which city in taiwan is larger kaohsiung or taichung
Taichung
title: Taichung text: Taichung Taichung (Hokkien POJ: "Tâi-tiong"; Hakka PFS: "Thòi-chûng"), officially known as Taichung City, is a special municipality located in central Taiwan. Taichung has a population of approximately 2.8 million people and is Taiwan's second most populous city since July 2017. It serves as the core of the Taichung–Changhua metropolitan area, which is the second largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. The current city was formed when Taichung County merged with the original provincial Taichung City to form the special municipality on 25 December 2010. Located in the Taichung Basin, the name of the city was created under Japanese rule, and became title: Taichung text: dates that the agreements were signed. Taichung Taichung (Hokkien POJ: "Tâi-tiong"; Hakka PFS: "Thòi-chûng"), officially known as Taichung City, is a special municipality located in central Taiwan. Taichung has a population of approximately 2.8 million people and is Taiwan's second most populous city since July 2017. It serves as the core of the Taichung–Changhua metropolitan area, which is the second largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. The current city was formed when Taichung County merged with the original provincial Taichung City to form the special municipality on 25 December 2010. Located in the Taichung Basin, the name of the city was title: Taiwan Province text: Taiwan Province Taiwan Province (Mandarin Pīnyīn: "Táiwān Shěng"; Taiwanese POJ: "Tâi-oân-séng"; Hakka PFS: "Thòi-vàn-sén" or "Thòi-vân-sén") is a streamlined province of the Republic of China (ROC, Taiwan). The province covers approximately 69% of the actual-controlled territory of the Republic of China, with around 31% of the total population. The Taiwan Province initially covered the island of Taiwan (Formosa), Penghu (the Pescadores), Orchid Island, Green Island, Xiaoliuqiu Island, and their surrounding islands. However, between 1967 and 2014, six special municipalities (Kaohsiung, New Taipei, Taichung, Tainan, Taipei, and Taoyuan) were split off from the province. They are all the most populous regions title: Administrative divisions of Taiwan text: Administrative divisions of Taiwan The administrative divisions of Taiwan (officially known as the Republic of China) consists of provinces and special municipalities, each province is subdivided into cities and counties. The provinces were "streamlined" and no longer functional. There are currently 6 special municipalities (Kaohsiung, New Taipei, Taichung, Tainan, Taipei and Taoyuan), 3 cities (Chiayi, Hsinchu and Keelung) and 13 counties. In 1945, after the World War II, the Republic of China acquired Taiwan (Formosa) and Penghu (the Pescadores) from the Empire of Japan. In 1949, the government of the Republic of China led by the Kuomintang lost the Chinese title: Kaohsiung text: Kaohsiung Kaohsiung (Hokkien POJ: "Ko-hiông"; Hakka PFS: "Kô-hiùng"; old names: "Takao", "Takow", "Takau") is a special municipality located in southern-western Taiwan and facing the Taiwan Strait. Kaohsiung has a population of approximately 2.77 million people and has been officially ranked as Taiwan's third most populous city since July 2017. It is Taiwan's largest municipality by area at , stretching from Mount Yu to Taiping Island. Since its start in the 17th century, Kaohsiung has grown from a small trading village into the political, economic, transportation, manufacturing, refining, shipbuilding, and industrial center of southern Taiwan. The Kaohsiung International Airport is the