Hsinchu County

	Hsinchu County ; 新竹縣
	; Top to bottom, left to right: West Entrance of the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Baoshan Reservoir, Atayal Village in Jianshi , Qingshui Temple in Beipu , Taiwan High Speed Rail - Hsinchu Stop, ITRI
emblem	flag
State :	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Founded :	1945
Coordinates :	24 ° 50 ′ N , 121 ° 0 ′ E Coordinates: 24 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ N , 121 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ E
Height :	0 - 3524 m
Area :	1,427.5369 km²
Residents :	555,074 (July 2018)
Population density :	389 inhabitants per km²
Time zone :	UTC + 8 (Chungyuan time)
Telephone code :	(+886) (0) 3
Postal code :	302-308, 310-315
ISO 3166-2 :	TW-HSQ
District capital :	Zhubei
Structure :	one city (市), ; 3 urban parishes (鎮), ; 9 rural parishes (鄉)
District Administrator:	Yang Wen-ke ( 楊文科 ) ( KMT )
Website :	www.hsinchu.gov.tw
Circle bird:	Taiwan bearded bird
Circle flower:	camellia
Circle tree:	Real nagi tree

The Hsinchu County ( Chinese 新竹縣 , Pinyin Xinzhu Xiàn , W.-G. Hsinchu Hsien ) is a district of the Republic of China on Taiwan . It is located in the northwest of the island of Taiwan. To the west of the district is the city of Hsinchu , which, as an independent city, does not belong to the district. Its capital is the city of Zhubei , which borders on Hsinchu to the northeast .

location

Hsinchu County is located between Taoyuan City in the northeast and Miaoli County in the southwest. It is bordered by Hsinchu City to the west, Formosa Road to the northwest, and Yilan County and Taichung City to the southeast .

The landscape of the district is mostly hilly and in its south-eastern part it is high mountain. There it extends into the Xueshan mountain range, which is part of the central mountains of Taiwan, and is part of the Shei Pa National Park along its southern border .

All major traffic routes between Greater Taipei and the metropolises of western Taiwan cross Hsinchu County, including highways 1 and 3 and the main Taiwanese railroad. Taiwan High Speed Rail's Hsinchu Station is located in Zhubei County.

history

District government building

Building of the district council

After the island of Taiwan became part of the Chinese Empire of the Qing Dynasty around 1683 , the area of today's Hsinchu County was named Zhúqiàn . From this time onwards, Han Chinese began to immigrate continuously from mainland China. Administratively, the region became part of Zhuluo County ( 諸羅縣 ), which encompassed the entire northwestern coast of Taiwan. In 1723, at the beginning of Yongzheng's reign , the administration was reorganized and Zhuqian was administratively assigned to Damshui District ( 淡水廳 ). This district was divided into Damshui and Hsinchu counties in 1875. After the Sino-Japanese War , Taiwan became part of Japan in 1895 and there were several administrative reorganizations that ultimately led to the area becoming part of Shinchiku Prefecture . After Taiwan was transferred to the Republic of China after World War II, another administrative reform took place and Hsinchu became a county in Taiwan Province . On July 1, 1982, the previous district capital Hsinchu was spun off from the district and received the status of an independent city. The new district capital then became Zhubei .

population

With a population of around 536,000, Hsinchu County was home to around 2.3 percent of the total population of the Republic of China in 2014. It is one of the smaller administrative units. About a third of the population lives in the capital, Zhubei . According to the 2010 survey, the languages spoken in the county were as follows (multiple answers possible): Mandarin 90.6%, Hakka 56.0%, Taiwanese 27.7%, Formosa languages 2.0%, others 1.0%. Hsinchu County had the highest proportion of Hakka speakers of any county or city in Taiwan.

cities and communes

The only town ( 市 , Shì ) in the county is the county town of Zhubei. There are also three urban parishes ( 鎮 , Zhèn ) and nine rural parishes ( 鄉 , Xiāng ). According to official statistics from May 2018, the number of inhabitants and area data for the municipalities were as follows:

Surname	chin.	Hanyu Pinyin	Hakka	Area (km²)	Residents	Ew./km²
1 city
Zhubei	竹北市	Zhúběi	Tsuk-pet	46.8341	184.014	3,865
3 municipalities
Guanxi	關西鎮	Guānxī	Kûan-sî	125.5193	28,816	231
Xinpu	新埔鎮	Xīnpǔ	Sîn-phû	72.1911	33,231	464
Zhudong	竹東鎮	Zhudong	Tsuk-tûng	53.5133	96,477	1,813
7 rural communities
Baoshan	寶山鄉	Bǎoshān	Pó-sân	64.7871	14,650	225
Beipu	北埔鄉	Běipǔ	Pet-phû	50.6676	9,362	186
Emei	峨眉鄉	Éméi	Ngô-mì	46.8010	5,581	118
Hengshan	橫山鄉	Hangshan	Vàng-sân	66.3502	13.001	198
Hukou	湖口鄉	Húkǒu	Fù-khiéu	58.4303	77,596	1,326
Qionglin	芎林鄉	Qiónglín	Khiûng-lìm	40.7858	20,088	492
Xinfeng	新豐鄉	Xīnfēng	Sîn-fûng	46.3496	56,782	1,224
2 mountainous communities of the indigenous people
Jianshi	尖石鄉	Jiānshí	Tsiâm-sa̍k	527.5795	9,607	18th
Wufeng	五峰鄉	Wǔfēng	Ńg-fûng	227.7280	4,773	20th

Parishes in Hsinchu County
Zhubei Xinfeng Hukou Xinpu Guanxi Qionglin Zhudong Baoshan Beipu Wufeng Jianshi Hengshan Emei Taoyuan New Taipei Hsinchu Miaoli county Taichung County Hualien

Official symbols

Like many other administrative units in Taiwan, Hsinchu County has made some animals and plants official symbols. At the request of the provincial administration , the district chose the camellia ( 茶花 ) as the district's official flower in 1984 . One of the reasons given was tea cultivation in the district. The official bird of the district became the endemic Taiwan bearded bird ( Psilopogon nuchalis , 五色鳥 , "five- colored bird ") and the official tree of the district became the real naga tree ( Nageia nagi , 竹柏 ).

Web links

Commons : Hsinchu County - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

^ History of the Council. Hsinchu County Council, accessed August 18, 2018 .
↑ 表 106 歲以上本國籍常住人口在家使用語言情形 ("Language used at home by residents over 6 years old"). Taiwan Statistical Office, accessed April 29, 2018 (Chinese).
↑ 各月人口資料（括弧內為資料起始年月） 03 鄉鎮戶數及人口數 (9701) ("Population data for each month (in brackets is the starting month of the data) 03 municipalities and population (9701)"). Taiwan Ministry of the Interior, accessed May 11, 2018 (Chinese).
↑ 縣花、縣鳥、縣樹 ("circle flower, circle bird, circle tree"). County website, accessed June 17, 2018 (Chinese).

[1] History of the Council. Hsinchu County Council, accessed August 18, 2018 .

[2] 表 106 歲以上本國籍常住人口在家使用語言情形 ("Language used at home by residents over 6 years old"). Taiwan Statistical Office, accessed April 29, 2018 (Chinese).

[3] 各月人口資料（括弧內為資料起始年月） 03 鄉鎮戶數及人口數 (9701) ("Population data for each month (in brackets is the starting month of the data) 03 municipalities and population (9701)"). Taiwan Ministry of the Interior, accessed May 11, 2018 (Chinese).

[4] 縣花、縣鳥、縣樹 ("circle flower, circle bird, circle tree"). County website, accessed June 17, 2018 (Chinese).