Chiayi
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Jiayi is a redirect to this article. For Jiayi (稼依镇) Greater Township in Yanshan County, Yunnan Province, China, see Jiayi (Yanshan).
Chiayi (Chinese 嘉義市 / 嘉义市, Pinyin Jiāyì Shì, Tongyong Pinyin Jiayì Shìh, W.-G. Chia-i Shih, Pe̍h-ōe-jī Ka-gī chhī) is a county-level city in the Republic of China on Taiwan. It is located in the southwestern part of Taiwan and is enclosed by Chiayi County. With an area of 60 km² and a population of about 275,000, it is the smallest county-level city in the Republic of China.
Geography
Chiayi is located on the northeastern edge of the Jianan Plain, the largest plain in Taiwan. A few hills extend into the eastern part of the urban area, gradually rising to the Alishan Mountains, some 25 km to the east, which are up to 2,663 m high.
The city lies between the east-west flowing rivers Puzi in the north and Bazhang in the south.
Chiayi is located on the Tropic of Cancer, which runs south of the city area, and thus at the transition between the subtropical and tropical climate zones.
Administrative division
After Chiayi gained its county freedom in 1981, there was initially no division into districts. On October 6, 1990, the city was divided into two districts (區, Qū), "West" and "East":
| Map | District | Residents | Area | ||
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| Xī Qū | "( West district ) | 147.284 | 030,9061 | ||
| Dōng Qū | "( Eastern District ) | 121.807 | 029,1195 | ||
