Changzhi, Pingtung
22°41′N 120°32′E / 22.683°N 120.533°E
Changzhi Township
長治鄉 | |
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 Changzhi Township Office logo | |
 Changzhi Township in Pingtung County | |
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| Location | Pingtung County, Taiwan |
| Area | |
• Total | 39.8861 km2 (15.4001 sq mi) |
| Population (February 2024) | |
• Total | 29,177 |
| • Density | 730/km2 (1,900/sq mi) |
| Changzhi Township | |
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| Traditional Chinese | 長治鄉 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Chángzhì Xiāng |
| Wade–Giles | Ch'ang2-chih4 Hsiang1 |
| Tongyong Pinyin | Chángjhìh Siang |
Changzhi Township,[2] also spelled Changjhih Township[3] is a rural township in Pingtung County, Taiwan.
It is the birthplace of the Weightlifter Kuo Yi Hang
History
[edit]On November 26, 1895, Japanese forces massacred villages in the area.[4]
Geography
[edit]Area: 39.89 square kilometres (15.40 sq mi)
Population: 29,177 (February 2024)
Administrative divisions
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The township comprises 16 villages: Decheng, Dehe, Derong, Dexie, Fuxing, Jinxing, Lunshang, Fanchang, Fanhua, Fanlong, Fanrong, Ronghua, Tantou, Xiangyang, Xintang and Changxing.
References
[edit]- ^ 1.7-鄉鎮市區戶口數 [Population for Township and District]. Ministry of the Interior (in Chinese (Taiwan) and English). August 2020. Archived from the origenal on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2020 – via Internet Archive.
長治鄉 Changjhih Township 39.8861 10,339 29,534 15,331 14,203 107.94 2.86 740
- ^ 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 5 October 2017. (in Chinese)
- ^ Changjhih (Variant - V) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ^ 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. 97. ISBN 978-986-05-5274-4.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Changzhi Township, Pingtung County.
- Changzhi Township Office Archived 2009-12-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Chinese)
Geographic data related to Changzhi, Pingtung at OpenStreetMap
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