Chiayi

Chiayi City (Traditional Chinese: 嘉義市; Hanyu Pinyin: Jiāyì Shì; Tongyong Pinyin: Jiayì Shìh; Wade-Giles: chia-yi shih; Taiwanese: Ka-gī chhī) is a city in southwestern Taiwan, it is governed as a provincial city of Taiwan Province, Republic of China. Formerly called Kagee during the late Qing Dynasty and Kagi during the Japanese era, its historical name in Chinese (諸羅山) derives from the Taiwanese aboriginal word Tirosen.

History
Chuloshan, the ancient name of Chiayi, was given from two sources: one phonetically resembled the tribe name Tirosen, as named by the Dutch, and the other came from a semantic utterance indicating "Mountains surround in the East." "Peach City" is another name for Chiayi City due to its peach-shaped territory in ancient times. The tip of the peach is around current Central Fountain and was called "Peach-tip" by citizens.

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