Liming New Village ( zh, t=黎明新村, p=Límíng Xīncūn) is a

planned community A planned community, planned city, planned town, or planned settlement is any community that was carefully planned from its inception and is typically constructed on previously undeveloped land. This contrasts with settlements that evolve ...

located in Nantun District,

Taichung City Taichung (, Wade–Giles: '), officially Taichung City, is a special municipality in central Taiwan. Taichung is Taiwan's second-largest city, with more than 2.85 million residents, making it the largest city in Central Taiwan. It serves as th ...

, Taiwan. The community's boundaries roughly corresponds to those of Liming

Village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

History

Originally,

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was simultaneously the capital of the Republic of China and

Taiwan Province Taiwan Province ( zh, t=臺灣省 , p=Táiwān Shěng , poj=Tâi-oân-séng; PFS: ''Thòi-vàn-sén'' or ''Thòi-vân-sén'') is a ''de jure'' administrative division of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Provinces remain a titular division as ...

, which was deemed a security risk in the case of an invasion by the Communist government in mainland China. Therefore, it was decided that the provincial government would move to central Taiwan, and government employees would live in new planned communities inspired by the

garden city movement The garden city movement was a 20th century urban planning movement promoting satellite communities surrounding the central city and separated with Green belt, greenbelts. These Garden Cities would contain proportionate areas of residences, i ...

. The first two communities built were Guangfu New Village and

Zhongxing New Village Zhongxing New Village, sometimes rendered as Chunghsing New Village is an urban village located in Nantou City, Nantou County, Taiwan (ROC) and was the seat of government of Taiwan Province until the abolition of the Taiwan Provincial Governmen ...

. In 1972, some government agencies were temporarily relocated from Taipei to Gancheng military base near

Taichung railway station Taichung station () is a railway station in Taichung, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railway (TR). It is served by all TR services on the Western Trunk line. History The station was originally constructed in 1905 in a wooden building architectural ...

while they searched for another tract of land to develop. Sancuo Farm (三厝農場), an empty piece of farmland, was chosen as the site of the new community. The first agencies to move in were the Water Resources Agency, the Land Administration Agency, and the Environmental Protection Agency, and other branches moved in over the next decade. Meanwhile, low-density residential buildings for public servants were constructed to house roughly one thousand families, complete with parks and other green space. There was also some small-scale agriculture along a small creek to the west of the community. Due to Taichung's urban growth, there have been multiple calls to demolish Liming New Village and redevelop it in a manner similar to the adjacent 7th Redevelopment Zone, the city's new

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Central Taiwan Joint Services Center and Liming New Village sign 20100808.jpg, One of the entrances to the village. Left: Office building for the

Ministry of the Interior An interior ministry or ministry of the interior (also called ministry of home affairs or ministry of internal affairs) is a government department that is responsible for domestic policy, public security and law enforcement. In some states, the ...

. Right: A police station. Liming New Village House.JPG, One of the original residences in the community Taichung City Xiaokang Traditional Market.JPG, Traditional market Liming Village Physical Activity Center.JPG, Gymnasium

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{{Authority control Geography of Taichung Planned communities established in the 1970s Military dependents' village, Taiwan

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