Get to know Taoyuan City
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- Administrative area
- County / city · 縣市
- Part of
- Taiwan
- Chinese name
- 桃園市
- Local areas
- 13 local areas
Area & population
- Area in the source
- 1,220.95 km²
- Administrative seat
- Taoyuan District
Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.
Taoyuan City is home to many industrial parks and tech company headquarters. Due to the city's proximity to Taipei, and the lower cost of living, Taoyuan has had the fastest population growth of any city in Taiwan in recent decades. The city is also home to 116,000 foreign workers, with many coming from Southeast Asia and working in factories or as household caregivers. Taoyuan International Airport, which serves the capital, Taipei and the rest of northern Taiwan, is located in this city.
Nature attractions
Shimen Reservoir Shihmen Reservoir is one of Taiwan's major reservoirs. Once the largest water conservancy project in Southeast Asia, visitors may find many restaurants open near the reservoir serving fresh reservoir fish delicacies. There is also a 3 km bikeway surrounding the back pond. Shimen Reservoir provides almost all of the water in Taoyuan, as well as to New Taipei City's Xinzhuang, Banqiao, and Linkou districts. Lala Mountain Lala Mountain is one of Taiwan's "natural protection zones," including 500- to 2,800-year-old divine trees and the "No. 5 Divine Tree," which predates Confucius.
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Core places to explore, with English and Chinese names.
Daxi Old Street 大溪老街
Taoyuan International Airport 桃園國際機場
Lalashan National Forest Recreation Area 拉拉山
Jiaobanshan Residence and Grounds 角板山行馆
Daxi Wood Art Ecomuseum 大溪木艺生态博物馆
Shihmen Reservoir 石门水库
Taoyuan District 桃園區
Zhongli District 中壢區
Daxi District 大溪區
Yangmei District 楊梅區
Luzhu District 蘆竹區
Dayuan District 大園區
Guishan District 龜山區
Bade District 八德區
Longtan District 龍潭區
Pingzhen District 平鎮區
Xinwu District 新屋區
Guanyin District 觀音區
Fuxing District 復興區
Places to explore around Taoyuan City
Historic shopfronts along Daxi Old Street · 大溪老街历史街屋立面 Source-recorded photograph date: 2012-03-16 14:03:21.Daxi Old Street大溪老街
Daxi’s old streets grew around a prosperous inland port on the Dahan River. The surviving shop houses combine ornate Baroque-style facades with local decorative traditions. Look above the modern signs to see the shaped parapets…
Read the place guide →Terminal 1 exterior at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport · 桃园国际机场第一航厦外观 Source-recorded photograph date: 2019-06-22 11:06:11.Taoyuan International Airport桃園國際機場
Taoyuan International Airport is a major arrival point for trips around Taiwan, connected to the metropolitan rail network by the Airport MRT. Its terminal facilities include places to eat, shop and rest while waiting for a…
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Giant Tree No. 1 beside the forest path at Lalashan · 拉拉山森林步道旁的一号巨木 Source-recorded photograph date: 2023-01-01 13:22:42.Lalashan National Forest Recreation Area拉拉山
Lalashan's national forest recreation area protects a mountain forest around Upper Baling in Taoyuan's Fuxing District.
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The residence building in the Jiaobanshan grounds · 角板山行馆园区内的行馆建筑 Source-recorded photograph date: 2021-12-08 16:23:51.Jiaobanshan Residence and Grounds角板山行馆
Jiaobanshan Residence in Taoyuan's Fuxing District combines a former presidential retreat with landscaped grounds and views over the Dahan River valley.
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No. 1 Hall of the Daxi Wood Art Ecomuseum · 大溪木艺生态博物馆壹号馆 Source-recorded photograph date: 2025-01-29 16:10:26.Daxi Wood Art Ecomuseum大溪木艺生态博物馆
Daxi Wood Art Ecomuseum connects restored buildings, local craft traditions and the community life of Daxi.
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Shihmen Dam and the downstream waterworks at Shihmen Reservoir · 石门水库的大坝与下游水工设施 Source-recorded photograph date: Taken on 25 October 2013.Shihmen Reservoir石门水库
Shihmen Reservoir occupies part of the Dahan River valley and combines water infrastructure with a substantial recreation landscape.
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Taoyuan City local specialties
桃園市特色美食 · 10 specialties to discover
Daxi Dried Tofu 大溪豆干
Daxi Dried Tofu (大溪豆干) is the dark, firm pressed tofu of Daxi District (大溪区) in southeastern Taoyuan (桃园), Taiwan.
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Longtan Peanut Candy 龙潭花生糖AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非实拍）
Longtan Peanut Candy (龙潭花生糖) is the peanut confectionery of Longtan District (龙潭区) in Taoyuan (桃园), best known in its soft form, peanut soft candy (花生软糖), which is the souvenir Longtan is best known for.
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Hakka Stir-Fry 客家小炒
Hakka Stir-Fry (客家小炒) is a stir-fry of pork belly, dried squid and pressed tofu with celery and spring onion, one of the 'four stews and four stir-fries' (四炆四炒) that HakkaNews (客新聞) calls the classic set of Hakka dishes.
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Hakka Steamed Rice Buns 客家菜包AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非实拍）
Hakka Steamed Rice Buns (客家菜包) are a Taiwanese Hakka rice snack: a savoury radish filling wrapped in a skin of glutinous rice and steamed.
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Hakka Savory Rice Ball Soup 客家咸汤圆Reference photo of a similar dish · 同类菜品参考照片
Hakka Savory Rice Ball Soup (客家咸汤圆) is small glutinous rice balls served in a savoury broth of pork, dried shiitake, dried shrimp and garland chrysanthemum greens, a Hakka dish that the Taoyuan (桃園) City Government features on its Meet Hakka (尋客) food site.
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Zhongli Beef Noodle Soup 中坜牛肉面
Zhongli Beef Noodle Soup (中坜牛肉面) is the beef noodle soup of Zhongli (中壢), a district of Taoyuan (桃園), Taiwan.
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Longgang Flat Rice Noodle Soup 龙冈米干
Longgang Flat Rice Noodle Soup (龙冈米干) is a Yunnan-style dish of flat rice noodles in bone broth, a common dish in the Longgang (龙冈) area of Taoyuan (桃园) around Zhongzhen Market (忠贞市场).
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Daxi Moonlight Cake 大溪月光饼Reference photo of a similar dish · 同类菜品参考照片
Daxi Moonlight Cake (大溪月光饼) is a round sweet-potato-filled cake from Daxi (大溪), Taoyuan (桃園). Its name refers to its resemblance to the full moon, and its filling makes use of the area's sweet potatoes.
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All dish names · 全部菜名 (10)
- Daxi Dried Tofu · 大溪豆干
- Longtan Peanut Candy · 龙潭花生糖
- Hakka Stir-Fry · 客家小炒
- Hakka Steamed Rice Buns · 客家菜包
- Hakka Savory Rice Ball Soup · 客家咸汤圆
- Zhongli Beef Noodle Soup · 中坜牛肉面
- Longgang Flat Rice Noodle Soup · 龙冈米干
- Daxi Moonlight Cake · 大溪月光饼
- Shimen Live Fish Banquet · 石门活鱼
- Taoyuan Pork Intestine Vermicelli · 桃园大肠面线
More dishes from across Taiwan are in the Taiwan food guide.
Townships, districts & local cities in Taoyuan City
13 areas belong directly to Taoyuan City.
13 areas
Taoyuan District 桃園區
Taoyuan District is a district of Taoyuan City in northwestern Taiwan. Formerly a county-administered city also known as Taoyuan City (桃園市) before 2014, when the former Taoyuan County was elevated to a…
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Zhongli District is a district in Taoyuan City, Taiwan. Zhongli is spelled variously as Jungli, Jongli, Jhongli or Chungli on railway stations, bus stops and road signs.
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Daxi District, formerly known as Daxi Township, is a district in eastern Taoyuan City, Taiwan. In March 2012, it was named one of the Top 10 Small Tourist Destinations by the Tourism Bureau of Taiwan.
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Yangmei District is a district in southwestern Taoyuan City, Taiwan. The centre of the district is Yangmei town itself. The traditional residents are Hakka people.
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Luzhu District 蘆竹區
Luzhu District is a district in Taoyuan City, Taiwan, home to 165,914 people.
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Dayuan District, formerly known as Dayuan Township is a coastal district in northwestern Taoyuan City, Taiwan.
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Guishan District is a district in northeastern Taoyuan City, Taiwan.
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Bade District is a district in the central part of Taoyuan City, Taiwan (Republic of China). It is the smallest district by area in Taoyuan City.
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Longtan District is a rural district in southern Taoyuan City, Taiwan. Longtan is home to the headquarters of the Republic of China Army.
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Pingzhen District is a district in the central part of Taoyuan City, Taiwan, home to 227,047 people.
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Xinwu or Sinwu District is a rural, coastal district in Taoyuan City, Taiwan, home to 49,046 people, most of whom are Hakka.
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Guanyin District is a rural, coastal district in western Taoyuan City, Taiwan. Guanyin is the name of a Buddhist boddhisattva.
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Fuxing District (Atayal: Pyasan; Chinese: 復興區; pinyin: Fùxīng Qū), formerly known as Fuxing Township or Fu-Hsing Township is a mountain indigenous district in eastern Taoyuan City, Taiwan.
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Plan your visit
Getting there
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Daxi Old Street and Taoyuan International Airport are about 20 km apart in a straight line. The linked place guides have entrance and visit details.
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Sources & geographic information
Administrative names and parent areas: Official geographic directory · Reference date 2026-09-06.
Background text adapted from Taoyuan, Taiwan — Wikipedia contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text has been shortened and reorganized; source revision 1369792555.
Photo: Daxi Old Street · MiNe · CC BY 2.0. Full-frame source proportionally resized and converted to WebP for display. No subject alteration. Source-supplied marks and edits remain; cards may crop the view.
Photo: Taoyuan International Airport · 毛貓大少爺 · CC BY-SA 2.0. Full-frame source proportionally resized and converted to WebP for display. No subject alteration. Source-supplied marks and edits remain; cards may crop the view.
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Photo: Jiaobanshan Residence and Grounds · Taiwankengo · CC BY-SA 4.0. Full-frame source proportionally resized and converted to WebP for display. No subject alteration. Source-supplied marks and edits remain; cards may crop the view.
Photo: Daxi Wood Art Ecomuseum · Allervous · CC BY 4.0. Full-frame source proportionally resized and converted to WebP for display. No subject alteration. Source-supplied marks and edits remain; cards may crop the view.
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