Tanzi (Taichung)

	Tanzi ; 潭子區
	; Location of Tanzi District in Taichung
State :	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Coordinates :	24 ° 13 ' N , 120 ° 42' E Coordinates: 24 ° 13 '5 " N , 120 ° 42' 22" E
Area :	25.8497 km²
Residents :	109,287 (June 2020)
Population density :	4,228 inhabitants per km²
Time zone :	UTC + 8 (Chungyuan time)
Telephone code :	(+886) (0) 4
Postal code :	427
ISO 3166-2 :	TW-TXG
Community type :	Taichung Municipality
Structure :	16 districts (里)
Website :	www.tanzi.taichung.gov.tw
	Tanzi
	Tanzi

Tanzi ( Chinese 潭子區 / 潭子区 , Pinyin Tánzǐ Qū ) is a district ( 區 , Qū ) of Taichung City in Taiwan , Republic of China .

location

Tanzi is located immediately to the north of the historic core city (in the borders before 2010) of Taichung. The neighboring districts are Beitun in the south, Daya in the west and Shengang and Fengyuan in the north . The district belongs to a certain extent to the "bacon belt" of downtown Taichung and has recently been characterized by rapid urbanization and population growth. Tanzi's population has more than doubled since the early 1980s.

history

An earlier name of Tanzi is Tanziqian ( 潭子墘 ). During the Japanese colonial rule (1895-1945) it became the village of Tanzi ( 潭子庄 , Tánzi zhuāng ) in 1920 . The original inhabitants of the area were members of the indigenous Taiwanese people ( Pingpu ), the Pazeh . From the end of the reign of Kangxi (ruled 1661–1722), the immigration of Han Chinese from mainland China began. The immigrants gradually displaced or assimilated the autochthonous population. After the end of Japanese rule, Taiwan became part of the Republic of China and Tanzi was reorganized into a rural community ( 鄉 , Xiāng ) in Taichung County ( 潭子鄉 , Tánzi xiāng ). On December 25, 2010, the district was completely incorporated into the city of Taichung and all district communities, including Tanzi, received the status of urban districts ( 區 , Qū ).

population

Population
development in Tanzis
year	Residents
1981	047,323
1985	051,843
1990	060,657
1995	075,351
2000	089,956
2005	095,462
2010	100,481
2015	106,557
2019	109,324

The resident population of Tanzi has increased significantly in the last few decades. At the end of 1981, 47,323 people lived here, at the end of 2019 109,324 people. At the end of 2019, 1,700 members of indigenous peoples lived in Tanzi, corresponding to a population of 1.56%.

Outline of Tanzi

Administrative division

After 1945 the rural community of Tanzi was initially divided into 13 villages ( 村 , Cūn ). In 1990 the village of Wayao ( 瓦瑤村 ) was renamed Furen ( 福仁里 ) and on February 7, 2002 the three villages of Toujiadong , Jiaxing and Jiafu were added by splitting off from Toujia . The former villages have been functioning as districts since 2010 ( 里 , Lǐ ). After 2010, Tanzi was divided into 16 districts:

1 Toujiadong ( 頭家東里 )
2 Jiaxing ( 家興里 )
3 Jiafu ( 家福里 )
4 Toujia ( 頭家里 )
5 Furen ( 福仁里 )
6 Juxing ( 聚興里 )
7 Xintian ( 新田里 )
8 Tanyang ( 潭陽里 )
9 Tanbei ( 潭北里 )
10 Jiaren ( 嘉仁里 )
11 Lilin ( 栗林里 )
12 Tanxiu ( 潭秀里 )
13 Ganzhe ( 甘蔗里 )
14 Dongbao ( 東寶里 )
15 Dafeng ( 大豐里 )
16 Dafu ( 大富里 )

economy

Entrance to the Taichung Export Processing Zone

District administration building

In earlier times, Tanzi was dominated by agriculture. In 2019, around 1392 hectares (54% of the district area) were used for agriculture. The main agricultural products are rice, corn, ponkans , litchi , tankans , wendan - grapefruit , persimmons , bamboo shoots , potatoes , etc. a. m. The ornamental horticulture is also important ( Phalaenopsis , Oncidium ). Pig and poultry are farmed. Grapefruits are available in September / October, Ponkan from January to March and persimmons from December to February.

In the 1980s, the Taichung Export Processing Zone ( 臺中加工出口區 ) was established in Tanzi , which today (2019) covers an area of about 26 hectares in the districts of Lilin and Tanxiu. Mainly smaller industrial companies in plastics processing, paper processing, hardware product manufacture, electronics, optics and biotechnology are located here. Another industrial area systematically developed by the Taichung City Council is the Tanzi-Juxing Industrial Park ( 潭子聚興產業園區 ).

traffic

Tanzi is crossed by several major traffic axes. In the far west, the national road 1 (highway) crosses the district in the Dafu district. Provincial Road 3 runs through the center in a north-south direction, and Provincial Expressway 74 runs in a short section to the south of Tanzi in a west-east direction. Tanzi also has a connection to the longitudinal line of the Taiwanese Railway with the three Lilin stations , Tanzi and Toujiacuo.

Attractions

In the Tanyang district is the Tanshui Temple ( 潭水 í , Tánshuǐ tíng ), which was founded in the early 19th century and where Guanyin is venerated. The temple was damaged several times in the past two centuries by heavy rain and rebuilt. There are several small parks scattered around the district: the 2.87 hectare sports and leisure park ( 運動休閒公園 ) in Ganzhe, the approx. 1.4 hectare Shipai Park ( 石牌公園 ) in Tanyang (with a weathered edict -Stele from the time of Qianlong ), the Toujia Park ( 頭家公園 ) in the district of the same name and the approximately 1 hectare Furen Environmental Park ( 福仁環保公園 ) in the district of the same name. 24.210222222222 120.70763888889

Tanshui Temple
Monument in the sports and leisure park with the inscription 潭子運動公園, "Tanzi-Sportpark"
Edict stele of the Qianlong with a modern pavilion built around it