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Dongshih, Taichung

Dongshih (東勢, Hakka: Tung-si) is an urban township in eastern Taichung County, Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. A majority of the residents are of Hakka ethnicity, making it an enclave in an otherwise non-Hakka county.

Buildings in Dongshih were severely demaged by Chi-Chi earthquake in 2001.

Note: There is a rural township with the identical name in Yunlin County. In fact the name is quite a common one based on geography.



07-14-2008 23:18:10
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