Puzi
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Puzi 朴子 市 |
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.svg) Location of Puzi in Chiayi County |
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 Republic of China (Taiwan)
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| County : | Chiayi | ||
| Founded : | 1945 (town, 鎮) 1992 (town, 市) |
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| Coordinates : | 23 ° 28 ' N , 120 ° 15' E | ||
| Height : | 10 m | ||
| Area : | 49.57 km² | ||
| Residents : | 42,382 (Dec 2017) | ||
| Population density : | 855 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Time zone : | UTC + 8 (Chungyuan time) | ||
| Telephone code : | (+886) (0) 5 | ||
| Postal code : | 613 | ||
| ISO 3166-2 : | TW-CYQ | ||
| Community type : | City (市, Shì) | ||
| Structure : | 27 districts (里, Lǐ) | ||
| Mayor : | Huáng Lì-zhēn (黃麗貞) | ||
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Puzi , also Puzih ( Chinese 朴子 市 , Pinyin Púzǐ Shì , Tongyong Pinyin Púzǐh Shìh , W.-G. P'o-tzu Shih , Pe̍h-ōe-jī Phò-chí chhī ), is a city in the Chiayi district of the Republic China on Taiwan .
location
Puzi is located in the western part of Chiayi County in the Jianan Plain , the largest plain in Taiwan. The Puzi River flows on the northern edge of the city and flows into Formosa Street about ten kilometers to the west .
history
After Chiayi was spun off from Chiayi County in 1982 and was given the status of an independent city, the authorities of the district were settled on the border between Puzi and the neighboring municipality of Taibao to the east . While the county government is in the Taibao area, the county seat is in Puzi.
For this reason, Puzi, like Taibao, received the official city status ( Chinese 市 , Pinyin Shì ) on September 10, 1992 , which is normally reserved for communities with over 150,000 inhabitants. Today Puzi is one of the smallest of the 23 cities in the Republic of China, with around 45,000 inhabitants .
Niutiaowan district
A popular excursion destination in the Puzi area is the Niutiaowan (牛 挑 灣) district, which consists of the two villages Songhua (松 華里) and Meihua (梅 華里). Since the ground plan of the villages resembles an ox yoke, the place was called "Gu-ta-oân", "curved ox yoke" in the local Taiwanese language , which in Chinese became Niutiaowan . Niutiaowan is located on the southern edge of the city at some distance from the city center, and with its temple, church, shops, markets and schools forms a self-contained sub-center with 2730 inhabitants (Songhua: 1483; Meihua: 1247, as of 2014) mostly work as farmers. During the Qing Dynasty there was a fort called Baixugongtanbao (白 鬚 公 潭 堡) here. Until 1962 Niutiaowan belonged to the municipality of Yizhu (義 竹) in the extreme southwest of the district of Chiayi. Since the city of Puzi was much closer, however, a citizens' movement achieved incorporation into the city of Puzi. The main attraction of Niutiaowan is a nature park with a pond.
The nature park is located in the southeast of Niutiaowan. Its pond, which is a little more than 21 hectares in size, was created by the residents in 1695 for irrigation purposes while the Bazhangxi brook was dammed . According to legend, the water in the pond never dries up completely, even when it is very dry. The surrounding park offers many natural beauties, walking paths, a barbecue area and a lookout point and attracts day trippers and tourists all year round.
Facilities
Two privately owned higher education institutions are located in Puzi: Toko University, founded in 2001, and Chang Gung University for natural sciences and technology, founded in 1983 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Puzi City. Chiayi County Government, accessed January 13, 2018 .
- ^ Brief History. CGUST website, 2014, accessed on January 13, 2018 (English).
