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Taichung City, Taiwani
Regional Level Types
Taichung CityMunicipality
TaiwanDisputed Territory

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Taichung1,040,725 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
342053
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:342053:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
Classical Chinese:
臺中市, 臺灣
French:
Taichung, Taïwan
German:
Taichung, Taiwan
Italian:
Taichung, Taiwan
Russian:
Тайчжун, Тайвань
Simplified Chinese:
台中市, 臺灣
Spanish:
Taichung, Taiwán
Traditional Chinese:
臺中市, 臺灣
Afrikaans:
Taichung
Arabic:
تاي شانغ, مقاطعة تايوان
Asturian:
Taichung
Bengali:
তাইচোং, তাইওয়ান প্রদেশ
Catalan:
Taichung, Taiwan
Chechen:
Тайчжун
Czech:
Tchaj-čung, Tchaj-wan
Danish:
Taichung, Taiwan
Dutch:
Taichung, Taiwan
Esperanto:
Tajĉung, Tajvano
Farsi/Persian:
تایچونگ, استان تایوان تایپه
Finnish:
Taichung, Taiwanin
Gan:
臺中市
Greek:
Ταϊτσούνγκ, Ταϊβάν
Gujarati:
તાઈચુંગ, તાઇવાન પ્રાંત
Hakka:
Thòi-chûng-sṳ, 臺灣
Hebrew:
טאיג'ונג, טאיוואן
Hindi:
ताइचुंग, ताइवान प्रांत
Hungarian:
Tajcshung
Indonesian:
Kota Taichung, Taiwan
Irish Gaelic:
Taichung
Japanese:
台中市, 台湾
Kannada:
ತಾಯ್ಚುಂಗ್, ತೈವಾನ್ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ
Korean:
타이중시, 타이완성
Kyrgyz:
Тайчжун
Latvian:
Taidžuna, Taivānas
Lithuanian:
Taičungas, Taivanas
Luxembourgish:
Taichung
Macedonian:
Тајџунг, Тајван
Malay:
Taichung, Taiwan
Marathi:
ताईचुंग, तैवान प्रांत
Min Dong Chinese:
Dài-dṳ̆ng, Dài-uăng
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Tâi-tiong-chhī, Tâi-oân
Mongolian:
Тайжун
Norwegian:
Taichung, Taiwan
Occitan:
Taichung, Taiwan
Polish:
Taizhong, Tajwan
Portuguese:
Taichung, Taiwan
Quechua:
T'aychun
Romanian:
Taichung
Scots:
Taichung
Silesian:
Taizhong
Sinhalese:
ටායිචන්ග්, තායිවාන් පළාත
Swedish:
Taichung, Taiwan
Tamil:
தாய்சங், தைவான் மாகாணம்
Telugu:
టాయిచుంగ్, తైవాన్ ప్రావిన్స్
Thai:
ไถจง, มณฑลไต้หวัน
Turkish:
Taichung, Tayvan
Ukrainian:
Тайчжун, Тайвань
Urdu:
ٹائچونگ, صوبہ تائیوان
Uyghur:
Teyjong shehiri
Vietnamese:
Đài Trung, Đài Loan
Waray:
Taichung
Wu Chinese:
台中市, 臺灣
Zhuang:
Daizcungh, Swngj Daizvanh


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Fossils

There are 4 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences8
Youngest Fossil Listed2.59 Ma (Pleistocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed23.0 Ma (Miocene)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Pitoushan25.333 - 3.6 Ma (Neogene)
Kueichulin15.333 - 3.6 Ma (Neogene)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Cervus
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Cervidae : Cervus23.03 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic
Mysticeti
suborder
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Mysticeti5.333 - 3.6 Ma
Neogene
Stegodon
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Stegodontidae : Stegodon23.03 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic
Coenobita rugosus
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Coenobitidae : Coenobita : Coenobita rugosus5.333 - 3.6 Ma
Neogene
Clypeaster humilis
species
Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Clypeasteroida : Clypeasteridae : Clypeaster : Clypeaster humilis5.333 - 3.6 Ma
Neogene

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taichung
Wikidata ID:Q245023
GeoNames ID:9613500


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