Zhutian
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22°35′20″N 120°31′49″E / 22.588971°N 120.530266°E
Zhutian Township
竹田鄉 Takeda | |
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![]() Zhutian Township in Pingtung County | |
Location | Pingtung County, Taiwan |
Area | |
• Total | 29 km2 (11 sq mi) |
Population (February 2024) | |
• Total | 15,757 |
• Density | 540/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
Zhutian Township | |
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Traditional Chinese | 竹田鄉 |
Literal meaning | bamboo field township |
Hanyu Pinyin | Zhútián Xiāng |
Wade–Giles | Chu2-t'ien2 Hsiang1 |
Tongyong Pinyin | Jhútián Siang |
Pha̍k-fa-sṳ | Tsuk-thièn-hiông |
Hokkien POJ | Tek-chhân-hiong |
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Zhutian Township,[1] also spelled Jhutian,[2] is a rural township in Pingtung County, Taiwan.
Geography
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- Population: 15,757 people (February 2024)
- Area: 29.07 square kilometres (11.22 sq mi)
- Main ethnic group: Hakka
Administrative divisions
[edit]The township comprises 15 villages:
- Dahu (大湖村)
- Erlun (二崙村)[3]
- Fengming (鳳明村)
- Futian (福田村)
- Liuxiang (六巷村)
- Lufeng (履豐村)
- Meilun (美崙村)
- Nanshi (南勢村)
- Sizhou (泗洲村)
- Tiaodi (糶糴村)
- Toulun (頭崙村)
- Xishi (西勢村)
- Yongfeng (永豐村)
- Zhunan (竹南村)
- Zhutian (竹田村)
Economy
[edit]Zhutian is famous for its agricultural products.
Tourist attractions
[edit]Transportation
[edit]Rails
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Roads
[edit]The township is connected to Kaohsiung at Fengshan District through Provincial Highway 88.
References
[edit]- ^ 臺灣地區鄉鎮市區級以上行政區域名稱中英對照表 Archived March 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Glossary of Names for Administrative Divisions. (in Chinese) Accessed at Taiwan Geographic Names Information System website Archived August 16, 2013, at the Wayback Machine (in English). Ministry of the Interior. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- ^ 鄉鎮中英對照
- ^ "The power of murals 二崙村 用壁畫跟你搏感情 - Taipei Times". 28 July 2015.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jhutian Township, Pingtung.
- Jhutian Township Office (in Chinese)