Taroko National Park | taroko valley
FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopediaNationalparkinTaiwanTarokoNationalPark(Chinese:太魯閣國家公園;pinyin:TàilǔgéGúojiāGōngyuán;Pe̍h-ōe-jī:Thài-ló͘-kohKok-kaKong-hn̂g)isoneoftheninenationalparksinTaiwanandwasnamedaftertheTarokoGorge,thelandmarkgorgeoftheparkcarvedbytheLiwuRiver.TheparkspansTaichungMunicipality,NantouCounty,andHualienCountyandislocatedinXiulinTownship,HualienCounty,Taiwan.History[edit]MapofTarokoarea(1944)ThisnationalparkwasoriginallyestablishedastheTsugitaka-TarokoNationalPark(J...
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Taroko National Park (Chinese: 太魯閣國家公園; pinyin: Tàilǔgé Gúojiā Gōngyuán; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thài-ló͘-koh Kok-ka Kong-hn̂g) is one of the nine national parks in Taiwan and was named after the Taroko Gorge, the landmark gorge of the park carved by the Liwu River. The park spans Taichung Municipality, Nantou County, and Hualien County and is located in Xiulin Township, Hualien County, Taiwan.
History[edit] Map of Taroko area (1944)This national park was originally established as the Tsugitaka-Taroko National Park (Japanese: 次高タロコ國立公園, Hepburn: Tsugitaka Taroko kokuritsu kōen) by the Governor-General of Taiwan on 12 December 1937 when Taiwan was part of the Empire of Japan. After the Empire of Japans defeat in World War II, the Republic of China took over Taiwan in consequence. The ROC government subsequently abolished the park on 15 August 1945. It was not until 28 November 1986 that th...