Madou (Tainan)

Madou 麻豆 區
Location of Madou in Tainan
State :	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Coordinates :	23 ° 11 ′  N , 120 ° 15 ′  E Coordinates: 23 ° 11 ′ 0 "  N , 120 ° 14 ′ 46"  E
Area :	53.9744  km²
Residents :	44,221 (Feb. 2019)
Population density :	819 inhabitants per km²
Time zone :	UTC + 8 (Chungyuan time)
Telephone code :	(+886) (0) 6
Postal code :	721
ISO 3166-2 :	TW-TNN
Community type :	Municipality of Tainan
Structure :	20 districts ( 里 , Lǐ )
Website :	english.madou.gov.tw
Madou

Madou ( Chinese  麻豆 區 , Pinyin Mádòu Qū , Pe̍h-ōe-jī Môa-tāu-khu ) is a district of the government -direct city ​​of Tainan in the southwest of the Republic of China in Taiwan .

Location and description

The district is located in the northeast-central urban area of ​​Tainan on the river Zengwen ( 曾文溪 , Céngwén Xī ), which crosses the district in the southeast in an arc. The neighboring districts are Xuejia and Xiaying in the north, Guantian in the east, Shanhua in the southeast, Anding and Xigang in the south to the southwest and Jiali in the west. Madou lies in the Jianan Plain , an alluvial plain with fertile soils that is used intensively for agriculture. The terrain is accordingly flat with no major elevations and the average height above sea level is less than five meters. In historical times, Madou had an indirect sea access via the Daofeng lagoon ( 倒 風 內海 , Dàofēng Nèihǎi ). This lagoon gradually silted up due to the constant influx of sediment, and only individual bodies of water and canals remained.

history

The origin of the place name is not clearly established. The area was first documented in writing under the name Mattau or Mattauw by the Dutch East India Company in the 17th century. The natives were members of the Austronesian Siraya ethnic group . In the late 17th and 18th centuries, the area was settled by immigrants, most of whom came from the Zhangzhou and Quanzhou regions of the Chinese coastal province of Fujian , and the indigenous population was either Sinised or pushed further east. During the Japanese rule (1895-1945) the administrative unit Madou Jie ( 麻豆 街 , Mádòu Jiē ) was established here in 1920 . After Taiwan was taken over by the Republic of China in 1945, it became the municipality of Madou ( 麻豆 Má , Mádòu Zhèn ) in the newly founded district of Tainan . On December 25, 2010, Tainan County was dissolved and all former county councils were incorporated into Tainan City as boroughs ( 區 , Qū ).

population

With around 44,000 inhabitants (2019), Madou is one of the urban districts with a medium population. Members of the indigenous population make up around 0.3% of the population.

Outline Madous

Administrative division

Madou is divided into 20 districts ( 里 , Lǐ ). On January 29, 2018 and April 30, 2018, the 20 administrative units were redefined.

1 Xinxing ( 新興 里 )
2 Zhongxing ( 中興 里 )
3 Xiangkou ( 巷口 里 )
4 Kangjiang ( 晋江 里 )
5 Dongjiao ( 東 角 里 )
6 Dacheng ( 大 埕 里 )
7 Youche ( 油 車里 )
8 Bitou ( 埤頭里 )
9 Xingnong ( 興農 里 )
10 Madou ( 井 東 里 )
11 Qingshui ( 清水 里 )
12 Liaobu ( 寮 廍 里 )
13 Nanshi ( 南 勢 里 )
14 Beishi ( 北 勢 里 )
15 Gangwei ( 港 尾 里 )
16 Haipu ( 海 埔里 )
17 Makou ( 麻 口里 )
18 Anzheng ( 安 正 里 )
19 Xiecuoliao ( 謝 厝 寮 里 )
20 Anye ( 安 業 里 )

traffic

Madou is well developed in terms of transport. National road 1 (motorway) and provincial road 19A (19 甲 ), which runs further east, run in north-south direction . The provincial expressway 84 runs partly through Madou in a south-easterly direction and the district roads 171, 173 and 176 mainly in an east-west direction. In the far eastern section, Madou is also affected by the route of the Taiwanese high-speed railway (THSR), which does not stop here having.

Agriculture

Grapefruits, Madou's most famous agricultural product

The majority of the population is employed in agriculture. The main products are rice, sugar cane , corn, vegetables and beans. Specialties are Wendan ( 文旦 ) grapefruit (over 500 hectares), avocado , pickled vegetables, melon seeds (which are roasted as snacks). The Horticulture plays a certain role (mainly orchids). Mainly chickens, ducks and pigs are kept in animal breeding. In addition, aquaculture is practiced. Madou's best-known product is the grapefruit, which is also intensively marketed.

Higher education institutions

Madou is the seat of Shoufu University Taiwan (TSU), founded in 2000 . One of the two campuses of the private Aletheia University is also located here .

Special features and tourist destinations

The old harbor theme park ( der 麻荳 港 文化 園 , Mádòu Gǔgǎng Wénhuà Yuán ) was set up on the area of ​​the former port . Here is the Daofeng Lagoon History Museum ( 倒 風 內海 故事 館 , Dàofēng Nèihǎi Gùshìguǎn ), which also attracts visitors due to its special architecture. In Madou there are numerous small temples worth seeing, including the Beiji Dian temple ( 北極 殿 ) in Dacheng, whose beginnings go back to the 17th century, but which has already been rebuilt and rebuilt several times. Here Shangdi revered. In addition, the Wenheng Dian Temple ( 文 衡 zur) for the worship of Guandi , the Taoist Daitianfu Temple ( 代天府 , or 五 王廟 , Wǔwáng Miào  - "Temple of the Five Kings") in Nanshi, which was built in 1958-68 and the extends over an area of ​​more than three hectares. There is a 76-meter-long walkable dragon statue on the temple grounds.

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  Long Houfeng pond ( 龍 喉 鳳 , Lóng Hóufèng ) in the old port

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  Daofeng Lagoon History Museum

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  Daitianfu Temple

Web links

Commons : Madou  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} About Madou: Summary of Madou District. Madou website, accessed April 3, 2019 . 
2. ↑ 地質 地形 ("Geological Terrain"). Madou website, accessed April 5, 2019 (Traditional Chinese). 
3. ↑ ^{a b} 麻豆 沿革 ("Development of Madou"). Madou website, accessed April 3, 2019 (Traditional Chinese). 
4. ↑ JL Blussé, ME van Opstall, Ts'ao Yung-Ho (ed.): De dagregisters van het kasteel Zeelandia, Taiwan 1629-1662 (=  Rijks Geschiedkundige Publicatiën . Volume 195, 229, 233, 241 ). Verlag Martinus Nijnhoff, s'Gravenhage 1986 (Dutch, digitized version with full-text search function at the Huygens Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis ).
5. ↑ 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). 
6. ↑ 臺南市 里 鄰 編組 及 調整 情形 一覽表 ("List of Adjustments to Neighborhoods in Tainan City"). Retrieved April 4, 2019 (Chinese (traditional), borders before and after January 29, 2018 ( pdf )). 
7. ↑ 產業 文化 ("economic structure"). Madou website, accessed April 3, 2019 (Traditional Chinese). 
8. ↑ Welcome to Taiwan Shoufu University. University website, accessed April 6, 2019 . 
9. ↑ Introduction. University website, accessed April 6, 2019 . 
10. ↑ Tourism: Tourist destinations. Madou website, accessed April 6, 2019 . 
11. ↑ Madou Datian Temple (麻豆 代天府). Taiwan Tourism Office, accessed April 6, 2019 .