Xinyuan (Pingtung)
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Xinyuan 新 園 鄉 |
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.svg) Location of Xinyuan in Pingtung County |
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 Republic of China (Taiwan)
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| County : | Pinging | ||
| Coordinates : | 22 ° 31 ' N , 120 ° 27' E | ||
| Area : | 38.3109 km² | ||
| Residents : | 34,623 (Aug 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 904 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Time zone : | UTC + 8 (Chungyuan time) | ||
| Telephone code : | (+886) (0) 8 | ||
| Postal code : | 932 | ||
| ISO 3166-2 : | TW-PIF | ||
| Community type : | Rural community ( 鄉 , Xiāng ) | ||
| Structure : | 15 villages ( 村 , Cūn ) | ||
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Xinyuan ( Chinese 新園鄉 , Pinyin Xinyuan Xiang , Tongyong Pinyin Sinyuan Siang , PEH OE jī Sin-hng-hiong ) is a rural municipality in Pingtung County on Taiwan ( Republic of China ).
location
Xinyuan is located on the south coast of Taiwan on Formosa Road. The Gaoping River forms the western boundary and also the border between Pingtung County and Kaohsiung City. The eastern border is for the most part formed by the small river Donggang ( 東 港 溪 , Dōnggǎng Xī ). The municipality is located in the south-west of the Pingtung Plain and historically emerged from alluvial land. The terrain is very flat and the highest point is the Liyushan ( 鯉魚 山 - " Koi hill", ). Only about 100 hectares in the area of this hill are more than 10 meters above sea level. On the right bank of the Donggang estuary there is a small fishing port ( 鹽 埔 漁港 , Yánbù yúgǎng - "Yanpu fishing port").
history
Around the year 1650, the first group of Han Chinese immigrants came to the Xinyuan area from the area of Longxi County ( 龍溪 縣 , now part of Longhai ) in southern Fujian . More immigrants followed in the coming decades and gradually made the land arable. At the time of Japanese rule (1895-1945), an administrative reform took place in 1920, which resulted in the 'village' ( 庄 , Chinese. Zhuāng , Japanese. Shō ) Xinyuan , literally "New Garden", or ( Min ) "New Land" , formed. After Taiwan was transferred to the Republic of China in 1946, it became the 'rural community' ( 鄉 , Xiāng ) Xinyuan. In August 1949, following a popular request, the part of Xinyuan east of the Donggang was separated and reorganized as a separate rural community of Kanding . From 1950, Xinyuan was part of the newly formed Pingtung County.
population
At the end of 2018, 145 people (around 0.4%) belonged to the indigenous peoples .
| Outline of Xinyuan |
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Administrative division
Xinyuan is divided into 15 villages ( 村 , Cūn ):
1 Tianyang ( 田 洋村 )
2 Wayao ( 瓦 磘 村 )
3 Xianji ( 仙 吉 村 )
4 Gangqi ( 港墘 村 )
5 Neizhuang ( 內 庄村 )
6 Xindong ( 新 東村 )
7 Xinyuan ( 新 園村 )
8 Wufang ( 五 房村 )
9 Gangxi ( 港 西村 )
10 Wulong ( 烏龍 村 )
11 Xinglong ( 興 龍 村 )
12 Zhongzhou ( 中洲 村 )
13 Nanlong ( 南 龍 村 )
14 Yanpu ( 鹽 埔村 )
15 Gonghe ( 共和 村 )
traffic
Provincial Road 27 runs north-south through Xinyuan. In the south-east of Xinyian, it meets Provincial Road 17, which runs in an east-west direction and then branches off to the south.
Agriculture and fishing
Xinyuan is used intensively for agriculture. The main crops are rice, bananas , asparagus , adzuki beans and unripe soybeans ( edamame ). Melons, bitter melons , celery and other vegetables are also cultivated.
Tourism, sightseeing
The Xinhui Temple ( 新 惠 宮 , Xīnhuì gōng ) on the border of the villages of Xindong and Xinyuan is considered to be the historical center and the central temple of the Chinese folk beliefs of Xinyuan. A natural attraction is the mud volcano on the border to the neighboring municipality of Wandan. The "volcano" consists of a hot spring mixed with escaping methane gas. During the eruptions, the gas often ignites spontaneously and burns down with a large flame. The eruption sites change and are sometimes in the Xinyuan area and sometimes in the Wandan area.
Xinhui Temple
Shangyuan Bridge over the Gaoping
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 自然 ， 人文 環境 ("Natural and human environment"). Xinyuan website, accessed January 15, 2019 (Traditional Chinese).
- ↑ 地理 環境 概述 ("Overview of the geographic area"). Xinyuan website, accessed January 16, 2019 (Traditional Chinese).
- ↑ 新 園 鄉 由來 ("Origin of the Xinyuan Township"). Xinyuan website, accessed January 15, 2019 (Traditional Chinese).
- ↑ 原住民 戶數 及 人數 Households and Persons of Indigenous People. (xls) Taiwan Ministry of the Interior, accessed January 17, 2020 (Chinese, English).
- ↑ 交通 位置 ("Traffic situation"). Xinyuan website, accessed January 29, 2019 (Traditional Chinese).
- ↑ 農 特 產品 ("Agricultural Products"). Xinyuan website, accessed January 15, 2019 (Traditional Chinese).
- ↑ 屏東 泥 火山 噴發 農田 遭殃 ("Mud volcano in Pingtung erupts - the farmland suffers"). Taiwan Central News Agency (CNA), January 28, 2015, accessed January 17, 2019 (Traditional Chinese, video of an outbreak, YouTube video).
- ↑ 旅遊 景點 ("Tourist Attractions"). Xinyuan website, accessed January 15, 2019 (Traditional Chinese).