Nanzhou (Pingtung)

	Nanzhou ; 南州鄉
	; Location of Nanzhou in Pingtung County
State :	Republic of China (Taiwan)
County :	Pinging
Coordinates :	22 ° 29 ' N , 120 ° 31' E Coordinates: 22 ° 28 '44 " N , 120 ° 30' 56" E
Area :	18.9700 km²
Residents :	10,554 (June 2019)
Population density :	556 inhabitants per km²
Time zone :	UTC + 8 (Chungyuan time)
Telephone code :	(+886) (0) 8
Postal code :	926
ISO 3166-2 :	TW-PIF
Community type :	Rural community ( 鄉 , Xiāng )
Structure :	10 villages ( 村 , Cūn )
Website :	www.pthg.gov.tw/nanchoue
	Nanzhou
	Nanzhou

Nanzhou ( Chinese 南州鄉 , Pinyin Nanzhou Xiang , Tongyong Pinyin Nánjhou Siang ) is a rural municipality in Pingtung County on Taiwan ( Republic of China ).

location

Nanzhou is inland a few kilometers northeast of the small port of Donggang in the south of the Pingtung Plain . The maximum extent in north-south direction is 4.7 km, and in east-west direction 6.2 km. The terrain is flat to hilly and gradually rises to the east. There is a tropical monsoon climate with an average temperature of 25 ° C and annual precipitation of around 2500 mm. The neighboring communities are Donggang in the west, Linbian in the south, Xinpi in the east, and Chaozhou and Kanding in the north.

history

From the 18th century onwards, Han Chinese migrated from mainland China. The original place name was Xizhou ( 溪州 ), probably in reference to a small stream flowing along here ( 溪 , Xī - "stream, small river", 州 , Zhōu - a former Chinese administrative unit). During the time of the Japanese colonial rule (1895-1945) an administrative reform took place in 1920, in which the area of Nanzhou part of the village Linbian ( 林邊庄 , Chinese. Linbiān Zhuāng , Japanese. Rinpen Shō ) in Takao prefecture was. After Taiwan was taken over by the Republic of China in 1945, the Japanese administrative units were taken over and Linbian became a 'rural community' ( 鄉 , Xiāng ) and the prefecture became Kaohsiung County . In 1950, the new district of Pingtung was formed from the southern part of the district. The northern part of Linbians was separated on March 1, 1951 as a new rural community Xizhou ( 溪州鄉 , Xīzhōu Xiāng ). Due to the similarity of name with many other places in Taiwan, it was renamed in 1956 in Nanzhou ( 南 , Nán - "South").

population

According to the official statistics, at the end of 2017 47 people (around 0.5%) belonged to the indigenous peoples.

Outline of Nanzhou

Administrative division

Nanzhou is divided into 10 villages ( 村 , Cūn ):

1 Xizhou ( 溪洲村 )
2 Renli ( 仁里村 )
3 Xibei ( 溪北村 )
4 Xinan ( 溪南村 )
5 Milun ( 米崙村 )
6 Shouyuan ( 壽元村 )
7 Tong'an ( 同安村 )
8 Nan ' an ( 南安村 )
9 Wanhua ( 萬華村 )
10 Qikuai ( 七塊村 )

traffic

In the east Nanzhou is crossed by the national road 3 , which runs here in a large arc in north-south direction. Provincial road 1 also touches the municipality further east in a north-south direction. The most important east-west connection is the district road 187B (187 乙 ).

Agriculture

Agriculture has so far been the economic basis of the community. There are efforts to expand tourism, which so far has not played a major role.

Special features, sights

The Tzu Hui University ( 慈惠醫護管理專科學校 , Cíhuì Yīhù Guǎnlǐ Zhuānkē Xuéxiào ) , which was founded in August 1964, is a privately owned university that was originally founded as a training center for nurses and its range of subjects later also includes tourism, etc. . has expanded. The Nanzhou sugar factory ( 南州糖廠 , Nánzhōu táng chǎng ), built in 1921, ceased operations in 2003 for reasons of profitability and is now open to visitors. The Daitianfu Temple ( Chinese 南州代天府 , Pinyin Nánzhōu dài tiānfǔ ) from 1937 is also worth seeing .