Chiayi County

Chiayi County (嘉義縣) a southwestern region of Taiwan surrounding but not including Chiayi City.

Regions
Chiayi County is divided into 2 cities, 2 urban townships, 13 rural townships and 1 mountain indigenous township. Taibao City is the seat of Chiayi County and is home to Chiayi County Government. The Chiayi County Council is however located in Puzi City.

Cities

 * (太保市)
 * (朴子)

Understand
Chiayi County borders Mount Yu to the east, Taiwan Strait to the west, Tainan City to the south and Yunlin County to the north. It spans over 1,903 km², about 5.35% of the area of Taiwan. Chiayi County is located along the Tropic of Cancer.

By train
Chiayi County is connected to other parts of Taiwan by the HSR network by and the TRA network via the following stations:

By plane
The city is accessible by plane via. The airport operates flights by UniAir to Penghu and Kinmen.

By boat
provides ferry services to Magong City, Penghu.

By train
The county is also home to the historic Alishan Forest Railway. The majority of the stations built along the railway were built between 1910 and 1912; some have since fallen into disuse and others have been renovated to cope with the demands of tourists.