23°46′23″N 120°31′40″E / 23.772935°N 120.527717°E
Cihtong Township
莿桐鄉 Citong | |
|---|---|
 Farm fields with cover crops in the winter in Cihtong | |
 莿桐鄉 CIHTONG TOWNSHIP | |
 Cihtong Township in Yunlin County | |
| Location | Yunlin County, Taiwan |
| Area | |
• Total | 51 km2 (20 sq mi) |
| Population (February 2023)[1] | |
• Total | 27,538 |
| • Density | 540/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
| Website | www |
| Citong Township | |
|---|---|
| Chinese | 莿桐鄉 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Cìtóng Xiāng |
| Wade–Giles | Tz'u4-t'ung2 Hsiang1 |
| Tongyong Pinyin | Cìhtóng Siang |
| Pha̍k-fa-sṳ | Tshṳ̀-thùng-hiông |
| Hokkien POJ | Chhì-tông-hiong |
Cihtong Township[2][3] or Citong Township[4] is a rural township in Yunlin County, Taiwan. It has a population total of 27,538 (as of February 2023[update][1]) and an area of 50.8502 square kilometres.[1]
Name
editCihtong was named after Cihtong Lane (Chinese: 莿桐巷; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhì-tông-hāng). Before the Qing Dynasty era, Erythrina flowers (Chinese: 刺桐; Hanyu Pinyin: cìtóng; Tongyong Pinyin: cìhtóng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhì-tông) flourished in the then-unpopulated area. The first settlers chose a small lane there to establish a village, which had flowers spread throughout its length.[5]
Geography
editAdministrative divisions
editThe township comprises 14 villages: Citong, Damei, Gancuo, Ganxi, Liuge, Mayuan, Puwei, Puzi, Raoping, Sihe, Wuhua, Xinggui, Xingtong and Yihe.
Economy
editThe township main economy is agriculture. It produces paddy rice mainly along the northern township border with Zhuoshui River in which the output is the highest in the county.
References
edit- ^ a b c d 雲林縣斗六戶政事務所-人口統計-村里鄰人口數 Population for Township and District. Monthly Bulletin of Interior Statistics. Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ "Village, Township and City offices". 雲林縣政府 YUNLIN COUNTY GOVERNMENT. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
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} - ^ "Introduction of Township Supervisor". Cihtong Township, Yunlin County. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
Cihtong{...}Address:No.53, Heping Rd., Cihtong Township, Yunlin County 647, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
- ^ 臺灣地區鄉鎮市區級以上行政區域名稱中英對照表 Archived 2017-08-09 at the Wayback Machine Glossary of Names for Administrative Divisions. Ministry of the Interior. 26 March Minguo 104 (2015). Retrieved 10 November 2018. (in Chinese)
- ^ 黃, 淑莉 (March 30, 2011). "小典故／刺桐樹叢生 地名改莿桐". Liberty Times Net. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
External links
edit- "To know Cihtong Archived 2016-05-03 at the Wayback Machine" at township website
- Yunlin's Cihtong Township
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