History
Changhua (Changhwa) city was once a center of settlement for the Plains Aborigines and the Babuza people both of which are tribes of the Taiwanese aboriginals. During the Dutch period, Changhua city belonged to the Walbulan administration and was controlled by the Dutch East India Company of the Formosa division. During Zheng's invasion to Taiwan from Mainland China, Changhua city was also one of the central defense and attack bases. During the Chinese immigration of the 17th century, Changhua city was one of the four cities that had major immigration, thus it was one of the oldest settlements by the Hans.
During the late 17th to late 19th century Changhua continued to be one of the major urban settlements in Central Taiwan. Changhua had thus earned itself a independent Changhua County. Despite that there were rebels and ongoing civil wars.
The origin of today's Changhua city was attributed to the Japanese organizing Taiwan's land, the Japanese turned Changhua city to an official county seat of the Changhua county in 1897.
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