Taoyuan
city in Taiwan
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Taoyuan has its capital in Taoyuan District.
Its population is 2.4M (2025).[1] The area is 1.2k.
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Taiwan[3]
- Country: Taiwan[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Dahan River[5], Datiekeng Xi[6]
- Head of government: Simon Chang[7]
- Continent: Asia[8]
- Instance of: city[9], big city[10]
- Capital: Taoyuan District[11]
- Shares border with: New Taipei[12], Hsinchu County[13]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Bade District[14], Taoyuan District[15], Dayuan District[16], Luzhu District[17], Guishan District[18], Daxi District[19], Zhongli District[20], Fuxing District[21], Pingzhen District[22], Guanyin District[23], Longtan[24], Xinwu District[25], Yangmei District[26]
- Twinned administrative body: Alameda County[27], Narita[28]
- Legislative body: Taoyuan City Council[29]
- Executive body: Taoyuan City Government[30]
- Part of: Northern Taiwan[31]
- Commons category: Taoyuan City[32]
- Located in time zone: UTC+08:00[33]
- Local dialing code: 03[34]
- Inception: December 25, 2014[35]
- Official website: http://www.tycg.gov.tw/eng/[36]
- Topic's main category: Category:Taoyuan City[37]
- Commons gallery: 桃園市[38]
- Population: 2,293,509[39], 2,326,581[40], 2,328,488[41], 2,352,683[42]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Taoyuan[43]
- Replaces: Taoyuan County[44]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Taoyuan[45]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Taoyuan[46]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Taoyuan include Taoyuan International Airport[47], an international airport[48], in Taiwan[49], founded in 1979[50] and Taoyuan HSR station[51], a railway station[52], in Taiwan[53], founded in 2006[54].
Why It Matters
Taoyuan has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] Taoyuan is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]
Entities named for Taoyuan include Taoyuan International Airport[47], an international airport[48], in Taiwan[49], founded in 1979[50] and Taoyuan HSR station[51], a railway station[52], in Taiwan[53], founded in 2006[54].