Xuejia (Tainan)

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Xuejia
學 甲 區
Ho̍kkap - Ha̍kkah - (Xuejia, Tainan City) .svg
Location of Xuejia in Tainan
State : TaiwanRepublic of China (Taiwan) Republic of China (Taiwan)
Coordinates : 23 ° 15 '  N , 120 ° 11'  E Coordinates: 23 ° 15 '17 "  N , 120 ° 10' 37"  E
Area : 53.9919  km²
 
Residents : 25,675 (Feb. 2019)
Population density : 476 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : UTC + 8 (Chungyuan time)
Telephone code : (+886) (0) 6
Postal code : 726
ISO 3166-2 : TW-TNN
 
Community type : Municipality of Tainan
Structure : 13 districts ( 里 , Lǐ )
Website :
Xuejia (Taiwan)
Xuejia
Xuejia

Xuejia or Syuejia ( Chinese  學 甲 區 , Pinyin Xuéjiǎ Qū , Pe̍h-ōe-jī Ha̍k-kah-khu ) is a district of the government - direct city ​​of Tainan in the southwest of the Republic of China in Taiwan .

Location and description

Xuejia is located in the northwest of the urban area of ​​Tainan in the Jianan Plain . The northern border of the district is essentially formed by the Bazhang ( 八掌溪 , Bāzhǎng Xī ) River . In the middle runs the small river Jishui ( 急水溪 , Jíshuǐ Xī ) and the southwestern district border is mainly formed by the river Jiangjun ( 將軍 溪 , Jiāngjūn Xī ). In the past, before the rivers were regulated, Xuejia was hit by floods more frequently. The neighboring boroughs are Beimen in the west, Jiangjun in the southwest, Jiali in the south, Madou in the southeast and Xiading and Yanshui in the east. In the north, Xuejia borders on Chiayi County ( Yizhu Municipality ).

history

The first historically tangible inhabitants of the area were members of the Taiwanese indigenous people of the Siraya . After the establishment of the Kingdom of Tung Ning by Koxinga in 1661 in southern Taiwan, many immigrant Han Chinese from the coastal province of Fujian to. In the following decades the autochthonous population was either sinized or pushed further into the mountainous interior of the island. After the Sino-Japanese War of 1894/95, Taiwan became part of Japan. A series of administrative reforms took place under Japanese rule until the village of Xuejia ( 學 甲 庄 , Xuéjiǎ Zhuāng , Japan. Gakugo-ku ) in Tainan Prefecture was established in 1920 . After the end of Japanese rule and the transfer of the island of Taiwan to the Republic of China , Xuejia became a rural community ( 鄉 , Xiāng ) in the newly formed district of Tainan in 1946 . In the post-war decades, the population of Xuejia increased greatly, mainly due to the textile industry located there, so that the rural community was converted into a city municipality ( 鎮 , Zhèn ) on August 22, 1968 . On December 25, 2010, the county was incorporated into the city of Tainan and Xuejia became a municipality ( 區 , Qū ).

population

The population of Xuejia has been decreasing slowly for a long time (1996: 30,995 inhabitants, 2019: 25,675 inhabitants). The indigenous population makes up about 0.3 percent.

Structure of Xuejias
Xuejia villages.svg

Administrative division

An administrative reform took place on January 29, 2018 and some districts ( 里 , Lǐ ) were delimited from one another. The number of districts remained constant at 13.

1 Mingyi ( 明 宜 里 )
2 Cifu ( 慈 福 里 )
3 Rende ( 仁 得 里 )
4 Xinrong ( 新 榮 里 )
5 Dawan ( 大 灣里 )
6 Fenghe ( 豐 和 里 )
7 Xinda ( 新 達 里 )
8 Pinghe ( 平和 里 )
9 Zhaigang ( 宅 港 里 )
10 Sanqing ( 三 慶 里 )
11 Guanghua ( 光華 里 )
12 Zhongzhou ( 中洲 里 )
13 Xiuchang ( 秀 昌 里 )

traffic

The main road link is Provincial Expressway 84, which crosses Xuejia from northwest to southeast. It is crossed in the eastern section by Provincial Road 19, which runs from northeast to southwest. The two district roads 171 and 174 run essentially in an east-west direction.

economy

Xuejia's agricultural products include rice, millet , corn, watermelon, tomatoes, beans , sugar cane, onions and garlic. Milk fish in particular are bred in aquaculture .

Special features and tourist destinations

The sights of Xuejias include several temples, including above all the Ciji Temple ( 慈濟 宮 , Cíjì Gōng , ) in the district of Cifu. Baosheng Dadi is especially venerated in the temple . According to tradition, the main statues of the temple come from an ancestral temple in the area of ​​today's Jiaomei community in what is now Longhai in Fujian Province and date back to the time of the southern Song Dynasty (1126–1279). The statues were brought to Taiwan in the time of Zheng Chenggong and the temple grew to its present size through gifts and donations from believers. It has been rebuilt and expanded many times since the 18th century. World icon

In Xuejia there is also a 20 hectare wetland nature park ( 濕 地 生態 園區 , Shīdì Shēngtài Yuánqū , ) with rich bird life (including the rare black- fronted spoonbill ) and a small adventure zoo ( Wanpi World Safari Zoo , 頑皮 世界 野生 動物園 , Wánpí Shìjiè Yěshēng Dòngwùyuán English Wanpi World Safari Zoo ). World icon

  • Xuejia District Office

  • Entrance to the Ciji Temple

  • Inside the temple

Web links

Commons : Xuejia  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 自然環境 ("Natural Environment"). Xuejia website, August 4, 2014, accessed May 28, 2019 (Chinese (traditional)).
  2. ↑ 地方 沿革 ("local development"). Xuejia website, August 10, 2016, accessed May 28, 2019 (Chinese (traditional)).
  3. ↑ 1.7- 鄉鎮 市區 人口 及 按 都會 區 統計 -10212 (“1.7- City population and metropolitan area statistics”). (xls) Home Office monthly bulletin archived from the original on October 26, 2014 ; accessed on May 30, 2019 (English, Chinese (traditional)).
  4. ↑ 原住民 戶數 及 人數 Households and Persons of Indigenous People. (xls) Taiwan Ministry of the Interior, accessed May 5, 2018 (Chinese, English).
  5. ↑ 臺南市 里 鄰 編組 及 調整 情形 一覽表 ("List of Adjustments to Neighborhoods in Tainan City"). Retrieved May 29, 2019 (Chinese (traditional), borders before and after the 2018 adjustment ( pdf )).
  6. ↑ 本 區 簡介 ("Introduction to the District"). Xuejia website, October 5, 2017, accessed May 28, 2019 (Chinese (traditional)).
  7. ↑ 產業 概況 ("Economic Overview"). Xuejia website, December 27, 2017, accessed May 28, 2019 (Chinese (traditional)).
  8. ↑ 學 甲 慈濟 宮 ("Ciji Temple Xuejia"). Temple website, accessed May 29, 2019 (Traditional Chinese).
  9. ↑ 台南 學 甲 濕 地 休耕 河床 農田 轉型 ("Transformation of fallow farmland on the river bed into the Tainan-Xuejia wetland"). wetland.e-info.org.tw, December 27, 2011, accessed May 30, 2019 (Chinese (traditional)).
  10. ↑ 學 甲 導覽 (“Introduction to Xuejia”). Xuejia website, October 5, 2017, accessed May 28, 2019 (Chinese (traditional)).
  11. ↑ Wanpi World Safari Zoo. taiwan.net.tw (Taiwan Tourism Office), accessed May 28, 2019 (Chinese (traditional)).