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This study discussed the transformation of population and industrial structure of Jhungli City influenced by external environment after the retrocession of Taiwan and the impact of this transformation on Jhungli City by the analysis on official statistics, literature review, and field survey. In terms of population growth, the population growth of Jhungli City was rapid. Before 2000, the number of population ranked the first place in Taipei County. The population distribution was from the old street and new street, and was extended along the railway and Provincial Highway No. 1 to connect to southeastern area and Houliao area, which reflected that the overall development of industry and commerce, as well as the establishment of industrial area, accelerated the population aggregation at its surroundings, and attracted a large number of population to immigrate to Jhungli from other places. In terms of industrial transformation, the agriculture in Jhungli had been gradually replaced by industry and commerce. The development of industry was matured and diversified. As a whole, during 1976-2006, the secondary industry in Jhungli City became diversified and heterogeneous, and the types of manufacturing industry were mainly based on urban labor and urban technique. With the development of tertiary industry and the gradual improvement in urban function, the industry and commerce had gradually become prosperous and Jhungli City developed into a diversified business area. In addition, under the influences of population and industries, the urban transformation of Jhungli was expressed by the formation of diversified ethnic groups and business area. The development and construction of urban planning integrated urban planning district with urban land readjustment and land utilization of missed-use zone of industry and commerce to bring a new appearance onto the unused industrial land.
Keywords: Jhungli, Population, Industry
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