Luye (Taitung)
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Luye 鹿野 鄉 |
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.svg) Location Luyes, Taitung County |
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 Republic of China (Taiwan)
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| County : | Taitung | ||
| Coordinates : | 22 ° 57 ' N , 121 ° 10' E | ||
| Area : | 89.6980 km² | ||
| Residents : | 7,909 (March 2018) | ||
| Population density : | 88 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Time zone : | UTC + 8 (Chungyuan time) | ||
| Telephone code : | (+886) (0) 89 | ||
| Postal code : | 955 | ||
| ISO 3166-2 : | TW-TTT | ||
| Community type : | Rural community (鄉, Xiāng ) | ||
| Structure : | 7 villages (村, Cūn ) | ||
| Mayor : | Li Guoqiang (李國強) | ||
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Luye ( Chinese 鹿野鄉 , Pinyin Luye Xiang , W.-G. Lu 4 -yeh 3 Hsiang 1 ) is a rural community in Taitung County on Taiwan ( Republic of China ).
Location, geography
Luye is located at the southern end of the Huatung Valley , an elongated valley that extends parallel to the east coast of Taiwan. In the east the community is bounded by the Haian Mountains and in the west by the foothills of the Taiwanese Central Mountains .
history
The origin of the name Luye is unclear. The original inhabitants of the area were members of the Taiwanese indigenous people of the Yanks . Han Chinese gradually immigrated from mainland China from the 17th century . At the time of the Japanese colonial rule over Taiwan (1895–1945) the agriculture and infrastructure of the area was systematically developed and some processing companies for the agricultural raw materials (sugar, camphor ) were established. After the Republic of China took over Taiwan in 1945 and the Kuomintang were defeated in the Chinese civil war against the communists (until 1949), around 400 Kuomintang supporters who had fled the mainland were settled here in the Luyes area, which significantly changed the population structure.
population
Luye has just under 8,000 inhabitants. Since the community is not predominantly mountainous like other communities in Taitung County, it is a little more densely populated with 80–90 inhabitants per km². At the end of 2017, 2,363 people (almost 30% of the population) belonged to indigenous peoples. The languages spoken at home according to the 2010 census were (people over 5 years of age, multiple answers possible): Mandarin 85.6%, Taiwanese 72.1%, Formosa languages 21.8%, Hakka 10.6%, others 5.2 %.
| Outline of Luye |
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Ruihe
瑞 和村 Ruiyuan
瑞 源 村 Ruilong
瑞隆 村 Ruifeng
瑞 豐 村 Yongan
永安村 Longtian
龍 田村 Luye
鹿野 村
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Administrative division
Luye is divided into 7 villages (村, Cūn ): Longtian (龍 田村), Ruifeng (瑞豐 村), Yongan (永安村), Ruihe (瑞 和村), Ruilong (瑞隆 村), Ruiyuan (瑞 源 村) and Luye (鹿野 村).
economy
The dominant industry is agriculture, in which more than half of the population is employed. The municipal administration endeavors to promote ecologically compatible “organic” and local products. Various fruits ( pineapple , cinnamon apple , plum , pear , dragon fruit , atemoya , passion fruit , sugar cane, etc.) are grown . One of the typical local specialties is the oolong tea grown here , which is available in different varieties ("Fulu" tea, cedar fruit tea, jasmine tea, ...).
traffic
The most important traffic artery is provincial road 9, which runs from Taitung in the south through Luye in the direction of the Huatung Valley. The Taitung Line ( 花 東線 ) of the Taiwanese Railway also runs through Luye in a north-south direction . There are three train stations in Ruihe, Ruiyuan and Luye villages.
tourism
Tourist activities in Luye include nature sports (hiking, cycling), as well as visits to farms such as the Luye highland tea farm . The annual hot air balloon festival which takes place between the end of June and the beginning of August is also known.
View of Luye in east direction
Hot air balloons in Luye (2017)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 關於 台 東。 鹿野。 ("About Taitung. Luye."). Luye municipality website, accessed May 5, 2018 (Chinese / English).
- ↑ 原住民 戶數 及 人數 Households and Persons of Indigenous People. (xls) Taiwan Ministry of the Interior, accessed May 5, 2018 (Chinese / English).
- ↑ Scenic Spots: Luye Tourist Tea Plantation.花 東 縱 谷 國家 風景區 (Huatung Valley National Landscape Area), accessed on May 5, 2018 (English).
- ^ Agricultural Products. Taitung County website, accessed April 17, 2018 .
- ↑ Luye Highland Tea Farm. taitung.gov.tw, October 27, 2017, accessed on April 17, 2018 (English).
- ↑ Luye Highland hot air balloon area. taitung.gov.tw, November 21, 2017, accessed on April 17, 2018 (English).
