Ruifang District

Ruifang District (Chinese: 瑞みず芳かおる區く; Hanyu Pinyin: Ruìfāng Qū; Tongyong Pinyin: Rueìfang Cyu; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sūi-hong-khu) is a suburban district in eastern New Taipei City, Taiwan.

Ruifang 瑞みず芳よし區く Rueifang, Juifang, Zuihō
District
Ruifang District
Village of Jiufen in August 2023
Ruifang District in New Taipei City
Coordinates: 25°07′N 121°48′E
Country	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Special municipality	New Taipei City
Urban villages	34
Government
• Leader (區長くちょう)	Wang Kun-Nan (王おう坤ひつじさる南みなみ)
Area
• Total	70.73 km2 (27.31 sq mi)
Population  (February 2023)
• Total	37,607
Time zone	UTC+8 (National Standard Time)
Postal code	224
Website	www.ruifang.ntpc.gov.tw (in Chinese)

Ruifang
Traditional Chinese	瑞みず芳かおる
Postal	Juifang
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Ruìfāng Wade–Giles Jui4-fang1 Tongyong Pinyin Rueìfang Hakka Romanization Lui-fông Southern Min Hokkien POJ Sūi-hong

Ruifang District office

History

Map including Ruifang (labeled as Jui-fang (Zuihō) 瑞みず芳かおる) (1950)

During Japanese rule, Ruifang was called Zuihō Town (瑞みず芳よし街がい), and was administered as part of Kīrun District (基もと隆たかし郡ぐん) of Taihoku Prefecture. Mining was an important industry in Ruifang (then known as Sui-hong) in the early 20th century. Gold was mined in Kyūfun and Kinkaseki while coal was mined in Kau-tong (猴硐; Houtong).

After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Ruifang was organized as an urban township of Taipei County. The mining sites became popular tourist destinations after 1990. On 25 December 2010, Taipei County was upgraded into a municipality named New Taipei City and Ruifang became a district of the municipality. In March 2012, it was named one of the Top 10 Small Tourist Towns by the Tourism Bureau.

Administrative divisions

There are thirty-four urban villages in the district which are divided between four election districts:

• Election District One
  • Longtan (龍りゅう潭里), Longxing (龍りゅう興きょう里さと), Longzhen (龍りゅう鎮里), Longan (龍りゅう安里あんり), Longshan (龍山たつやま里さと), Longchuan (龍りゅう川里かわさと), Zhaofeng (爪つま峰みね里さと), Xinfeng (新しん峰みね里さと), Tunghe (東和とうわ里さと), Ganping (柑坪里さと), Houtong (猴硐里さと), Guangfu (光ひかり復ふく里さと), Gongqiao (弓ゆみ橋きょう里さと), Shuoren (碩せき仁じん里さと)
• Election District Two
  • Jiqing (吉よし慶けい里さと), Jian (吉よし安里あんり), Shangtian (上天じょうてん里さと), Jieyu (傑すぐる魚ぎょ里さと)
• Election District Three
  • Fuzhu (福住ふくずみ里さと), Chongwen (崇たかし文里もり), Jishan (基山きやま里さと), Songde (頌德里さと), Yongqing (永えい慶けい里さと), Xinshan (新しん山里やまざと), Tongshan (銅どう山里やまざと), Shishan (石山いしやま里さと), Guashan (瓜ふり山里やまざと)
• Election District Four
  • Bitou (鼻はな頭あたま里さと), Lianxin (濂新里さと), Liandong (濂洞里さと), Nanya (南みなみ雅みやび里さと), Haibin (海濱かいひん里さと), Ruibin (瑞みず濱里はまさと), Shenao (深ふか澳里)

Education

• New Taipei Municipal Jui-Fang Industrial High School

Tourist attractions

Bitou Cape Trail

• Bitou Cape
• Bitoujiao Lighthouse
• Golden Waterfall
• Houtong Cat Village
• Houtong Coal Mine Ecological Park
• Jinguashi
• Jiufen (Shengping Theater, Taiyang Gold Mine Office)
• Jiufen Gold Mine Museum
• Jiufen Kite Museum
• New Taipei City Gold Museum
• Remains of the 13 Levels
• Shen'ao Fishing Port
• Yin Yang Sea

Transportation

Ruifang Rail Station

Ruifang is served by the Yilan Line of Taiwan Railways. There are four stations in Ruifang Township, which are Ruifang Station, Houtong Station, Sijiaoting Station and Sandiaoling Station.

Provincial Highway 62 passes Ruifang and provides a convenient connection to Keelung City.

Notable natives

• Gau Ming-ho, mountaineer
• Wu Nien-jen, scriptwriter, director and author

See also

• New Taipei City

External links

• Official website (in Chinese)