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The government-operated railway system, also developed originally by the Japanese, extends for 608 mi. (979 km.), chiefly on the western plain; most trackage is Cape-gauge (three feet six inches), but the 109-mi. (176 km.) east-coast line between T'ai-tung and Hua-lien is two feet six inches gauge.

1968, N. S. G., “FORMOSA”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 9, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 630, column 1

Ying-ying answered apologetically, feeling that she had been reprimanded. “I got married last year in T’ai-tung.

1976, Huang Ch'un-ming, “A Flower in the Rainy Night”, in Earl Wieman, transl., edited by Joseph S. M. Lau, Chinese Stories from Taiwan: 1960-1970, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 199

In eastern Taiwan, three caves in Tʻai-tung county have recently produced stratified collections of unifacially flaked pebble choppers and flakes, dating from an unknown period down to about 3000 B.C.

1979, Peter Bellwood, Man's Conquest of the Pacific, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 70

The Central Range plunges abruptly to the sea along the eastern coast, except for an area north of Tʻai-tung, where the Tʻai-tung Rift Valley and a short coastal ridge farther to the east are located.

2003, “Taiwan”, in Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography, volume 5, Thomson Gale, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 63

A strong Taiwan earthquake was reported Thursday morning, registering at 6.4 according to the USGS. The earthquake took place in southern Taiwan, 25 miles from T'ai-tung, Taiwan.

2010 May 3, “Taiwan Earthquake 2010: Strong Quake Rattles Taiwan”, in HuffPost, archived from the original on 15 Mar 2023