Pingzhen District () is a

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in the central part of

Taoyuan City Taoyuan () is a special municipality located in northwestern Taiwan, neighboring New Taipei City to the north-east, Yilan County to the south-east, and Hsinchu County to the south-west. Taoyuan District is the seat of the municipal gove ...

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, home to 227,047 people.

History

Pingzhen was originally established as Changluliao during the Qing Dynasty rule of Taiwan. In 1920 under the Japanese rule, the city was renamed to Pingzhen. On 1 March 1992, it was upgraded from a rural township as the third

county-administered city A county-administered city is a third-level administrative divisions of Taiwan, administrative division in the Taiwan, Republic of China (Taiwan) below a Counties of Taiwan, county, which in turn is below of a Provinces of China, province. Under t ...

of Taoyuan County named Pingzhen City. On 25 December 2014, it was upgraded to a

named Pingzhen District when Taoyuan County was upgraded from a county to a municipality.

Geography

The district spans over 47.75km² of area. It is located on a hilly plateau and the entire district is on a slope.

Demographics

Pingzhen District has a population of 228,513 people as of March 2023. Most people in Pingzhen are

Hakka The Hakka (), sometimes also referred to as Hakka-speaking Chinese, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas, are a southern Han Chinese subgroup whose principal settlements and ancestral homes are dispersed widely across the provinces of southern China ...

Administrative divisions

Pingzeng, Zengxing, Nanshi, Jinxing, Pingan, Pingnan, Shanfeng, Fulin, Yongguang, Zhuangjing, Yongfeng, Yongan, Songwu, Pingxing, Guangxing, Guangda, Guangren, Fudan, Fuxing, Yimin, Yixing, Shuanglian, Gaoshuang, Beishi, Beihua, Xinshi, Beian, Xinrong, Xinfu, Xinying, Xingui, Beixing, Jinling, Beigui, Beifu, Jianan, Huaan, Tungan, Xinan, Tungshi, Longen, Tungshe, Zhongzhen, Maoyi, Longxing and Zhongzheng Village.

Tourist Attractions and Parks

* Xinshi Park * Bazizhen Riverside Park

Politics

The district is part of

Taoyuan City Constituency V Taoyuan City Constituency 5 () includes Pingzhen and Longtan in southern Taoyuan City. The district was formerly known as Taoyuan County Constituency 5 (2008-2014) and was created in 2008, when all local constituencies of the Legislative Yuan ...

electoral district An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...

for the

Legislative Yuan The Legislative Yuan () is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for four-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a ...

Transportation

* National Highway No. 1 * Provincial Highway No. 1 * Provincial Highway No. 66 *City Routes 112, 113, 113A, and 114 *

Taiwan Railways Administration Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) was a governmental agency in Taiwan which operated Taiwan Railway from 1948 to 2023. It managed, maintained, and operated conventional passenger and freight Rail transport, railway services on of track. Pa ...

: ''Pingzhen'' (2026)

Notable natives

Alicia Liu Alicia Liu (, born in Taoyuan County-now Taoyuan City-Taiwan on 12 June 1986) is a Taiwanese model and television personality, sometimes known by the nickname Xiao Ai. Liu was assigned male at birth, but underwent sex reassignment surgery ...

, model and television personality *

Chu Mu-yen Chu Mu-yen (; born 14 March 1982) is a Taiwanese Taekwondo athlete from Taiwan. He is the second Taiwanese athlete and the first male to win a gold medal at the Olympics, winning in men's under 58-kilogram class in Taekwondo at the Athens 2004 ...

, taekwondo practitioner

References

External links

* Districts of Taoyuan City {{Taiwan-geo-stub