Taiwu (Pingtung)

	Taiwu ; 泰武鄉
	; Location Taiwu, Pingtung County
State :	Republic of China (Taiwan)
County :	Pinging
Coordinates :	22 ° 35 ′ N , 120 ° 40 ′ E Coordinates: 22 ° 35 ′ 28 " N , 120 ° 40 ′ 25" E
Area :	118.6266 km²
Residents :	5,405 (July 2018)
Population density :	46 inhabitants per km²
Time zone :	UTC + 8 (Chungyuan time)
Telephone code :	(+886) (0) 8
Postal code :	921
ISO 3166-2 :	TW-PIF
Community type :	Rural community ( 鄉 , Xiāng )
Structure :	6 villages ( 村 , Cūn )
Mayor :	Qiu Dengxing ( 邱登星 )
Website :	www.pthg.gov.tw/TownTto
	Taiwu
	Taiwu

Taiwu ( Chinese 泰武鄉 , Pinyin Tàiwǔ Xiang ) is a rural municipality in Pingtung County on Taiwan ( Republic of China ).

location

Taiwu is a mountain community in the southern section of the Taiwan Central Mountains . The two highest peaks are the 3,090-meter-high northern summit of Dawushan (Bei-Dawushan, 北大武山 ) on the border with the neighboring communities of Wutai and Jinfeng and the 2,841-meter-high south summit of Dawushan (Nan-Dawushan, 南大武山 ) in the southern section of the border to Jinfeng. The height above sea level in the valleys is sometimes only around 100 meters.

Taiwu has a tropical monsoon climate . In the plains, average temperatures vary between 27 ° C in summer and 18–19 ° C in winter. The greatest annual precipitation is found in the mountain regions (up to over 4000 mm annually). Like other mountainous communities, Taiwu has been repeatedly hit by natural disasters in the past (landslides, floods, earthquakes), which meant that the residents of the villages had to be relocated to other places several times.

The neighboring communities are Jinfeng (in neighboring Taitung County ) in the east, Wutai in the northeast, Majia in the north, Wanluan in the west and Laiyi in the south.

history

The Paiwan, an Austronesian indigenous people of Taiwan, have lived in the area for centuries . During the time that Taiwan became part of the Chinese Empire , they largely retained their independence and were only subject to the Japanese rule (1895-1945) and, to a certain extent, "civilized". After World War II, Taiwan became part of the Republic of China . In 1946 the area was organized as a Taiwu Rural Community . The name is derived from Mount Dawu ( Dawushan ). Since the name " Dawu " ( 大武 ) was already given for a community in Taitung County, the name was changed to "Taiwu". From 1950, Taiwu was part of the newly established Pingtung County.

population

According to official statistics, 5,134 people (around 95%) belonged to the indigenous peoples at the end of 2017. Most of the time it was Paiwan.

Villages in Taiwu
Ulaljuc 泰武村 Kazazaljan 萬安村 Kaviyangan 佳平村 Apudan 武潭村 Piuma 平和村 Puleti 佳興村 ↓ to Ulaljuc

Administrative division

Taiwu is divided into 6 villages (names in the Paiwan language, in Chinese script and transcription).

Kaviyangan ( 佳平村 , Jiaping)
Apudan ( 武潭村 , Wutan)
Piuma ( 平和村 , Pinghe)
Kazazaljan ( 萬安村 , Wan'an)
Puleti ( 佳興村 , Jiaxing)
Ulaljuc ( 泰武村 , Taiwu)

traffic

There are no major county or provincial roads in Taiwu. In the west of the municipality, the municipal roads 99, 102 and 106 create a connection to the county road 185, which runs further west in a north-south direction.

Agricultural products

In Taiwu are grown: rice, millet , potato, cassava , taro , corn, Catjangbohnen , soybeans , peanuts and Chinese yams , as well as coffee, betel nuts , edible Canna , mulberries , sugarcane , Shell Ginger , ginger , hibiscus, etc. At fruits are cultivated: Mango , Java apple , pineapple, guava , banana , longan , litchi , citrus fruits, as well as cabbage, tomatoes, paprika, radish, water spinach, pumpkin, etc.

A certain specialty of Taiwu is the cultivation of coffee, which goes back to the time of the Japanese rule. After 1945, coffee growing fell into disrepair, but began to experience a renaissance around 2000. Taiwu is the largest coffee-growing region in Taiwan.