Key facts
- Country
- Republic of China (Taiwan)
- Province
- Taiwan Province (government dissolved)
- Region
- Southwestern Taiwan
- Seat
- Taibao City
- Largest city
- Minxiong
- Boroughs
- 2 cities, 16 (2 urban, 14 rural) townships
- County magistrate
- Weng Chang-liang ( DPP )
- Total
- 1,901.67 km (734.24 sq mi)
- Rank
- 10 of 22
- Density
- 256.623/km (664.650/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+8 ( National Standard Time )
- Iso 3166 code
- TW-CYQ
- Website
- cyhg.gov.tw
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county of Taiwan
- Country
- Taiwan
- Located in
- Taiwan
- Contains
- Meishan Township
- Capital
- Taibao City
- Population
- 474796
- Area
- 1902
- Time zone
- UTC+08:00
- Shares border with
- Nantou County
- Official website
- www.cyhg.gov.tw
- Image
- Chiayi County Montage.png
- Households
- 195518
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- Commons category
- Chiayi County
- topic's main category
- Category:Chiayi County
- language used
- Taiwanese Hokkien
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Chiayi County
- inception
- 1950-10-01
- native label
- 嘉義縣
- executive body
- Chiayi County Government
- male population
- 245535
- female population
- 229261
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Encyclopedic overview
Chiayi is a county in Taiwan. Located in southwestern Taiwan surrounding but not including Chiayi City, it is the sixth largest county in the island of Taiwan. Its major tourist destination is Alishan National Scenic Area.
Name
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chiayi County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.