That's smaller than the seat of any one of Taiwan's counties. Not only that, but the population is spread out over such a wide area--there's so much land, it seems like they'd just give it away. You don't see many tall buildings as there's not much need for them.
才 40 萬人口的城市，台灣任何一個縣市都不只這個數目，更何況，這裡地廣人稀，土地多得像不要錢，高樓罕見（沒必要）、路上行人稀少，沒有七彩霓虹燈和誇張的廣告招牌，乾乾淨淨，樸素得像個「村姑」，偶爾駛過的汽車、巴士劃破四周的空曠寧靜。