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County in Republic of China
Hualien County
花蓮縣
County
Top:Liyu Lake, Second left:A cigarette product house in Fenglin, Second right:Taroco Gorge in Cross Island Highway, Third left:Qixingtan Beach in Xincheng, Third right:Hualien Railroad Station, Bottom left:Cingshui Cliffs near Suhua Highway, Bottom right:A paddy field in Shoufeng, backyard in Central Mountain Range
Hualien County (Mandarin Wade–Giles: Hua¹-lien² Hsien⁴; Pīnyīn: Huālián Xiàn; Hokkien POJ: Hoa-lian-koān or Hoa-liân-koān; Hakka PFS: Fâ-lièn-yen; Amis: Kalingko) is a county on the east coast of Taiwan. It is Taiwan's largest county by area, yet due to its mountainous terrain, has one of the lowest populations in the country. The county seat and largest city is Hualien City. Hualien County is located in the eastern part of Taiwan; the Pacific Ocean is to its east and the Central Mountain Range is to its west. Hualien is the largest county in Taiwan in terms of area, with a long, narrow and mountainous terrain.
Most of the population resides in the Huadong Valley, which runs north to south, sandwiched between the Central and Hai'an mountain ranges. Due to the rural nature of the county, Hualien attracts many visitors for its natural environment, which includes Taroko Gorge, Qingshui Cliff and Qixingtan Beach.
Much of the modern day Hualien County was populated by the Sakizaya people prior to the arrival of the Spanish, Dutch and Han Chinese, who later joined the Qing. The region was renamed Karenkō Prefecture in 1895 during Japanese colonial rule. After the end of the World War II, the Republic of China, established in 1911 after the fall of the Qing, took control of Taiwan and reorganized the former Karenkō Prefecture as Hualien County of Taiwan Province in 1945. Taiwan Province would later be downsized in 1998 and Hualien County became directly governed by the Executive Yuan.
As of February 2023, Hualien's organic cultivation area has reached 3,175 hectares, and the organic cultivation area is the largest in the country, accounting for 23% of the total area. Hualien is the largest organic agricultural production base in Taiwan.[2]
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