Guanmiao (Tainan)

	Guanmiao ; 關廟區
	; Location of Guanmiao in Tainan
State :	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Coordinates :	22 ° 58 ′ N , 120 ° 20 ′ E Coordinates: 22 ° 58 ′ 4 ″ N , 120 ° 20 ′ 0 ″ E
Area :	53.6413 km²
Residents :	34,285 (Feb. 2019)
Population density :	639 inhabitants per km²
Time zone :	UTC + 8 (Chungyuan time)
Telephone code :	(+886) (0) 6
Postal code :	718
ISO 3166-2 :	TW-TNN
Community type :	Municipality of Tainan
Structure :	15 districts ( 里 , Lǐ )
Website :	english.guanmiao.gov.tw
	Guanmiao
	Guanmiao

Guanmiao ( Chinese 關廟區 , Pinyin Guanmiao Qū , W.-G. Kuan ¹ -miao ⁴ Ch'ü ¹ , zhuyin ㄍㄨㄢㄇㄧㄠ 'ㄑㄩ , PEH OE jī Koan organic khu ) is a district of the government-immediate city of Tainan in the southwest of the Republic of China on Taiwan .

Location and description

Guanmiao is located on the southern edge of the urban area of Tainan. The district has an elongated shape with a north-south extension of about 13.7 kilometers and an east-west extension between 2.5 and 7.3 kilometers. The neighboring districts in Tainan are Longqi in the east, Xinhua in the north and Guiren in the west. In the south, Guanmiao borders the urban area of Kaohsiung ( Alian and Tianliao districts ).

history

The first historically tangible inhabitants of the area were Austronesians from the Siraya tribe . During the reign of Zheng Chenggong , an increasing number of Han Chinese migrated from today's Anping along the Yanshui River ( 鹽水溪 , Yánshuǐ Xī ) inland and were in some cases systematically settled there as fortified farmers. In 1718, during the reign of the Qing Emperor Kangxi , a temple, the Shanxi Tang ( 山西堂 , Shānxī Táng ) was built here. Guan Yu was worshiped in the temple and the area eventually became known as Guandimiao Jie ( 關帝廟街 , Guāndì Miào Jiē - "Emperor Guan's Temple Street"). During the Japanese colonial period (1895-1945) this name was used and the administrative unit Guanmiao ( 關廟庄 , Chin. Guanmiao Zhuāng , Japanese. Sekibyō Shō ) in the Xinfeng district ( 新豐郡 , Chin. Xīnfēng jùn , japan) was created. Niitoyo Gun ) in Tainan Prefecture. After the Republic of China took over Taiwan in 1945, Guanmiao was reorganized into a rural community ( 鄉 , Xiāng ) in the newly established Tainan County . After the district was dissolved on December 25, 2010 and completely incorporated into the city of Tainan, Guanmiao was given the status of a city district ( 區 , Qū ).

population

With a little over 34,000 inhabitants (2019), Guanmiao is one of the medium-sized urban districts of Tainan in terms of population. Members of the indigenous population make up around 0.2 percent of the population (2017).

Outline of Guanmiao

Administrative division

Guanmiao is divided into 15 districts ( 里 , Lǐ ). On January 29, 2018, the various districts were redefined internally.

1 Bitou ( 埤頭里 )
2 Xiahu ( 下湖里 )
3 Xinpu ( 新埔里 )
4 Beishi ( 北勢里 )
5 Xinguang ( 新光里 )
6 Huayuan ( 花園里 )
7 Xiangyang ( 香洋里 )
8 Shanxi ( 山西里 )
9 Guanmiao ( 關廟里 )
10 Songjiao ( 松腳里 )
11 Dongshi ( 東勢里 )
12 Wujia ( 五甲里 )
13 Shenkeng ( 深坑里 )
14 Budai ( 布袋里 )
15 Nanxiong ( 南雄里 )

traffic

The main artery is the National Road 3 (highway), which runs through the district in a north-south direction (a small section runs in the neighboring Longqi district). Provincial road 19A (19 甲 ) also runs in a north-south direction, largely parallel to the motorway . Provincial expressway 86 branches off from the autobahn to the west. The county road 182 runs in west-east direction. There is no direct railway connection, but the route of the Taiwanese high-speed railway ( THSR ) with a stopping station, from which there is also a connection to the Taiwanese railway, runs in the neighboring district of Guiren to the west .

economy

The traditional line of business is agriculture. Bamboo has been grown and processed since the Qing period . Between 1961 and 1971, Guanmiao grew to become the most important center for rattan processing and production in Taiwan. During the Japanese rule, sugar cane cultivation was strongly promoted (remnants of the old sugar railway can still be found in the district ). After 1976 this fell sharply and the sugar cane was replaced by pineapple cultivation and the production of bamboo shoots.

Special features and tourist destinations

There are a number of landscape parks in Guanmiao, including a. the 65 hectare Guanmiao Forest Park ( 關廟森林公園 ) in the Budai district. The Qianfoshan Bodhi Temple ( 千佛山菩提寺 , Qiānfúshān Bútísì ) in the district of Songjiao, which has a large seated Buddha statue, is worth seeing . The Shanxi Temple ( 山西宮 , Shānxī Gōng ) in the district of the same name has a building history of around 300 years and is considered the religious center of Guanmiao. The last major renovation took place in 1975.