Shizi, Pingtung
Shizi Township | |
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Location | Pingtung County, Taiwan |
Area | |
• Total | 301 km2 (116 sq mi) |
Population (February 2024) | |
• Total | 4,768 |
• Density | 16/km2 (41/sq mi) |
Shizi Township |
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Shizi Township[1] is a mountain indigenous township in Pingtung County, Taiwan. It is the largest township of the county. The main population is the Paiwan people of the Taiwanese aborigines.
Names
[edit]The original Paiwan name for the area was Tjakuvukuvulj (Tjakuvukuvuɬ; historically rendered as Chaobo Obol or in Chinese: 腳歐
Under Kuomintang rule, the name was changed to the current Shizi, though in Taiwanese Hokkien the name Sai-a-thau is still normally used in spoken contexts.[2]
Geography
[edit]The terrain of Shizi is mountainous, as the district is located near Taiwan's Central Mountain Range.
Administrative divisions
[edit]The township comprises eight villages:
- Caopu (Chinese:
草 埔; pinyin: Cǎobù; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chháu-po) (Paiwan: Supaw) - Danlu (
丹 路 ; Dānlù; Tan-lō) (Paiwan: Tjakuljakuljai) - Fenglin (
楓 林 ; Fēnglín; Png-lîm)(Paiwan: Kaidi/Naimalipa) - Nanshi (
南 世 ; Nánshì; Lâm-sè) (Paiwan: Nansiku/Tjuladu) - Neishi (內獅; Nèishī; Lāi-sai) (Paiwan: Kacedas)
- Neiwen (內文; Nèiwén; Lāi-bûn) (Paiwan: Naibun/Tjakuvukuvulj)
- Shizi (
獅子 ; Shīzi; Sai-chú) (Paiwan: Tjaqaciljai) - Zhukeng (
竹 坑 ; Zhúkēng; Tek-kheⁿ) (Paiwan: Tjuruguai)
Economy
[edit]Agriculture
[edit]Agriculture produced in the township includes mangoes, bird's-nest ferns and watermelons.
Tourist attractions
[edit]Places of interest in or around Shizi are Shuangliu Forest Recreation Area, the Cultural Objects Museum, Lilongshan and Neiwen Village.
Transportation
[edit]Shizi is connected via railway through the TRA South-Link Line. A key station is Fangshan Station. Two highways run through the township: Provincial Highway No.1 and Provincial Highway No.9 (South-Link Highway).
References
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臺灣 地區 鄉 鎮市區 級 以上 行政 區域 名稱 中 英 對照 表 Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine Glossary of Names for Administrative Divisions. (in Chinese) Accessed at Taiwan Geographic Names Information System website Archived 2013-08-16 at the Wayback Machine (in English). Ministry of the Interior. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2015. - ^
吳 秀麗 (1994). Independence Evening Post商用 台 語 (in Chinese). Taipei. p. 145. ISBN 9789575963149.{{cite book}}
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External links
[edit]- Shizi Township Office website (in Chinese)