East District, Taichung
# East District, Taichung

24°08′14″N 120°41′48″E﻿ / ﻿24.137276°N 120.696732°E﻿ / 24.137276; 120.696732

East District (Chinese: 東區; pinyin: Dōng Qū) is an urban district in Taichung, Taiwan. It was a part of Taichung City before the City and County were merged in 2010.

## History

The district used to be part of the Taichung provincial city before the merger with Taichung County to form the Taichung special municipality on 25 December 2010.

## Administrative divisions

East District is divided into 17 villages, which are: Xinzhuang, Zhenxing, Tungqiao, Tungxing, Quanyuan, Gancheng, Hanxi, Lecheng, Tungmen, Shijia, Tungying, Tungnan, Tungshi, Gezuo, Furen, Futai and Tungxin.

## Tourist attractions

* Hanxi Night Market
* Dongguang Green Tunnel (東光錄園道)
* Lecheng Temple
* Lin Family Ancestral Shrine
* Zhang Liao Family Temple

## Transportation

The district is served the Jingwu and Taichung stations of the Taiwan Railways Administration.

