Ruisui

Ruisui Township

瑞穗鄉
Mizuho
Ruisui Township 瑞穗鄉 Mizuho
	The Xiuguluan River near Jimei, Ruisui Township
	Nickname: 水尾 (Mizuo)
	Coordinates: 23°26′0″N 121°30′0″E / 23.43333°N 121.50000°E
Country	Taiwan
Region	Eastern Taiwan
Government
• Type	Township
Area
• Total	135.5862 km2 (52.3501 sq mi)
Population (March 2023)
• Total	10,944
Time zone	UTC+8 (CST)
Post code	978
Subdivision	11 Villages
Website	www.juisui.gov.tw (Chinese)

Ruisui Township^[1] is a rural township located in southern Hualien County, Taiwan, and has a population of 10,944 inhabitants in 11 villages.

The population is composed of Hoklo, Hakka, and Taiwanese aborigines, most of whom are Amis. Agriculture and tourism are major industries.

History

During Qing rule, the headquarters of Taitung Prefecture was located in modern-day Ruisui, known then as Tsui-be,^[2] or Tsui-boe^[3] (Chinese: 水尾; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chúi-bóe). Those Chinese characters (水尾) were rendered Mizuo in Japanese during Japanese rule of Taiwan, but were later changed to 瑞穗, Mizuho in 1917.^[4] This written form was retained after the Kuomintang takeover of Taiwan in 1945; the characters are pronounced Sūi-sūi and Ruìsuì in Taiwanese and Mandarin Chinese, respectively.^{[citation needed]}

The township lies in an alluvial plain which located midway up the Huadong Valley between the Central Mountain Range, Coastal Mountain Range and Wuhe Terrace. Rafting activity on the Xiuguluan River often starts from the Ruisui Bridge.^{[citation needed]}

The climate is between tropical and subtropical monsoon with a humid climate.^{[citation needed]}

The Tropic of Cancer passes through the township.^{[citation needed]}

The township comprises 11 villages: Fumin, Fuxing, Fuyuan, Hegang, Jimei, Ruibei, Ruiliang, Ruimei, Ruisui, Ruixiang and Wuhe.^{[citation needed]}

Wuhe Terrace, known for the cultivation of Wuhe Tea

Highways in Ruisui include:

^ 臺灣地區鄉鎮市區級以上行政區域名稱中英對照表 Glossary of Names for Administrative Divisions. Ministry of the Interior. 26 March Minguo 104 (2015). Retrieved 5 November 2017. (in Chinese)
^ Campbell, William (1915). Sketches from Formosa. London: Marshall Brothers. p. 278. OL 7051071M. The eastern prefecture of TAI-TANG, made up of the two sub-prefectures of Pi-lam and Hoe-lian-kang, with head-quarters at the middle-eastern centre called Tsui-be.
^ Campbell (1896), map.
^ 臺灣歷史地圖增訂版. [Taiwan Historical Maps, Expanded and Revised Edition]. Taipei: National Museum of Taiwan History. February 2018. p. 109. ISBN 978-986-05-5274-4. 水尾瑞穗 (1917)
^ "International Exchange". List of Affiliation Partners within Prefectures. Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR). Archived from the original on 21 November 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.

Ruisui Township 瑞穗鄉 Mizuho
The Xiuguluan River near Jimei, Ruisui Township
Nickname: 水尾 (Mizuo)

Coordinates: 23°26′0″N 121°30′0″E / 23.43333°N 121.50000°E / 23.43333; 121.50000
Country	Taiwan
Region	Eastern Taiwan
Government
• Type	Township
Area
• Total	135.5862 km² (52.3501 sq mi)
Population (March 2023)
• Total	10,944
Time zone	UTC+8 (CST)
Post code	978
Subdivision	11 Villages
Website	www.juisui.gov.tw (Chinese)