Hi....I'm from the Phils. near Manila:hi:
I'm just asking what's taiwan's 3rd largest city? plz. post some pix

Hi....I'm from the Phils. near Manille:hi:
I'm just asking what's taiwan's 3rd largest city? plz. post some pix

hello Josh :wave:

think the 3rd largest taiwanese city must be Taichung, in the middle of taiwan. a very nice city.

The third biggest city on the island is Taichung.
As Taipei means "Taiwan North," Taichung means "Taiwan Center" in literal sense.
Taichung, 2 hours south of Taipei by car, is a city with a population just over 1 million and about 2.5 million in the metropolitan. Although Taichung's metro population is very close to that of Kaohsiung, it's still relatively small in economy and importance compared to Kaohsiung. Nevertheless, Taichung is the fastest growing city in Taiwan now, and maybe one day it can surpass Kaohsiung and become the second largest city.
One thing worth noting is that Taichung is the birth place of bubble tea (aka pearl tea).

http://www.sealaskatimber.com/images/Taiwan%20Maps/Taichunghbr.jpg

http://www.thsrc.com.tw/emain/construct/building/image/taichung-e.jpg
Taichung bullet train (high speed train) station

http://files2.61.fm/image/3/WuWei%20Teahouse,TAICHUNG,Taiwan.jpg

http://sixq.net/mei/Taichung.JPG

http://www.johnqubti.com/uploaded_images/taichung_sunrise-780761.jpg

http://www.johnqubti.com/uploaded_images/ultimate_game-723567.jpg

There are also a couple good shots of Taichung that can not be put on here. So I will just show the link rather the photos.

http://www.worldcityphotos.org/Taiwan/TAI-Taichung-JerryChien1.jpg

http://www.worldcityphotos.org/Taiwan/TAI-Taichung-skyscraperpagecom1.jpg This one shows you that the air pollution in Taichung is a bit serious, eh? haha

http://www.worldcityphotos.org/Taiwan/TAI-Taichung-skyscraperpagecom2.jpg

okay, I just found out that even the links are not working for that website, so I guess I will just give you the following link which will lead you to the Taiwan section of the website rather than the photos themselves. But anyway, you can find 4 Taichung photos in the section. The third one is the one that shows how serious Taichung's air pollution is.
http://www.worldcityphotos.org/Taiwan/
All the photos above were found on the internet. I do not hold the copy rights of any of them

else Taichung's pics..

if u guys'd like to view my Paris' pics, open this link.. :)

http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=7095515#post7095515


http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/1319/23483507935069dsc003169ys.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/9541/redimensionnementde063700112mr.jpg (http://imageshack.us) (by pierre-laurent)

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/9412/redimensionnementdephoto0156ya.jpg (http://imageshack.us) (by pierre-laurent)

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/4844/redimensionnementdephoto0145wj.jpg (http://imageshack.us) (by pierre-laurent)

It doesn't look big in the pictures...

Some more pictures of 台中 Taizhong (Taichung)

http://www.wangweili.com/forums/scc/bev/15.jpg

http://www.wangweili.com/forums/scc/tfs/taizhong.jpg

http://www.wangweili.com/forums/scc/tfs/taizhong_kexue_bowuguan.jpg

I appreciate all the info about Taichung. Taichung is a beautiful city. Thnx guys:colgate:

Taichung is indeed a beautiful city....how does it fare with Kaoshiung and Keelung?

The third biggest city on the island is Taichung.
As Taipei means "Taiwan North," Taichung means "Taiwan Center" in literal sense.
Taichung, 2 hours south of Taipei by car, is a city with a population just over 1 million and about 2.5 million in the metropolitan. Although Taichung's metro population is very close to that of Kaohsiung, it's still relatively small in economy and importance compared to Kaohsiung. Nevertheless, Taichung is the fastest growing city in Taiwan now, and maybe one day it can surpass Kaohsiung and become the second largest city.
One thing worth noting is that Taichung is the birth place of bubble tea (aka pearl tea).


Wow, I now have this city to thank everytime I down a cup of delicious bubble tea.

By the way, new to skyscrapercity forums. After viewing it for several days, this is really now my favorite place so I decided to join, my two favorite cities are Singapore and Taipei from viewing this site extensively. I rather don't quite like the city I live in.

Anyways, many thanks for telling me where bubble tea came from.

So Japanese style.

Yep, looks like Fukuoka in southern Japan, mind you Taiwan is similar to the Japanese island of Kyushu in landscape.

Nice pics !

I have been to both Taichung and Taipei, and I like Taichung better than Taipei because it is not that polluted.

Don't forget to taste of Chicken ( Turkey ) Rice at Market
Yummy and extraordinary one ^^^^^^^^^^^^

I'm from Taichung =D

What is the tallest building in TaiChung? :)

^ The greenish-blue skyscraper posted above. Actually Taichung is a very beautiful, clean, and well-designed city. The pictures haven't really done it full justice, but they are nice nonetheless.

Actually Taichung is rather "unorganized" compare to Taipei in traffic. But I love it nonetheless.

Because Taipei has MRT (~1 million journeys per day), this has improved the traffic situation in the city very much.

Which are Taiwan's 5 largest cities? What ranking is Chiayi? Off topic but I was there earlier this year and the Bus Rapid Transit was under study. Is it going to be constructed? Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!

taiwan's 5 largest cities are taipei city, kaohsiung city, taichung city, tainan city, and keelung but unfortunatly i know nearly nothing on chiayi city...i will ask somebody the question...

Which are Taiwan's 5 largest cities? What ranking is Chiayi? Off topic but I was there earlier this year and the Bus Rapid Transit was under study. Is it going to be constructed? Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!originally from: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=95173&page=5

"List of Taiwanese counties and cities by population
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The following is a list of counties and cities under the jurisdiction of the Republic of China (Taiwan) ranked by population. Data is current as of May 31, 2006 and was sourced from the Ministry of the Interior.

Rank County name¹ Chinese name Population
1 Taipei County 台北縣 3,746,073
2 Taipei City 台北市 2,620,693
3 Taoyuan County 桃園縣 1,891,258
4 Taichung County 台中縣 1,535,967
5 Kaohsiung City 高雄市 1,511,601
6 Changhua County 彰化縣 1,315,559
7 Kaohsiung County 高雄縣 1,243,341
8 Tainan County 台南縣 1,106,191
9 Taichung City 台中市 1,037,429
10 Pingtung County 屏東縣 896,778
11 Tainan City 台南市 757,913
12 Yunlin County 雲林縣 732,112
13 Miaoli County 苗栗縣 559,888
14 Chiayi County 嘉義縣 556,333
15 Nantou County 南投縣 536,553
16 Hsinchu County 新竹縣 481,409
17 Yilan County 宜蘭縣 460,892
18 Hsinchu City 新竹市 392,245
19 Keelung City 基隆市 391,051
20 Hualien County 花蓮縣 346,935
21 Chiayi City 嘉義市 272,181
22 Taitung County 台東縣 238,252
23 Penghu County 澎湖縣 92,275
24 Kinmen County 金門縣 72,600²
25 Lienchiang County 連江縣 10,018²

Notes:
1. Only the cities of Taipei, Kaohsiung, province-administered cities and counties are listed. County-administered cities are excluded.
2. Kinmen and Lienchiang are under the jurisdictions of Fuchien Province, instead of Taiwan Province.

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List of Taiwanese counties and cities by area
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The following is a list of counties and cities under the jurisdiction of the Republic of China (Taiwan) ranked by area. Data was sourced from the Ministry of the Interior.

Rank County name ¹ Chinese name Area (km²)
1 Hualien County 花蓮縣 4628.5714
2 Nantou County 南投縣 4106.4360
3 Taitung County 台東縣 3515.2526
4 Kaohsiung County 高雄縣 2792.6744
5 Pingtung County 屏東縣 2775.6003
6 Yilan County 宜蘭縣 2143.6251
7 Taipei County 台北縣 2052.5667
8 Taichung County 台中縣 2051.4712
9 Tainan County 台南縣 2016.0075
10 Chiayi County 嘉義縣 1901.6725
11 Miaoli County 苗栗縣 1820.3149
12 Hsinchu County 新竹縣 1427.5931
13 Yunlin County 雲林縣 1290.8351
14 Taoyuan County 桃園縣 1220.9540
15 Changhua County 彰化縣 1074.3960
16 Taipei City 台北市 271.7997
17 Tainan City 台南市 175.6456
18 Taichung City 台中市 163.4256
19 Kaohsiung City 高雄市 153.5927
20 Kinmen County 金門縣 153.0560 ² ³
21 Keelung City 基隆市 132.7589
22 Penghu County 澎湖縣 126.8641
23 Hsinchu City 新竹市 104.0964
24 Chiayi City 嘉義市 60.0256
25 Lienchiang County 連江縣 29.6055 ² 4

Notes:
1. Only the cities of Taipei, Kaohsiung, province-administered cities and counties are listed. County-administered cities are excluded.
2. Kinmen and Lienchiang are under the jurisdiction of Fuchien Province, instead of Taiwan Province.
3. Excludes Wuchiu Townsip.
4. Data from Lienchiang County Government.

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List of Taiwanese counties and cities by population density
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The following is a list of counties and cities under the jurisdiction of the Republic of China (Taiwan) ranked by population density. The data was from the Ministry of Interior until May 31, 2004. All units are in persons per square kilometer.

Rank County name Chinese name Pop'l density
1 Kaohsiung City 高雄市 9,833
2 Taipei City 台北市 9,660
3 Taichung City 台中市 6,205
4 Chiayi City 嘉義市 4,500
5 Tainan City 台南市 4,281
6 Hsinchu City 新竹市 3,693
7 Keelung City 基隆市 2,955
8 Taipei County 台北縣 1,798
9 Taoyuan County 桃園縣 1,502
10 Changhua County 彰化縣 1,225
11 Taichung County 台中縣 742
12 Penghu County 澎湖縣 656
13 Yunlin County 雲林縣 572
14 Tainan County 台南縣 549
15 Kaohsiung County 高雄縣 443
16 Kinmen County 金門縣 403¹
17 Pingtung County 屏東縣 325
18 Hsinchu County 新竹縣 324
19 Miaoli County 苗栗縣 309
20 Lienchiang County 連江縣 301¹
21 Chiayi County 嘉義縣 294
22 Yilan County 宜蘭縣 216
23 Nantou County 南投縣 131
24 Hualien County 花蓮縣 76
25 Taitung County 台東縣 69

1. Kinmen and Lienchiang are under the jurisdiction of Fuchien Province, instead of Taiwan Province.

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難與高鐵同步 Brt公車有替代案

【大紀元10月3日訊】〔自由時報記者蔡宗勳／嘉義報導〕高鐵能否在10月底通車，可能有所變數，而高鐵嘉義太保站聯外brt公車如期發車可能性更低，嘉義縣長陳明文強調，縣公車處已做好隨時待命上陣的準備，儘量滿足搭車乘客的需求。

陳明文指出，高鐵預定在10月底通車，雖然有可能延期，但這不是地方可以左右，不過brt公車能否配合高鐵通車上路，則攸關嘉義地區民眾權益，縣府一直保持高度關切，依目前發包作業來看，前景並不樂觀。

縣府指示公車待命

陳明文表示，brt公車啟動充滿變數，縣府已未雨綢繆，早就要求公車處對行駛至高鐵車站的路線、班次儘速完成規劃，如果有需要，隨時可以代打上陣，提供民眾便捷的大眾運輸工具。

公車處也強調，目前從嘉義市發車經高鐵太保站的班次，平均不到1個鐘頭就有1班車，屆時如果有必要，除增加班車的密度，為配合高鐵行車時刻，還會提早與延長發車時間，儘可能滿足高鐵乘客大眾運輸的需求。

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BRT's implementation is delayed due to the lack of trafficking load after the access at this point. I foresee its operation at around the same time when Chiayi National Palace's grand opening ~2010-11. "

(special thanks to Kidd) ;)

Because Taipei has MRT (~1 million journeys per day), this has improved the traffic situation in the city very much.

Yea that obviously, but Taipei is just much more organized in traffic overall. Nobody walks when it's red light, everybody wears helmets for motorpeds. In Taichung, it's just totally chaos. Everybody in Taipei actually follows the rules. People in Taichung don't. Other than the biggest road (中港路) and 文心路, they're all pretty chaotic. Especially right in front of 中友百貨

Yea that obviously, but Taipei is just much more organized in traffic overall. Nobody walks when it's red light, everybody wears helmets for motorpeds. In Taichung, it's just totally chaos. Everybody in Taipei actually follows the rules. People in Taichung don't. Other than the biggest road (中港路) and 文心路, they're all pretty chaotic. Especially right in front of 中友百貨

I agree. Even when comparing it to Taiwan's second largest city its a world of a difference. Everyone on the subway is orderly and traffic is orderly even when everything is fast paced. And you don't get sights of rotting buildings everywhere like in Kaohsiung.

Well you can't really help with the rotting buildings. It's too freaking humid in Taiwan. The metal in the buildings rust, so thats where those streaks of brownish color on the walls come from.

Well you can't really help with the rotting buildings. It's too freaking humid in Taiwan. The metal in the buildings rust, so thats where those streaks of brownish color on the walls come from.

I live in Singapore and its much more humid here but the government, authorities and private developers repaint exterior walls every 5 years or so. Taiwanese buildings tend to look decaying from the outside but on the inside it looks like a condo! No offence intended.

hello guys, greetings from romania, i just read an article about a sky-scraper and i saw it was designed by a romanian arhitect. do you know something about this :

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2010-11/19/taiwan-tower-has-floating-elevators

HELL NO!!!!! PLEASE TELL ME THAT'S A JOKE!! THEY BETTER NOT BUILD THAT MONSTROSITY IN TAIWAN!!! AND I THOUGHT TAIWANESE ARCHITECTS ARE BAD!!! ROMANIANS ARE WORSE!!!!! :eek2::omg:

it is just an ideea, it's like a concept of a car, the owner will not build the concept for selling it, just to take a look in the future.
it dosen't mean that the building will look like that 100% ;)

it is just an ideea, it's like a concept of a car, the owner will not build the concept for selling it, just to take a look in the future.
it dosen't mean that the building will look like that 100% ;)

It better only look 1% of the original!!

I like it... the floating segments look pretty innovative to me. What did you want, a massive steel pylon like the Tokyo Tower that looks like it should be holding up power lines?

NO!!!!!!! please not this design, some concepts are good. But over all.. NO!!!!!!!!!

would this structure resist to taiwan's typhoon??

why do they even need to build a taiwan tower? for what? there's nothing interesting to see around that area! not like there's an interesting skyline to view like ny, hk, london, etc. waste of money if you ask me. they need to spend the money beautifying the cities and landscaping!!

would this structure resist to taiwan's typhoon??
Typhoon paths can be predicted, so it is possible to just ground all the elevators before a typhoon strikes. Whether it can withstand large earthquakes is a bigger issue, if you ask me.

why do they even need to build a taiwan tower? for what? there's nothing interesting to see around that area! not like there's an interesting skyline to view like ny, hk, london, etc. waste of money if you ask me. they need to spend the money beautifying the cities and landscaping!!

Emm... London also doesnt really have a skyline! hahaha! Maybe its designed to look across the strait :p It will be a good boost to the Taichung Skyline if the location is right. I agree with you that they should spend the money on beautifying the city! I think all Taiwanese cities should focus on city renewal instead of using new land to build new buildings. Thats the sad thing about a capitalist and democratic society, a "willing seller willing buyer situation" that drives up the land price. Investors rather build on new land instead of redeveloping old areas. Look at the areas around the train station for instance.

Typhoon paths can be predicted, so it is possible to just ground all the elevators before a typhoon strikes. Whether it can withstand large earthquakes is a bigger issue, if you ask me.pfff..i think this sort of structure is too complicated for taiwan's climate and earthquakes...

Emm... London also doesnt really have a skyline! hahaha! Maybe its designed to look across the strait :p It will be a good boost to the Taichung Skyline if the location is right. I agree with you that they should spend the money on beautifying the city! I think all Taiwanese cities should focus on city renewal instead of using new land to build new buildings. Thats the sad thing about a capitalist and democratic society, a "willing seller willing buyer situation" that drives up the land price. Investors rather build on new land instead of redeveloping old areas. Look at the areas around the train station for instance.

what u talking about? london has a skyline and a much better one than taichung!! full of modern high-rises and old buildings like the parliament building and cathedrals.

There's not that many modern buildings in London compared to the old ones. There's only a few in zone 1. The new district in Taichung is quite modern

There's not that many modern buildings in London compared to the old ones. There's only a few in zone 1. The new district in Taichung is quite modern

but you're talking 2 different issues. one is existence of a skyline, the other is modern architecture. which is it? you said london doesnt really have a skyline which isnt true at all. london has a beautiful skyline much of it consisting of older buildings and traditional achitecture. plus the canary wharf area has tall modern buildings. taichung doesnt have any interesting QUALITY architecture or anything interesting to see like london has to warrant this 'taiwan tower'.


http://www.hartshorn.us/Family/Reunion-2005/LondonSkyline.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IFYtxVIf5Go/TPQqLP0y8uI/AAAAAAAAAr0/4YEAhNFls5E/s1600/london+skyline+at+night.png