# Chungcheng
## English
### Etymology

From Mandarin 中正 (Zhōngzhèng), Wade–Giles romanization: Chung¹-chêng⁴.

### Proper noun

Chungcheng
* Alternative form of Zhongzheng
** 1995, Roger Mark Selya, “Taipei as a center of culture”, in Taipei‎, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 228:Most districts feature stores which specialize in general reading materials and schools supplies. More serious readers requiring specialized or critical editions would shop along Heng yang Street in Chungcheng district. Here the venerable old printing houses from mainland China, such as the Commercial Press and the Chung Hwa Book Company, relocated after 1949. An additional source for specialized and technical materials is the book stores found around the colleges and universities in Taipei.
** 2002 October 27, WorkingVaca, “Districts & Neighborhoods: Comparisons”, in Forumosa‎, archived from the original on 2023-03-20‎:Are Tatung and Wanhua districts considered “downtown”? What are the Chungshan, Chungcheng, Taan, Sungshan and Hsinyi districts like?
** 2003, “Taipei”, in Vivien Kim, editor, Taiwan (Insight Guides)‎, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 127:By the late I9th century, the Chinese Qing dynasty had established most of its administrative agencies in Taipei, and the city center had moved from Wanhua to the Chungcheng district, today home to the presidential palace and the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall.
** 2003 May 12, Thomas Crampton, “Viruses seem to attack cells in the same fashion, expert says : AIDS offers a clue in SARS fight”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 8 July 2023, WORLD:The Taipei city government said 1,000 soldiers trained for chemical warfare would disinfect the city's Wanhua and Chungcheng districts on Monday.
** 2003 June 8, Debby Wu, “SARS death toll remains unchanged for 10 days”, in Taipei Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on June 24, 2003, Taiwan News, page 2‎:Superintendent of Taipei YMH Wang Tai-lung (王泰隆) admitted yesterday that there were some problems with trafficking inside the hospital, which might be the reason for the in-hospital cluster infection. […] While YMH's cluster infection raised tension just as SARS seemed to be receding, a few days ago there were fears of a community outbreak in South Airport Community (南機場) in Chungcheng district.
** 2009 January 1, 資訊管理室 [Information Management Office], “TAIPEI CITY TO HAVE 8 CONSTITUENCIES FOR LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS”, in Yangmingshan National Park‎, archived from the original on 20 September 2022:The sixth constituency will cover the Taan administrative district, and the seventh constituency will contain the Hsinyi district and 13 boroughs in the Sungshan district, while the eighth constituency will incorporate the Wenshan district and 10 boroughs in the Chungcheng district.
** 2017 January 1, Jason Pan, “Court sentences four to prison after scuffle with police”, in Taipei Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on January 01, 2017, Taiwan News, page 3‎:The protest came on the heels of the Sunflower movement after Hung and other campaigners circulated messages on social media calling for people to “walk by” the Taipei Chungcheng District First Police Precinct, one block from the Legislative Yuan Building, on April 11, 2014.
** (Can we date this quote?), “Taipei”, in China Southern Airlines‎, archived from the original on 2023-07-08, Destination Information‎:Zhong Zheng (Chungcheng), the political centre, is home to municipal parks and museums, of which the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall is the most renowned.
** n.d., “ABOUT HOTEL”, in 西門星辰大飯店 [Ximen Citizen Hotel]‎, archived from the original on 2019-06-05‎:228 Memorial Park, originally named Taipei New Park, is situated in Chungcheng District, Taipei. North of Hsiangyang Rd., south of Ketagalan Blvd., west of Huining St. and east of Gongyuan Rd., the park covers an area of 71,520 square meters and is/ adjacent to such important buildings as The President’s Office, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, NTU Hospital and Taiwan Guest House.
** n.d., “TAIPEI CITY TO HAVE 8 CONSTITUENCIES FOR LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS”, in Yangmingshan National Park‎, archived from the original on April 12, 2024, News‎:The fourth constituency will encompass both the Neihu and Nankang administrative districts, while the fifth constituency will cover Wanhua district and 21 boroughs in the Chungcheng district. The sixth constituency will cover the Taan administrative district, and the seventh constituency will contain the Hsinyi district and 13 boroughs in the Sungshan district, while the eighth constituency will incorporate the Wenshan district and 10 boroughs in the Chungcheng district.
** For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Chungcheng.

### References

* ↑ “Taiwan place names”, in Pinyin.info‎, 2006, archived from the original on 2006-10-01‎:This list of city and county names of places in Taiwan gives Chinese characters, Hanyu Pinyin, Tongyong Pinyin, and a commonly seen older form (usually bastardized Wade-Giles). […] 鄉鎮市區別 / Hanyu Pinyin (recommended) / Hanyu Pinyin (with tones) / Tongyong Pinyin / old forms […] 中正區 / Zhongzheng / Zhōngzhèng / Jhongjheng / Chungcheng