - A tertial medical care institution established in 1976 for patient-care, clinical teaching and medical research.
Taipei County (Taiwan) - Association represents 550 importers and exporters in Northern Taiwan.
Taipei Zoo - Aiming to guide the general public to enjoy the nature and care about our environment.
www.website.to /taipei   (300 words)

  
 Kitelife Magazine - Issue 28: Taipei County International Kite Festival in Taipei, Taiwan
Arrived in Taipei, Taiwan at 6am Friday Sep 27th after a 14 hour flight from L.A., But because of the 15 hour time difference from L.A. to Taiwan, we lost almost a day.
Taipei must have the market cornered on the sale of motorcycle scooters/mopeds, because everyone that lives there has one.
We left Taipei Taiwan, at 4:30pm last wednesday the 2nd, flew for 12 hours and arrived in Los Angeles at 1:30pm the same day.
www.kitelife.com /archives/issue28/taipei-kitefest2002   (2464 words)

  
 Pinyin news » Blog Archive » Taipei County signage and romanization systems
One of the implications of this is that for Taipei County, Taiwan’s most populous area, Tongyong Pinyin is out and Hanyu Pinyin is in.
As an advocate of Hanyu Pinyin and resident of Taipei County, I’m pleased by the change.
Until late last year Taipei County was under a DPP administration, so its romanization policy, such as it was, was to use Tongyong Pinyin.
pinyin.info /news/2006/taipei-county-signage-and-romanization-systems   (1037 words)

  
 Taiwan's New Political Landscape
President Chen's major national rival, Taipei Mayor and Chairman of the opposition Kuomintang party Ma Ying-jeou is now certain to be his party's standard bearer in the 2008 presidential election.
The most startling was its defeat in Taipei County -- the largest county in Taiwan -- which Yu Ching, a popular pro-independence figure, first took for the DPP in 1989 and the party has held in several elections since then.
The Ilan defeat was particularly dispiriting to the DPP because its candidate, former Justice Minister Chen Ding-nan, was seen as one of President Chen's few competent cabinet ministers and a determined prosecutor of governmental corruption.
www.heritage.org /Press/Commentary/ed121405c.cfm   (687 words)

  
 Taipei Hotels - Discount Taiwan Hotel Accommodation by DirectRooms
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directrooms.com /taiwan/hotels/taipei-hotels/price1.htm   (325 words)

  
 Economic department ECON 166
Control of the city of Taipei was essentially divided among immigrants from different areas of Mainland China, making conflicts almost inevitable.
Taipei is the main axis from north to south.
CKS International Airport in Taoyuan County is Taipei's main gateway and is a 40-minute ride which links all traveling from domestic or abroad.
www2.sjsu.edu /faculty/watkins/econ166/taipei.htm   (356 words)

  
 Taiwanese Hot Springs   (Site not responding. Last check: )
THE NORTH: Yangmingshan, Matsou, and Peitou's hot springs in Taipei City, Chinshan and Wulai hot springs in Taipei County, and Chiaohsi and Jenzhe hot springs and Suau cold spring in Ilan County are the ones to keep in mind.
Taipei City's three hot springs, part of the Tatun mountain area, emit strong sulfuric fumes that can irritate the nose.
THE EAST: Jueisuei, Hungtie, and Antung Hot Springs in Hualien County, and Hepen and Lutau in Taitung County are the ones to schedule into your itinerary.
www.taipei.org /teco/cicc/currents/03-0400/journal.htm   (1035 words)

  
 Duck appreciation season comes to marshland   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Sponsored by the Taipei City Government's business management department, the Taipei County Government's agriculture bureau and the Wild Bird Society of Taipei, the activity coincided with a time of year when a variety of wild ducks and other birds visit the area during their seasonal migration.
During the ceremony, Taipei Mayor Chen Shui-bian announced that a Hua Chiang Duck Natural Park will be established in the wetlands near the bridge.
Seeing this as a symbol of cooperation between the two sides, Taipei County chief You Ching said he will work closely with the city government to protect the river ecology.
www.taipei.org /current/wildlif6.htm   (497 words)

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