Dayuan District 4.05

Dayuan District, formerly known as Dayuan Township is a rural, coastal district in northwestern Taoyuan City, Taiwan (Republic of China).HistoryDayuan District was originally named Toa-khu-hng. It was changed to Ōsono Village during Japanese rule, and it was part of Tōen District, Shinchiku Prefecture. After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China, it was called Dayuan Township. It became Dayuan District in 2014, when Taoyuan County and the city of Taoyuan merged into a special municipality.GeographyDemographicsThe population in 1986 was 56,995. By the end of May 2006, the total population had grown to 79,812, an average growth rate of 2.03%. It is considered a slow population growing district. Area: 87.3925 km² Population: 85,667 people (January 2016)TopologyDayuan District has an inclining topography from southwest to northwest with an average height of 35 meters above sea level. Inland area are mostly plains, rice fields or spacious flat lands, while in the northeast part is the prolonged sand beach seacoast.ClimateThe district lies in the subtropic monsoon climate region. In winter, northwest monsoon is stronger and in the coldest months, the average temperature is about 11 °C. In summer, it rains a lot but it is free from droughts during the winter seasons.