Puzi

Puzi 朴子市 Puzih
County-administered city
Puzi City
Location	Chiayi County, Taiwan
Government
• Supervisor	Wang Ru-jing
Area
• Total	50 km2 (20 sq mi)
Population  (July 2018)
• Total	42,176
• Density	840/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (National Standard Time)

Puzi City
Chinese	朴子市
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Púzǐ Shì Bopomofo ㄆㄨˊ   ㄗˇ   ㄕˋ Gwoyeu Romatzyh Pwutzyy Shyh Wade–Giles Pʻu²-tzŭ³ Shih⁴ Tongyong Pinyin Púzǐh Shìh Yale Romanization Púdž Shr̀ MPS2 Pútž Shr̀ IPA [pʰǔ.tsɹ̩̀ ʂɻ̩̂] Hakka Pha̍k-fa-sṳ Phú-chṳ́-sṳ Southern Min Hokkien POJ Phò-chú-chhī Tâi-lô Phò-tsú-tshī

Puzi City Hall

Puzi (Hokkien POJ: Phò-chú) is a county-administered city in Chiayi County, Taiwan. The Chiayi County Council is located in Puzi.

History

The settlement was formerly called Pho-a-kha (Chinese: 樸仔脚; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Phoh-á-kha) in Hokkien. In 1920, during Japanese rule, it was renamed Bokushi Town (朴子街) and governed under Tōseki District, Tainan Prefecture.

After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in October 1945, Puzi Township was incorporated into Tainan County. On 11 December 1945, the Puzi Township Office was established. In October 1950, Chiayi County Government was established and Puzi Township was incorporated into Chiayi County. On 1 July 1992, Puzi Township was upgraded to a county-controlled city.

Geography

Map of Puzi (labeled as Bokushi) and surrounding area (1944)

Map including Puzi (labeled as P'o-tzu (Bokushi) 朴子) (1950)

• Area: 49.57 km²
• Population: 43,250 people (December 2014)

Administrative divisions

The township comprises 27 villages: Anfu, Bohou, Dage, Daxiang, Dejia, Dexing, Jiahe, Kaiyuan, Kanhou, Kanqian, Meihua, Nanzhu, Neicuo, Pinghe, Renhe, Songhua, Shuangxi, Shunan, Shuntian, Wenhua, Xikou, Xinliao, Xinzhuang, Yonghe, Zhongzheng, Zhucun and Zhuwei.

Government institutions

Chiayi County Council

• Chiayi County Council

Education

• Chang Gung University of Science and Technology
• Toko University

Tourist attractions

Puzi Railway Park

• Mei-Ling Fine Arts Museum
• Peitian Temple
• Puzih Art Park
• Puzih Embroidery Cultural Hall
• Puzih Railway Park

Transportation

Bus station in the city is Puzi Bus Station of Chiayi Bus.

Notable natives

• Momofuku Ando, inventor of instant noodles
• Hou You-yi, Mayor of New Taipei
• Lin Chieh-liang, physician, nephrologist and toxicologist
• Twu Shiing-jer, Mayor of Chiayi City (2014-2018)

External links

• Puzi City Government Office (in Chinese)