Baozhong Township (; Wade-Giles: Pao-Chung Hsiang) is a rural

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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 ...

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. It is the smallest township in Yunlin County.

History

Baozhong Township was originally known as Pujianglung Village. During the Qing Dynasty rule, the township was under the jurisdiction of

Changhua County Changhua County ( Mandarin Pinyin: ''Zhānghuà Xiàn''; Wade-Giles: ''Chang¹-hua⁴ Hsien⁴''; Hokkien POJ: ''Chiang-hòa-koān'' or ''Chiong-hòa-koān'') is the smallest county on the main island of Taiwan by area, and the fourth small ...

and later changed under

. During the Japanese rule, the township was placed under the jurisdiction of Pujianglung District, Tuku Subprefecture. Later, Baozhong Township was established to meet the needs of the local people. In 1950, the jurisdiction of the township was changed to the newly added Yunlin County.

Administrative divisions

There is a total of nine

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in Baozhong: * Zhongmin (中民村) * Zhongsheng (中勝村) * Tianyang (田洋村) * Youcai (有才村) * Pujiang (埔姜村) * Maming (馬鳴村) * Xinhu (新湖村) * Chaocuo (潮厝村) * Longyan (龍岩村)

Demographics

According to the

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conducted by the Huwei Household Registration Office (虎尾戶政事務所) in December 2017, there are currently about 13,010 people living in Baozhong, in which 53.76% of them are

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and 46.24% of them are

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. The population of the township has been decreasing every year since 1998. The number of

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s, however, has been gaining.

Tourist attractions

* Mamingshan Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Park * Mamingshan Jhen-an Temple

Notable natives

* Chen Liang-gee, Minister of Science and Technology * Shu Chin-chiang, Chairman of

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(2005-2006) *

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, former Taiwanese pop singer

References

External links

Baozhong Township Office, Yunlin County
{{Authority control Townships in Yunlin County