Wulai
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Wulai 烏 來 區 |
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 Location of Wulais in New Taipei |
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 Republic of China (Taiwan)
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| Coordinates : | 24 ° 52 ' N , 121 ° 33' E | ||
| Area : | 321.1392 km² | ||
| Residents : | 6,036 (December 2013) | ||
| Population density : | 19 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Time zone : | UTC + 8 (Chungyuan time) | ||
| Telephone code : | (+886) (0) 2 | ||
| Postal code : | 233 | ||
| ISO 3166-2 : | TW-NWT | ||
| Community type : | New Taipei City District | ||
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Wulai ( Chinese 烏 來 區 , Pinyin Wūlái Qū ) is a district of New Taipei in Taiwan . It is famous for its hot springs . The name comes from the Atayal phrase qilux ulay , which means "hot and poisonous". It is also the northernmost aboriginal settlement in Taiwan.
Overview and geography
Wulai is located in the south of New Taipei, between the Xueshan and Jialishan mountain ranges. It has about 6000 inhabitants on an area of 321 km² and thus has the lowest population density of all districts of the city. At the same time, Wulai is the largest district in terms of area with 15.6% of the total area of the total area of the city. It is at an average altitude of 250 meters. Until the district of Taipei was converted into the city of New Taipei and thus Wulai received the status of a district ( 區 , Qū ), it had the status of a rural community ( 鄉 , Xiāng ).
history
Around the middle of the Qing Dynasty , the Atayal began to settle in this area. After the Japanese takeover of Taiwan in 1895 , Wulai became the jurisdiction of Taipei Prefecture (Japanese 臺北 縣 Taihoku-ken ). After an administrative reorganization in 1901 , Wulai fell under the jurisdiction of the Shenkeng Prefecture ( 深坑 廳 Shinkō-chō ) and the Xindian sub- prefecture of Taipei Prefecture ( 臺北 廳 新店 支 廳 Taihoku-chō Shinten-shichō ). In 1920, it was organized under the jurisdiction of Wenshan County in Taipei Prefecture ( 臺北 州 文山 郡 Taihoku-shū Bunsan-gun ) as an "uncivilized area" ( 蕃 地 banchi ) (Note: The Japanese names for prefecture changed over time , whereas the German translation always remains the same). In this “uncivilized area” there were twenty hamlets ( 字 aza ).
After the Republic of China took over Taiwan in 1946, Wulai District was converted into a rural community in Wenshan. In August 1950, Wulai then fell under the jurisdiction of Taipei County. As a final step, on December 25, 2010, Wulai became a district of New Taipei City.
Administrative structure
Wulai is divided into five villages, which in turn have several settlements.
- Zhongzhi ( Chinese 忠 治 里 )
- Wulai ( Chinese 烏 來 里 )
- Xinxian ( Chinese 信 賢 里 )
- Xiaoyi ( Chinese 孝義 里 )
- Fushan ( Chinese 福山 裡 )
Attractions
The place is famous for its hot springs, indigenous culture and waterfalls. There are many hotels in the city where you can bathe in hot springs, as well as in the Wulai River. There is an Atayal Museum in the shopping street. Some distance from the city center are waterfalls and an adventure park, which can be reached by a cable car that spans the Wulai Valley. The narrow-gauge railway Wulai Taiche , which was built as a hand-operated railway in Japanese times and used for mining, now transports tourists to the waterfalls.
