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 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 | |
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| 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
[edit]Cihtong 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
[edit]Administrative divisions
[edit]The township comprises 14 villages: Citong, Damei, Gancuo, Ganxi, Liuge, Mayuan, Puwei, Puzi, Raoping, Sihe, Wuhua, Xinggui, Xingtong and Yihe.
Economy
[edit]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
[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.
Title PostDate{...}Cihtong Township{...}
- ^ "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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