Emei Township () is a
rural township in
Hsinchu County
Hsinchu is a County (Taiwan), county in Regions of Taiwan, north-western Taiwan. The population of the county is mainly Hakka people, Hakka; with a Taiwanese aboriginal minority in the southeastern part of the county. Zhubei is the county seat ...
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Taiwan
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History
Emei Township was originally named ''Goeh-bai'' (), taking the name from the curved crescent moon shape of the Emei Stream (峨眉溪). In 1904, during
Japanese rule, the township was renamed to , which is retained as the present ''Emei''.
Geography
* Area:
* Population: 5,312 (February 2023)
Administrative divisions
* Emei Village
* Zhongcheng Village
* Shijing Village
* Qixing Village
* Fuxing Village
* Huguang Village
Tourist attractions
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Emei Lake
Mount Emei (; zh, c=峨眉山, p=Éméi shān, O2-mei2 shan1), alternatively Mount Omei, is a mountain in Sichuan Province, China, and is the highest of the Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains of China. Mount Emei sits at the western rim of th ...
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Erliao Divien Tree
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Fuxing Old Street Fuxing may refer to:
*Fu star (福星), or Fuxing, Chinese deity
*Fuxing (train) (复兴号, meaning "Rejuvenation"), China Standardized EMU operated by China Railway High-speed (CRH)
* Fuxing Road (disambiguation)
*Chinese compound surname (複姓 ...
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Mount Shitou
Mount is often used as part of the name of specific mountains, e.g. Mount Everest.
Mount or Mounts may also refer to:
Places
* Mount, Cornwall, a village in Warleggan parish, England
* Mount, Perranzabuloe, a hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, C ...
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Qixing Camphor Tree
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Qixing Tree Qixing or 七星 may refer to:
China
*Qixing District (七星区)
*Seven-star Cave, or Qixingyan (七星岩), cave complex in Guilin
*Seven Star Crags (七星岩), in Zhaoqing, Guangdong
Taiwan
*Qixing Mountain (Taipei) (七星山)
*Qixingyan (Tai ...
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Shierliao Leisure Agricultural Region
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Xi Mao Bu Hanging Bridge
Notable natives
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Chiu Ching-chun
Chiu Ching-chun (; born 8 December 1949) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Magistrate of Hsinchu County since 20 December 2009 until 25 December 2018.
Education
Chiu obtained his bachelor's degree from Minghsin University of Science and Tec ...
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Magistrate
The term magistrate is used in a variety of systems of governments and laws to refer to a civilian officer who administers the law. In ancient Rome, a '' magistratus'' was one of the highest ranking government officers, and possessed both judi ...
of
Hsinchu County
Hsinchu is a County (Taiwan), county in Regions of Taiwan, north-western Taiwan. The population of the county is mainly Hakka people, Hakka; with a Taiwanese aboriginal minority in the southeastern part of the county. Zhubei is the county seat ...
(2009–2018)
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Yang Wen-ke
Yang Wen-ke (; born 22 March 1951) is a Taiwanese politician who is the current magistrate of Hsinchu County since 25 December 2018 after winning the 2018 Taiwanese local elections on 24 November 2018.
Education
Yang graduated from China Un ...
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Magistrate
The term magistrate is used in a variety of systems of governments and laws to refer to a civilian officer who administers the law. In ancient Rome, a '' magistratus'' was one of the highest ranking government officers, and possessed both judi ...
of Hsinchu County
References
External links
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Townships in Hsinchu County
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