Chunri (Pingtung)
Chunri 春日 鄉 |
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Location Chunris in Pingtung County |
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State : | Republic of China (Taiwan) | |
County : | Pinging | |
Coordinates : | 22 ° 24 ' N , 120 ° 42' E | |
Area : | 160.0010 km² | |
Residents : | 4,887 (July 2018) | |
Population density : | 31 inhabitants per km² | |
Time zone : | UTC + 8 (Chungyuan time) | |
Telephone code : | (+886) (0) 8 | |
Postal code : | 942 | |
ISO 3166-2 : | TW-PIF | |
Community type : | Rural community ( 鄉 , Xiāng ) | |
Structure : | 6 villages ( 村 , Cūn ) | |
Mayor : | Ke Zikqiang ( 柯自強 ) | |
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Chunri ( Chinese 春日鄉 , Tongyong Pinyin Chunrìh Siang , W.-G. Ch'un 1 -jih 4 Hsiang 1 , Paiwan : Kasugagu ) is a rural municipality in Pingtung County on Taiwan ( Republic of China ).
location
Chunri is located at the southern end of the main ridge of the Taiwan Central Mountains . The terrain is characterized by narrow valleys and steep, wooded mountain slopes. The mean height ranges from 500 meters to over 1500 above sea level. Highest point is 1,631 m of on the border of the neighboring community Daren lying Guzilunshan ( 姑⼦崙⼭ ). The maximum north-south extension of the municipality is about 13 kilometers and the maximum extension in an east-northeast direction is 17.7 kilometers. The neighboring communities are Daren ( Taitung County ) in the east, Fangliao in the west, Shizi in the south and Laiyi in the north.
The climate is a tropical monsoon climate with highest average temperatures of a maximum of 26.9 ° C in July and a minimum of 18.6 ° C in January. The annual precipitation is 2630 mm, and the months May to October form the actual rainy season.
history
Because of its remoteness, the Chunri area was outside the main lines of development in Taiwanese history. The native people of the region are Austronesian ethnic groups. A somewhat closer administrative penetration of the area only began in the last few years of the Qing rule. At the time of the Japanese rule over Taiwan (1895-1945) the indigenous peoples were forcibly pacified and Chunri belonged to the newly established Takao prefecture from the 1920s . After the Republic of China took over Taiwan in 1950, Pingtung County was established and Chunri became a rural community.
population
According to official statistics, 4662 people (around 95%) belonged to the indigenous peoples at the end of 2017. Most of the time it was Paiwan .
Outline of Chunris |
Administrative division
Chunri is divided into 6 villages (names in the Paiwan language, in Chinese script and transcription).
- Kasuvongan, 春日 村 (Chunri)
- Kuabar, 古 華 村 (Guhua)
- Seveng, 士 文 村 (Shiwen)
- Kinayiman, 歸 崇 村 (Guichong)
- Lalekeleke, 力 里 村 (Lili)
- Tjuvecekadan, 七 佳 村 (Qijia)
traffic
There are no provincial or county roads in Chunri. A municipal road runs in an east-west direction. This is the former Dahanshan Forest Road, 大漢 山林 道 , an old road whose route dates back to the Qing period and which had the status of a county road (No. 198) until 2014. Most of the road is unpaved and vehicles with more than 10 people are not allowed to drive on it. The ban has, at least in the past, been circumvented more frequently by tourist bus companies.
Agricultural products
The soil is not considered fertile. Potatoes, sweet potatoes, peanuts, corn and millet are grown. In recent times, fruit growing ( mango , Java apple , papaya, etc.) has become more important.
tourism
Chunri is off the beaten track and has little tourist infrastructure. One possibility for nature tourism is the old Jingshuiying hiking trail ( 浸水 營 古道 ), which leads over a length of 15.4 kilometers to a maximum height of 1503 meters and ends in the neighboring community of Daren.
In the village of Tjuvecekadan ( ) you can visit a recently abandoned, centuries-old Paiwan settlement with typical slate-built houses.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Height and localization according to OpenStreetMap
- ↑ 姑子 崙 山 Guzilun Shan. taiwantrails.com, accessed November 13, 2018 (English, Chinese (traditional)).
- ↑ a b 簡介 ("Introduction"). Chunri's website, accessed November 29, 2018 (Chinese).
- ↑ 原住民 戶數 及 人數 Households and Persons of Indigenous People. (xls) Taiwan Ministry of the Interior, accessed November 4, 2018 (Chinese, English).
- ↑ 中巴 進 大漢 山林 道 山 友 質疑 安全 (Forest Administration Office: Prohibition Notice). Liberty Times Net, May 11, 2015, accessed November 29, 2018 (Chinese).
- ↑ 浸水 營 古道 (Jingshuiying Hiking Trail). Taiwan Forestry Agency, accessed November 29, 2018 (Chinese).
- ↑ 老七 佳 石板 屋 (Old slate houses of Laoqijia). Retrieved November 29, 2018 (Chinese).
- ↑ Tjuvecekadan (老七 佳 部落) 石板 屋 聚落. Archived from the original on December 21, 2016 ; accessed on November 30, 2018 .
- ↑ The Paiwan village of VECEKADAN (老七 佳 石板 屋) TJUVECEKADAN. Retrieved October 31, 2018 .
- ↑ Explore Taiwan's Indigenous Tribes. (pdf) Taiwan Tourism Authority, accessed November 30, 2018 .