Why are the big cities in Taiwan Province Province mainly distributed in the west of the island?

The main reasons why Taiwan Province island cities and population are mainly distributed in the west are as follows: the terrain in the west of Taiwan Province island is mainly plain and relatively flat, which is conducive to the development of agriculture and urban construction; The climate is warm, the precipitation is less than that in the east, and the weather is sunny, which is conducive to people's living and living;

Taiwan Province Province itself is small, only half that of Chongqing, but due to mountainous terrain, the usable area is even less. In fact, the urban area of Taiwan Province Plain is similar to that of Shanghai, so Taiwan Province Province can be regarded as the size of a city.

The western region faces the Taiwan Province Strait and is close to Fujian Province. Immigrants from Fujian, Guangdong and other places arrived earlier in history, with a long history of economic development and relatively developed economy. The western region has convenient shipping and easy contact with the mainland and other countries.

Extended data

natural conditions

Taiwan Province Island is a mainland island. Located on the southern edge of the continental shelf in the East China Sea. In the Late Paleozoic more than 200 million years ago, the crustal movement laid the geological foundation of Taiwan Province Island.

The Himalayan movement, which began 40 million years ago, caused the crust to be squeezed and folded, forming the original mountains in Taiwan Province Province. About 2.5 million years ago, the crust continued to fold and uplift, forming the modern topography of Taiwan Province Island. During the Quaternary Glacial Period, the sea level fell and connected with the mainland, and during the Interglacial Period, the sea level rose and became an island.

The island is mountainous, with mountains and hills accounting for 2/3 of the total island area. It is distributed in the east and the middle. From east to west, there are five parallel mountains: Taitung, Central Mountain, Yushan Mountain, Snow Mountain and Alishan Mountain, which are NNE-SE-SW, with Central Mountain as the main watershed. Among them, the peaks above 1000 meters account for about half of all peaks, and there are more than 30 peaks above 3500 meters.

Mount Yushan, the highest peak, is 3997 meters above sea level, which is the highest peak in southeast China. The hills are mostly around the foothills of Wuyue Mountain, with Keelung and Zhunan Mountain in the north, Fengyuan and Chiayi Mountain in the middle and Hengchun Mountain in the south, with an altitude of about 600 meters. There are Datun Volcanoes in the north, mostly below 1000 meters above sea level, which is an important barrier in the north.

Most of the plains are in the west. Tainan Plain is the largest, stretching from Changhua in the north to Kaohsiung in the south, covering an area of 4,550 square kilometers. It is an area with prosperous agriculture, dense population and numerous towns on the island.

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