Taoyuan City

Taoyuan City (Chinese: 桃園市; pinyin: Táoyuán Shì) is a special municipality of Taiwan, Republic of China, in the northwestern part of the island, next to New Taipei City. Taoyuan District is in this municipality and serves as the seat of Taoyuan City.

"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. Taipei Taoyuan International Airport, which serves Taipei, is inside this county.

Administrative divisions

Taoyuan City controls 13 districts.

Tongyong Pinyin	Hanzi	Wade–Giles	Hanyu Pinyin	Taiwanese
Taoyuan District	桃園	T'ao-yüan	Táoyuán	Thô-hn̂g
Zhongli District	中壢	Chung-li	Zhōnglì	Tiong-le̍k
Pingzhen District	平鎮	P'ing-chen	Píngzhèn	Pêng-tìn
Bade District	八德	Pa-teh	Bādé	Pat-tek
Daxi District	大溪	Ta-hsi	Dàxī	Tāi-khe
Yangmei District	楊梅	Yang-mei	Yángméi	Iûⁿ-mûi
Luzhu District	蘆竹	Lu-chu	Lúzhú	Lô·-tek
Dayuan District	大園	Ta-yüan	Dàyúan	Toā-Hn̂g
Guishan District	龜山	Kuei-shan	Guīshān	Ku-soaⁿ
Longtan District	龍潭	Lung-t'an	Lóngtán	Liông-thâm
Xinwu District	新屋	Hsin-wu	Xīnwū	Sin-ok
Guanyin District	觀音	Kuan-yin	Guānyīn	Koan-im
Fuxing District	復興	Fu-hsing	Fùxīng	Hok-heng