Sihu, Yunlin
Sihu Township (, Wade–Giles: Szuhu) is a Township (Taiwan), rural township in Yunlin County, Taiwan. Geography As of February 2023, it has a population total of 21,458 and an area of 77.1189 km2, including a section of coastline on the Taiwan Strait. History Sihu's coastal waters were traditionally used in oyster farming, but in 1991 they were zoning, zoned for offshore industrial use. Administrative divisions The township comprises 21 villages: Botung, Bozi, Caicuo, Feisha, Feitung, Guanggou, Huliao, Huxi, Lincuo, Lintung, Luchang, Lunbei, Lunnan, Neihu, Sanxing, Shihu, Sihu, Xiangdiao, Xide, Xinzhuang and Xiwei. Economy The township produces radishes. Notable natives * Chen Kuei-ru, running athlete * Kerris Tsai, pop singer * Lee Chin-yung, Magistrate of Yunlin County (2014–2018) References Townships in Yunlin County {{taiwan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Township (Taiwan)
Townships are the third-level administrative subdivisions of counties of the Republic of China (Taiwan), along with county-administered cities. After World War II, the townships were established from the following conversions on the Japanese administrative divisions: Although local laws do not enforce strict standards for classifying them, generally urban townships have a larger population and more business and industry than rural townships, but not to the extent of county-administered cities. Under townships, there is still the village as the fourth or basic level of administration. As of 2022, there are totally 184 townships, including 38 urban townships, 122 rural townships and 24 mountain indigenous townships. 174 townships with 35 urban and 118 rural townships are located in Taiwan Province and 10 townships with 3 urban and 4 rural townships are located in Fujian Province. Penghu and Lienchiang are the only two counties that do not have urban townships. Statistics of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yunlin County
Yunlin County (Mandarin pinyin: ''Yúnlín Xiàn''; Taigi POJ: ''Hûn-lîm-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Yùn-lìm-yen'') is a county in western Taiwan. Yunlin County borders the Taiwan Strait to the west, Nantou County to the east, Changhua County to the north at the Zhuoshui River, and Chiayi County to the south at the Beigang River. Yunlin is part of the Chianan Plain, a flat land known for its agriculture. Agricultural products of Yunlin County include pomelo, tea leaves, suan cai, papaya and muskmelon. Yunlin's rivers give it potential for hydroelectricity. Douliu is the largest and capital city of Yunlin. It is the only county on the main island of Taiwan where no city with the same name exists. North–South divide in Taiwan#Northern drifters (beipiao), Yunlin is one of the least developed counties on the West coast, and suffers from emigration. History Dutch Formosa During the Dutch Formosa era, ''Ponkan'' (modern-day Beigang, Yunlin, Beigang) was an important coastal castl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. The territories controlled by the ROC consist of 168 islands, with a combined area of . The main island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', has an area of , with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third, where its highly urbanised population is concentrated. The capital, Taipei, forms along with New Taipei City and Keelung the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Other major cities include Taoyuan, Taichung, Tainan, and Kaohsiung. With around 23.9 million inhabitants, Taiwan is among the most densely populated countries in the world. Taiwan has been settled for at least 25,000 years. Ancestors of Taiwanese indigenous peoples settled the isla ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Taiwan Strait
The Taiwan Strait is a -wide strait separating the island of Taiwan and continental Asia. The strait is part of the South China Sea and connects to the East China Sea to the north. The narrowest part is wide. The Taiwan Strait is itself a subject of international dispute over its political status. As the People's Republic of China claims to enjoy "sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction over the Taiwan Strait" and regards the waterway as " internal territorial waters" instead of being international waters, this means that the Chinese government denies any foreign vessel having the freedom of navigation in the strait. This position has drawn strong objections from the United States, Australia, France and Taiwan. Names Former names of the Taiwan Strait include the or from a dated name for Taiwan; the or Fujian, from the Chinese province forming the strait's western shore; and the , a calque of the strait's name in Hokkien and Hakka. Geography The Taiwan Strait ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Oyster Farming
Oyster farming is an aquaculture (or mariculture) practice in which oysters are bred and raised mainly for their pearls, shells and inner organ tissue, which is eaten. Oyster farming was practiced by the ancient Rome, ancient Romans as early as the 1st century BC on the Italian peninsula and later in Roman Britain, Britain for export to Rome. The French oyster industry has relied on aquacultured oysters since the late 18th century. History Oyster farming was practiced by the ancient Romans as early as the 1st century BC on the Italian peninsula. With the Barbarian invasions the oyster farming in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic came to an end. In fact, the Romans were the very first to cultivate Oysters. The Roman engineer Sergius Orata is known for his innovative ways of breeding and commercializing oysters. He did this by cultivating the mollusk with a system that could control the water levels. In 1852 Monsieur de Bon started to re-seed the oyster beds by collecting ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Zoning
Zoning is a method of urban planning in which a municipality or other tier of government divides land into areas called zones, each of which has a set of regulations for new development that differs from other zones. Zones may be defined for a single use (e.g. residential, industrial), they may combine several compatible activities by use, or in the case of form-based zoning, the differing regulations may govern the density, size and shape of allowed buildings whatever their use. The planning rules for each zone determine whether planning permission for a given development may be granted. Zoning may specify a variety of outright and conditional uses of land. It may indicate the size and dimensions of lots that land may be subdivided into, or the form and scale of buildings. These guidelines are set in order to guide urban growth and development. Zoning is the most common regulatory urban planning method used by local governments in developed countries. Exceptions include the Uni ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Radish
The radish (''Raphanus raphanistrum'' subsp. ''sativus'') is an Eating, edible root vegetable of the family Brassicaceae that was domesticated in Asia prior to Roman Empire, Roman times. Radishes are grown and consumed throughout the world, being mostly eaten raw as a crunchy salad vegetable with a pungency, pungent, slightly spicy flavor, varying in intensity depending on its growing environment. There are numerous variety (botany), varieties, varying in size, flavor, color, and length of time they take to mature. Radishes owe their sharp flavor to the various chemical compounds produced by the plants, including glucosinolate, myrosinase, and isothiocyanate. They are sometimes grown as companion plants and suffer from few pests and diseases. They germinate quickly and grow rapidly, common smaller varieties being ready for consumption within a month, while larger ''daikon'' varieties take several months. Being easy to grow and quick to harvest, radishes are often planted by novi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chen Kuei-ru
Chen Kuei-ru ( zh, 陳奎儒; also transliterated as Chen Kuei-ju; born 22 September 1993) is a Taiwanese athlete competing in the hurdling, sprint hurdles. He won a silver medal at the 2017 Summer Universiade. His personal bests are 13.34 seconds in the 110 metres hurdles (+0.1 m/s, Taipei 2019) and 7.81 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (Doha 2016). Both are current List of Taiwanese records in athletics, national records. Competition record References 1993 births Living people Taiwanese male hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games People from Yunlin County Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Asian Games silver medalists for Chinese Taipei Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Universiade silver medalists for Chinese Taipei Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kerris Tsai
Kerris Tsai (; born 20 April 1967) is a Taiwanese Hokkien pop Hokkien pop, also known as Taiwanese Hokkien popular music, T-pop (), Tai-pop, Minnan Pop and Taiwanese song (), is a popular music genre sung in Taiwanese Hokkien and produced mainly in Taiwan. Hokkien pop is most popular amongst Hoklo people in ... singer. Discography * July 1979: 姐妹情深; ''Sisterhood'' * 1981: 少女的心聲; ''Girl's Voice'' * 1982: 行船人的夢; ''Boatman's Dream'' * June 1983: 大姊頭仔的心聲; ''Big Brother and Son of the Voice'' * May 1984: 傷心的所在—未完成的戀夢; ''Sad Place – Unfinished Love Dream'' * 1987: 袂看破—什麼樂; ''See the Break / What the Fun?'' * 1987: 酒落喉—酒醉的滋味; ''Wine Drops the Throat / Taste of Drunkenness'' * 1988: 船過水無痕—醉袂停; ''The Boat is not Trace of Water / Stop by Drunk'' * 1989: 悲情的運命—酒矸仔伴—甭擱憨; ''Tragic Fate / Cherry & Companion / Don't say Foolishness'' * 1989: 金 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lee Chin-yung
Lee Chin-yung (; born 1 August 1951) is a Taiwanese politician. He was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1993 to 1997, when he was elected Mayor of Keelung. Lee remained mayor until 2001. He served as acting Yunlin County magistrate in 2005, and later served a full term in the office between 2014 and 2018. Following an unsuccessful bid for reelection as Yunlin County magistrate, Lee was appointed chairperson of the Central Election Commission in 2019. Education Lee received his bachelor's and master's degrees in law from National Chung Hsing University and National Taiwan University, respectively. Early political career Lee was a judge on the Hualien, Yilan and Taichung district courts, prior to sitting on the Legislative Yuan from 1993 to 1997 as a representative of Keelung, followed by a single term as mayor of Keelung. Lee's victory in the 1997 Keelung mayoral election was later credited to a split in the Pan-Blue Coalition. 2001 Keelung City mayoralty election Lee r ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |