Shuili

	Shuili ; 水里鄉
	; Location Shuilis in Nantou County
State :	Republic of China (Taiwan)
County :	Nantou
Coordinates :	23 ° 48 ' N , 120 ° 51' E Coordinates: 23 ° 47 '56 " N , 120 ° 51' 19" E
Area :	106.8424 km²
Residents :	17,496 (Dec 2018)
Population density :	164 inhabitants per km²
Time zone :	UTC + 8 (Chungyuan time)
Telephone code :	(+886) (0) 49
Postal code :	553
ISO 3166-2 :	TW-NAN
Community type :	Rural community ( 鄉 , Xiāng )
Structure :	19 villages ( 村 , Cūn )
Mayor :	Chen Yuyou ( 陳癸佑 )
Website :	www.shli.gov.tw
	Shuili
	Shuili

Shuili ( Chinese 水里鄉 , Pinyin Shuǐlǐ Xiāng , Tongyong Pinyin Shuěilǐ Siang ) is a rural community ( 鄉 , Xiāng ) in Nantou County in central Taiwan .

Location description

Shuili is roughly in the center of Nantou County on the western edge of the Central Mountains . The topography is strongly characterized by river valleys and rivers (the name Shuili literally means "in the water"). The river Chenyoulan ( 陳有蘭溪 ) runs from the south and flows in the middle of Shuili into the Zhuoshui, which flows in an east-west direction . Downstream of this, the small river Shuili Xi ( 水里溪 ), coming from the north, flows into the Zhuoshui, which is dammed about 2.5 kilometers before the mouth through the Mingtan Dam to the Mingtan Reservoir. The reservoir serves as a storage basin which, depending on the energy requirement, is partially drained or filled by a pumped storage plant . When there is a surplus of electricity, water is pumped from the reservoir into the higher-lying Sun-Moon Lake in the neighboring municipality of Yuchi. At the same time, the reservoir also serves to regulate the flow of water to the Zhuoshui.

The neighboring communities of Shuilis are Yuchi in the northeast, Xinyi in the east and south, Lugu in the southwest, Jiji and Mingjian in the west and northwest, and Guoxing in a small section in the north.

history

The indigenous people of Shuili were Austronesian tribes, the ancestors of today's indigenous peoples of Taiwan . The first Han Chinese settled in the first years of the reign of the Qing Emperor Guangxu and began the systematic agricultural cultivation of the largely forested land. At the time of the Japanese colonial rule (1895-1945), camphor production and forestry were of great importance. The number of Han Chinese increased by immigration and the indigenous population was largely pushed further south and east. After Taiwan was handed over to the Republic of China in 1945, Shuili was initially administratively part of the Jiji municipality, but became part of the newly founded Nantou County in 1950 as the Shuili rural municipality ( 水裡鄉 , from 1966 in the spelling 水里鄉 ). In 1955, the two villages of Yongxing and Yufeng were separated from the neighboring community of Lugu and incorporated into Shuili. The importance of forestry has declined significantly over the last few decades and, like many other rural areas in Taiwan, Shuili is characterized by rural exodus and increasing aging. Current efforts are aimed at developing the place into a tourist center.

traffic

Shuili has two Jiji Line stations : Shuili Station and Checheng Terminal Station. Both started operating on January 14, 1922. The road connections are mostly based on the river valleys. Provincial road 16 runs along the Zhuoshui river valley in east-west direction. Provincial road 21 runs south, largely in the Chenyoulan river valley , and joins provincial road 16 in the center of Shuili for a short distance and then branches off again and heads north moves towards Sun-Moon-Sea. County road 121 runs along the Shuili Xi river valley .

Residents

The population of Shuili has been falling for decades. In 1981 the community still had 29,334 inhabitants, compared to only 17,496 at the end of 2018. At the end of 2017, 425 people (2.4%) belonged to the indigenous peoples. Among them is one of the two main Thao settlements in the village of Dingkan (settlement 大平林 , Dàpínglín , the other is about 14 km away on the southeastern shore of the Sun and Moon Lake).

Administrative division

Outline of Shuili

Shuili is divided into 19 villages ( 村 , Cūn ):

1. Xinxing (新興村)
2. Checheng (車埕村)
3. Shuili (水里村)
4. Xincheng (新城村)
5. Nongfu (農富村)
6. Chengzhong (城中村)
7. Zhongyang (中央村)
8. Beipu (北埔村)
9. Nanguang (南光村)
10. Yufeng (玉峰村)
11. Yongfeng (永豐村)
12. Jugong (鉅工村)
13. Dingkan (頂崁村)
14. Minhe (民和村)
15. Yongxing (永興村)
16. Xinglong (興隆村)
17. Xinshan (新山村)
18. Junkeng (郡坑村)
19. Shang'an (上安村)

Sightseeing and tourism

The main attraction is nature with its mixture of river and mountain landscape. Along the riverside there is a riverside cycle path (水岸自行車道) that can be used to ride to the Sun Moon Lake. The wood -burning snake kiln built in 1927 is well worth seeing ( 水里蛇窯 , ). The stove got its name from its elongated snake neck shape. Pottery used to be fired here. Today there is a small ceramic museum with the ceramic culture park Shuili ( 陶藝文化園區 ). There is a Trappist monastery ( ) in the village of Shuili . 23.798889 120.85527823.833519444444 120.85390277778