Puli (Nantou)
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Puli 埔里 鎮 |
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.svg) Location of Puli in Nantou County |
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 Republic of China (Taiwan)
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| County : | Nantou | ||
| Coordinates : | 23 ° 58 ′ N , 120 ° 58 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 380 - 700 m | ||
| Area : | 162.2227 km² | ||
| Residents : | 80,466 (Sep 2018) | ||
| Population density : | 496 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Time zone : | UTC + 8 (Chungyuan time) | ||
| Telephone code : | (+886) (0) 49 | ||
| Postal code : | 545 | ||
| ISO 3166-2 : | TW-NAN | ||
| Community type : | City municipality ( 鎮 , Zhèn ) | ||
| Structure : | 33 districts ( 里 , Lǐ ) | ||
| Mayor : | Zhou Yixiong ( 周義雄 ) | ||
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Puli ( Chinese 埔里 鎮 , Pinyin Pǔlǐ Zhèn , W.-G. P'u-li Chen , Pe̍h-ōe-jī Po · -lí tìn ) is a township ( 鎮 , Zhèn ) with 86,000 inhabitants in the Nantou district in central Taiwan .
Location and climate
Puli is about 380 to 700 m above sea level on the west side of the Taiwanese Central Mountains . Located in the northern part of Nantou County, the municipality is considered the geographical center of the island of Taiwan. The core town of Puli is located in a 40 km² basin, through which the Mei River ( Chinese 眉溪 , Pinyin Méi xī ) flows and is surrounded by mountains on all sides. The mountains are Xita in the east, Baiye in the south, Guanyin in the east, Sanjiao in the north and Guandao in the northeast. Of these, the latter is the highest at 1924 meters. Of the 162.227 km², about 120 km² are hills and mountains (74%) and 42 km² are plains (26%). The neighboring communities of Puli are Ren'ai in the east, Yuchi in the south and Guoxing in the west.
There is a mild subtropical climate . The annual average temperature is 20 to 21 °. The coldest month is January with 10 ° C and the warmest July with 33 ° C. The climate is humid with annual precipitation of around 2120 mm and an average of around 149 rainy days . The monsoon rainy season is in the summer months, with July being the rainiest month with 437 mm of precipitation. November is the least rainy with around 16 mm.
traffic
The community is the end point of Highway 6 , which has been a connection to western Taiwan in the direction of Taichung and Nantou since 2009 . The municipal area is crossed by provincial road 14 in west-east direction and provincial road 21 in north-south direction. Puli is the starting point of the only road connection between west and east Taiwan in the center of the island, a pass road over the Hehuanshan in Hualien County .
administration
Puli is divided into 33 districts ( 里 , Li ).
population
According to official statistics, a total of 3738 people belonged to the indigenous peoples at the end of 2017. This corresponded to a percentage of about 4.6%.
Agriculture
Ornamental plant cultivation is important . Along with Tianwei in Changhua County, Puli is the largest growing area for cut flowers in Taiwan. Are cultivated gypsophila , country carnations , roses , gerbera jamesonii , anthurium , orchids , dahlias , chrysanthemums , Cymbidium , lilies and Zantedeschien . Mushroom cultivation is also economically important . Puli is the second largest producer of edible mushrooms in terms of volume (after Xinshe in Taichung ). Other important products are sugar cane , winter radish , passion fruit and rice .
Tourism and sightseeing
Puli has been a papermaking center since the Japanese colonial era . The main reason for this was the abundance of clean water here. The paper industry has declined sharply since around 1990. Last but not least, environmental concerns were also decisive. Instead of the paper factories, show paper factories have appeared, in which tourists are shown the technology of paper production. Another handicraft that can be experienced in tourism in Puli is the production of Chinese lacquer . The lacquer tree was introduced to Taiwan from Vietnam in 1911 during the Japanese rule . Paint production in Puli had its heyday in the 1970s, when 90 percent of the natural paint produced in Taiwan came from Puli. After the destruction of Typhoon Wayne in 1986, many farmers switched to the more profitable betel nut cultivation. Synthetic paints replaced the natural paint. The technique of lacquer production can be seen today in the lacquer museum in Puli.
About 17 km south of Puli is the Sun Moon Lake .
Jiji earthquake
Puli was severely damaged by the 1999 Jiji earthquake , the epicenter of which was just a few kilometers from the city. In the city with then 88,271 inhabitants, 181 deaths were counted, which was the highest number of all municipalities in the district of Nantou. The city has since been rebuilt.
Web links
- Website of the Municipality of Puli (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Geography. English version of Puli's website, accessed on November 21, 2018 .
- ↑ Climate. English version of Puli's website, accessed on November 21, 2018 .
- ^ A b Administrative Districts. English version of Puli's website, accessed on November 21, 2018 .
- ↑ 原住民 戶數 及 人數 Households and Persons of Indigenous People. (xls) Taiwan Ministry of the Interior, accessed May 19, 2018 (Chinese / English).
- ↑ About Puli. English version of Puli's website, accessed on November 21, 2018 .
- ↑ Cultural: Handmade paper. English version of Puli's website, accessed on November 21, 2018 .
- ↑ Cultural: Natural lacquer. English version of Puli's website, accessed on November 21, 2018 .
- ^ William Ide: Rescue teams enter Puli, a town destroyed. Taipei Times, September 23, 1999, accessed September 24, 2017 .
- ↑ Han SN, Chen KT: Mortality of the 921 Earthquake in Nantou and Taichung Counties . In: Epidemiology Bulletin . January 25, 2000, ISSN 1021-366X , p. 1–8 (English, online [PDF]).
