Cihtong
23°46′23″N 120°31′40″E / 23.772935°N 120.527717°E
Cihtong Township
莿桐鄉 Citong | |
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 Farm fields with cover crops in the winter in Citong | |
 莿桐鄉 CIHTONG TOWNSHIP | |
 Citong Township in Yunlin County | |
| Location | Yunlin County, Taiwan |
| Area | |
• Total | 51 km2 (20 sq mi) |
| Population (December 2017)[1] | |
• Total | 28,939 |
| • Density | 570/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
| Website | www |
| Citong Township | |
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| Chinese | 莿桐鄉 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Cìtóng Xiāng |
| Wade–Giles | Tz'u4-t'ung2 Hsiang1 |
| 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 28,939 (as of December 2017[update][1]) and an area of 50.8502 square kilometres.[1]
Name
Citong was named after Citong Lane (Chinese: 莿桐巷; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhì-tông-hāng). Before the Qing Dynasty era, Erythrina flowers (Chinese: 刺桐; pinyin: cìtóng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhì-tông) flourished without any population there where former people came to reclaim wasteland, choosing a small lane to establish houses for a village in which the flowers spread throughout the whole lane.
Geography
Administrative divisions
The township comprises 14 villages: Citong, Damei, Gancuo, Ganxi, Liuge, Mayuan, Puwei, Puzi, Raoping, Sihe, Wuhua, Xinggui, Xingtong and Yihe.
Economy
The 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
- ^ a b c d 鄉鎮市區戶口數 Population for Township and District. Monthly Bulletin of Interior Statistics. Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
- ^ "Village, Township and City offices". 雲林縣政府 YUNLIN COUNTY GOVERNMENT. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
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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 Glossary of Names for Administrative Divisions. Ministry of the Interior. 26 March Minguo 104 (2015). Retrieved 10 November 2018. (in Chinese)
External links
- "To know Citong" at township website
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