Ren'ai (Nantou)

	Ren'ai ; 仁愛鄉
	; Location Ren'ais in Nantou County
State :	Republic of China (Taiwan)
County :	Nantou
Coordinates :	24 ° 3 ' N , 121 ° 8' E Coordinates: 24 ° 2 '46 " N , 121 ° 7' 50" E
Height :	400 - 3590 m
Area :	1,273.5312 km²
Residents :	15,969 (Dec 2018)
Population density :	13 inhabitants per km²
Time zone :	UTC + 8 (Chungyuan time)
Telephone code :	(+886) (0) 49
Postal code :	546
ISO 3166-2 :	TW-NAN
Community type :	Rural community ( 鄉 , Xiāng )
Structure :	16 villages ( 村 , Cūn )
Mayor :	Wu Wenzhong ( 吳文忠 )
Website :	www.renai.gov.tw
	Ren'ai
	Ren'ai

Ren'ai ( Chinese 仁愛鄉 , Pinyin Rén'ài Xiāng ) is a rural community ( 鄉 , Xiāng ) in the district of Nantou in central Taiwan .

description

Ren'ai is the second largest community in Nantou County, covering an area of 1,273 km², and the third largest in Taiwan. The municipal area lies entirely in the area of the Taiwanese Central Mountains and is characterized by mountains that reach heights of over 3000 meters and narrowly cut valleys. The elevation varies from 400 meters in the Beigang river plain in Huzhu village to the 3,590 meter high main peak of Qilaishan ( 奇萊山 , ) on the border with Hualien County . In general, the altitude increases from west to east. There are more than 70 mountain peaks over 2000 meters high. Some of the more popular include Hehuanshan ( 合歡山 ), Nenggaoshan ( 能高山 ), Zhuoshedashan ( 卓社大山 ), Guandaoshan ( 關刀山 ) and Shouchengdashan ( 守城大山 ). 24,086 121,323 3590

Ren'ai City Hall

The neighboring communities of Ren'ai are Heping in Taichung in the north, Xiulin and Wanrong in Hualien County in the east, Xinyi in the south, and Yuchi , Puli and Guoxing in the west. In the northeast, the municipality includes a part (77 km²) of the Taroko National Park and two smaller nature parks, the National Forest Recreation Area Aowanda ( 奧萬大國家森林遊樂區 , Àowàndà guójiā sēnlín yóulè qū ) and the National Forest Recreation Area Hehuanshan ( 森林山山區 , Héhuānshān guójiā sēnlín yóulè qū ).

The headwaters of the Zhuoshui are located in Ren'ai , including the Wushe ( 霧社溪 , Wùshè Xī ) coming from the northeast and the Wanda ( 萬⼤溪 , Wàndà Xī ) coming from the east . The former is dammed up by the Wushe Dam to the Wushe Reservoir. In the north of Ren'ai the river Beigang ( 北港溪 , Běigǎng Xī ) rises, which flows in a westerly direction to the neighboring municipality of Guoxing.

The climate of Ren'ai is subtropical, but clearly moderate due to the altitude. There are significant temperature differences between day and night. The annual mean temperature is 18 ° C with the highest temperatures between June and September and the mean annual precipitation is 2100 mm. The effects of the typhoons that regularly occur in Taiwan are mitigated by the high mountain location.

history

The original inhabitants of the area were members of the Austronesian indigenous people of Taiwan. During the time that Taiwan belonged to the Chinese Empire (1683 to 1895), the inaccessible area was practically not under the control of the Chinese administration and was not settled by the Han Chinese . The administrative penetration and subjugation of the indigenous population did not take place until the time of Japanese colonial rule (1895–1945). During this time, Ren'ai was also the center of the largest revolt against the Japanese, the so-called Wushe uprising . In this uprising from October to December 1930, the Sediq rose against the colonial rulers under their leader Mona Rudao . The uprising claimed several thousand lives on both sides and the colonial administration crushed it with great severity. The Japanese took advantage of the hostility between different tribes. After Taiwan was transferred to the Republic of China in 1945, Ren'ai was organized as a rural community in Nantou County, which was newly established in 1950.

population

With a population density of only 11 people per km², Ren'ai is one of the most sparsely populated areas of Taiwan (average population density in Taiwan:> 600 U / km²). The ethnic makeup of Ren'ai is complex. At the end of 2017, 12,666 people (almost 80%) belonged to the indigenous peoples of Taiwan . According to the website of the municipality (but undated) including 2631 were Bunun 9751 (mainly in the villages Wanfeng, Fazhi, Zhongzheng) ,, Sediq (mainly in Hezuo, Jingying, Chunyang, Nanfeng, Huzhu). and 2613 Atayal (Faxiang, Lixing, Cuihua, Xinsheng Villages). Another ethnic minority group are the Dai . After the end of the Chinese Civil War , remnants of the defeated Kuomintang troops fled to Burma , from where they repeatedly launched offensives in the Chinese province of Yunnan ( Kuomintang in Burma ). There were some close ties between the local hill tribes and the Kuomintang soldiers, and when the last Kuomintang soldiers were evacuated to Taiwan, more than 200 members of the Dai people moved with them in 1961. There they received 765 hectares of freshly cleared, hilly farmland in the municipality of Ren'ai, in a landscape that was reminiscent of their old homeland. Today there are official efforts to preserve or revive their original culture.

Administrative division

Outline of Ren'ai

Ren'ai is divided into 16 villages ( 村 , Cūn ):

1 Rongxing ( 榮興村 )
2 Cuihua ( 翠華村 )
3 Lixing ( 力行村 )
4 Faxiang ( 發祥村 )
5 Datong ( 大同村 )
6 Hezuo ( 合作村 )
7 Douda ( 都達村 )
8 Jingying ( 精英村 )
9 Chunyang ( 春陽村 )
10 Qin'ai ( 親愛村 )
11 Fazhi ( 法治村 )
12 Zhongzheng ( 中正村 )
13 Wanfeng ( 萬豐村 )
14 Nanfeng ( 南豐村 )
15 Xinsheng ( 新生村 )
16 Huzhu ( 互助村 )

Transport links

A major east-west road link runs through Ren'ai. Coming from Puli in the west, Provincial Road 14 heads east and ends in Jingying Village. To the north of the Wushe Reservoir, provincial road 14A (14 甲 ) branches off from it , which leads in a north-easterly direction from Hehuanshan to Xiulin (Hualien County).

Landmarks, tourism

In addition to the national and nature parks already mentioned above, which offer many opportunities for nature tourism, there are a number of other attractions. The Qingjing Farm ( 清境農場 ) in Datong Village was established in 1961 as a model farm in the Alpine style. The Wushe Uprising Memorial Park ( 霧社事件紀念公園 ) commemorates the resistance against the Japanese colonizers. The Lushan Hot Springs ( 廬山溫泉 ) in Jingying Village are also a tourist destination.