West District, Taichung

West 西區
District
West District
West District in Taichung City
Country	Republic of China
City	Taichung
Subdivisions	List 25 villages 628 neighborhoods
Area
• Total	5.7042 km2 (2.2024 sq mi)
Population (January 2016)
• Total	115,798
• Density	20,000/km2 (53,000/sq mi)
Website	Official website

West District office

West District (Chinese: 西區; pinyin: Xi Qū) is a district of Taichung, Taiwan. It is the second smallest district in Taichung City after Central District. Former Taichung City Hall and part of Taichung City Government offices are located in this district.

History

The district used to be part of Taichung provincial city before the merger with Taichung County to form Taichung special municipality on 25 December 2010.

Division

The West District of Taichung is divided into 25 Li (里):

2

Education

• National Taichung University of Education

Tourism

Taichung Takenori Hall

National Taiwan Museum of Fine Art

Historic sites

• Taichung Prefecture and auxiliary building complex
• Taichung City Hall
• Datun Region Hall
• Taichung Takenori Hall
• National Taichung University of Education Administrative Building
• Datung Elementary School Administrative Building
• Sun Li-jen Former Residence
• Lin Chih-Chu Studio

Museums and arts

• National Museum of Natural Science
• National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts
• Taichung City Dadun Cultural Center
• Taichung Municipal Cultural Center (台中市立文化中心)
• Tea Street (精明一街)
• Dalu Road Commercial District
• Wuquan Parkway（美術園道）
• Jingguo Parkway（經國園道）

See also

• Taichung

External links

• Taichung West district Office (Chinese)