Get to know East District
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- Administrative area
- District · 區
- Part of
- Taichung City
- Chinese name
- 東區
- Local areas
- District guide
Area & population
- Area in the source
- 9.26 km²
Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.
Sugar industry and collections
The former Imperial Sugar Company Taichung office (帝國製糖廠臺中營業所) became a listed historic building in 2016 and reopened in 2019 for industrial-culture displays and other new uses. The district’s Xintiandi Western Museum (新天地西洋博物館) occupies a converted restaurant, with European collections and ceiling murals rendered in three-dimensional effects.
Books and market food
Hanxi Night Market (旱溪夜市) has streets organised around different stall themes; pineapple ice and crisp spring rolls feature in the tourism bureau’s food suggestions. Ruicheng Bookstore (瑞成書局) specialises in religion, humanities, traditional divination and health-related books. Jingwu and Taichung railway stations serve the district.
Sources for this guide
〖宅．在臺中｜東區〗 · Taichung Tourism and Travel Bureau
East District, Taichung · Wikipedia contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Original English written from the listed sources and checked sentence by sentence against quoted extracts by a separate reviewer. Updated 2026-09-30.
Explore East District
Core places to explore, with English and Chinese names.
East District 東區
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Getting there
East District covers the centre of Taichung City. Search for 東區 in a map app to find stations and your accommodation.
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Sources & geographic information
Administrative names and parent areas: Official geographic directory · Reference date 2026-09-06.
Some facts checked against East District, Taichung — Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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