Erlin Township () is an urban

township A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...

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 smallest ...

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 nort ...

Geography

With an area of 92.8578 square kilometers, it is the largest township in Changhua County. As of January 2017, its population was 51,487, including 26,533 males and 24,954 females.

History

During the Dutch period, the area was under the administrative region of Favorlang (modern-day

Huwei, Yunlin Huwei Township () is an urban township in Yunlin County, Taiwan. It has a population of about 70,269. Name In the 17th century, during the Dutch era, '' Favorolang'' was one of the largest and most powerful aboriginal villages in Taiwan. Th ...

). Present-day Erlin was probably at or near ''Gierim'', "one of the primary centers for Sino-aboriginal trade and a favorite haunt of pirates and smugglers."

Administrative divisions

Fengtian, Donghe, Nanguang, Xiping, Beiping, Zhongxi, Guangxing, Xiangtian, Waizhu, Xinghua, Dongxing, Houcuo, Dingcuo, Zhaojia, Zhenxing, Wanxing, Yongxing, Xizhuang, Meifang, Hualun, Wange, Dongshi, Dayong, Yuandou, Xidou, Donghua and Fufeng Village.

Tourist attractions

Renhe Temple Renhe may refer to the following places in China: *Ren River, a river in Chongqing, Sichuan, and Shaanxi, the longest tributary of Han River system *Renhe District, a district of Panzhihua, Sichuan Towns, townships, and subdistricts ;Chongqing * R ...

Transportation

Bus station in the township is Erlin Bus Station of Yuanlin Bus.

Notable natives

* Liu Wen-hsiung, Member of the

Legislative Yuan The Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for 4-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a parallel v ...

(1990) *

Liao Yung-lai Liao Yung-lai (; born 1 August 1956) is a Taiwanese politician. Liao Yung-lai was born in Erlin, Changhua, on 1 August 1956. He attended Taiwan Provincial Junior Teachers College in Taichung and worked as a teacher. Liao adopted the pseudonym Lia ...

, Member of the

(1993–1996), Taichung County magistrate (1997–2001)

References

External links

* Townships in Changhua County Taiwan placenames originating from Formosan languages {{taiwan-geo-stub