Zhongpu

Zhongpu

Zhongpu

Rural township

23.408239°N 120.534346°E / 23.408239; 120.534346

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Zhongpu Township or Jhongpu Township (Chinese: 中埔鄉; pinyin: Zhōngpǔ Xiāng) is a rural township in Chiayi County, Taiwan.

Geography

Map of Zhongpu (labeled as Chūho) and surrounding area (1944)
Map of the region including Zhongpu (labeled as Chung-pu (Chūho) 中埔) (1951)

It has a population of 43,275 as of May 2022,[1] and an area of 12,950 hectares (32,000 acres).

Administrative divisions

The township comprises 22 villages: Dingpu, Fushou, Hemei, Hemu, Hexing, Jinlan, Longmen, Longxing, Ruifeng, Sanceng, Shekou, Shenkeng, Shinong, Tongren, Tungxing, Wantan, Yanguan, Yiren, Yumin, Yunshui, Zhonglun and Zhongpu.[2]

Economy

The agriculture sector of the township is one of Chiayi's most important fruit producers, such as growing papayas, pineapples, bananas, tangerines and mushrooms.[3] 7,000 hectares of the township area is cultivated for agricultural purpose, in which the industry employs around 15,000 people, or 32% of the township population.[4]

Tourist attractions

References

  1. [1]
    "嘉義縣中埔鄉村里鄰人口數106年11月". 嘉義縣水上戶政事務所. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  2. [2]
    村里介紹 [About the Villages]. jhongpu.cyhg.gov.tw (in Chinese). Jhongpu Township Office. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
  3. [3]
    "Zhongpu Township". cyhg.gov.tw. Chiayi County Government. 2013. Archived from the original on 2017-02-25. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
  4. [4]
    "Jhongpu Township Tourist spot-Cultural and Tourism Bureau of Chiayi County".
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