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Established in 1936 as a branch of Taipei District Court (台北地方法院花蓮港支部) during Japanese colonial rule, this is one of the oldest judicial institutions in eastern Taiwan. The court relocated to its present site at the foot of Meilunshan (美崙山) after the devastating 1951 Hualien earthquake, with the current building completed in 1965. It holds jurisdiction over the entirety of Hualien County, the largest county in Taiwan by area, making it the district court with the largest territorial jurisdiction in the country.
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- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
Themes
- KMT Authoritarian Era Taiwan (國民政府時期)
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I am a web application developer, photojournalist, urban explorer, and history enthusiast passionate about the open web and documenting my experiences on this planet. This project was founded in the early 2010s and has evolved into a sort of personal Wikipedia of places that interest me (and often the photographs I’ve taken there). I’m originally from Toronto, Canada, but spend most of my time residing in Taiwan.