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Chiayi County emblem |
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Abbreviation: Jia (嘉縣) | |
| Capital | Taibao City |
| Region | Southwestern Taiwan |
| County magistrate | Chen Mingwen (陳明文) |
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Area |
Ranked 10 of 18 |
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- Total |
1901.67 kmē |
| Population | Ranked 10 of 18 |
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- Total |
559,329 |
| Cities: | ? |
| Townships: | ? |
| County flower: | Magnolia (Magnoliaceae, evergreen) |
| County tree: | Formosan Gold Rain (Sapindaceae, deciduous arbor) |
| County bird: | Swinhoe's Blue Pheasant |
Chiayi County (嘉義縣, pinyin: Jiāyė Xiān) is a county in southwestern Taiwan encompassing Chiayi City and administered as part of Taiwan ProvinceTaiwan Province is an administrative subdivision of the Republic of China (ROC) that includes most of the Taiwan Island and surrounding islets, and the Pescadores. Even though the province-level municipalities of Taipei City and Kaohsiung City are on the of the Republic of ChinaThe Republic of China ( Traditional Chinese: , Simplified Chinese: ; Wade-Giles: Chung-hua Min-kuo, Tongyong Pinyin: JhongHua MinGuo, Hanyu Pinyin: Zhonghua Minguo) is a de facto sovereign state that currently administers the island groups of Taiwan, Peng.