Zhutian

Coordinates: 22°35′20″N 120°31′49″E / 22.588971°N 120.530266°E / 22.588971; 120.530266
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Not to be confused with Zhutian [zh], Nanxiong, in Guangdong, China.

22°35′20″N 120°31′49″E / 22.588971°N 120.530266°E / 22.588971; 120.530266

Zhutian Township
竹田たけだ鄉さと
Takeda
Rural township
Zhutian Township in Pingtung County
Zhutian Township in Pingtung County
LocationPingtung County, Taiwan
Area
 • Total29 km2 (11 sq mi)
Population
 (February 2024)
 • Total15,757
 • Density540/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Zhutian Township
Traditional Chinese竹田たけだ鄉さと
Literal meaningbamboo field township
Hanyu PinyinZhútián Xiāng
Wade–GilesChu2-t'ien2 Hsiang1
Tongyong PinyinJhútián Siang
Pha̍k-fa-sṳTsuk-thièn-hiông
Hokkien POJTek-chhân-hiong
Zhutian Station

Zhutian Township,[1] also spelled Jhutian,[2] is a rural township in Pingtung County, Taiwan.

Geography[edit]

Jhutian Township Office
  • 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 (大だい湖村こそん)
  • Erlun (二に崙村)[3]
  • Fengming (鳳おおとり明あきら村むら)
  • Futian (福田ふくだ村むら)
  • Liuxiang (六ろく巷ちまた村むら)
  • Lufeng (履くつ豐ゆたか村むら)
  • Meilun (美よし崙村)
  • Nanshi (南勢なんせい村むら)
  • Sizhou (泗洲村むら)
  • Tiaodi (糶せり糴村)
  • Toulun (頭あたま崙村)
  • Xishi (西勢にしせい村むら)
  • Yongfeng (永豐ながとよ村むら)
  • Zhunan (竹たけ南村みなみむら)
  • Zhutian (竹田たけだ村むら)

Economy[edit]

Rice factory in Zhutian

Zhutian is famous for its agricultural products.

Tourist attractions[edit]

Transportation[edit]

Rails[edit]

Zhutian Station

Roads[edit]

The township is connected to Kaohsiung at Fengshan District through Provincial Highway 88.

References[edit]

  1. ^ 臺灣たいわん地區ちく鄉きょう鎮市區しく級きゅう以上いじょう行政ぎょうせい區域くいき名稱めいしょう中ちゅう英えい對照たいしょう表ひょう 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.
  2. ^ 鄉さと鎮中英えい對照たいしょう
  3. ^ "The power of murals 二に崙村 用よう壁畫へきが跟你搏感情かんじょう - Taipei Times". 28 July 2015.

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