Nanzhuang Township is a
rural township in
Miaoli County
Miaoli County (Mandarin Pinyin: ''miáo lì xiàn''; Hakka PFS: ''Mèu-li̍t-yen''; Hokkien POJ: ''Biâu-le̍k-koān'' or ''Miâu-le̍k-koān'') is a county in western Taiwan. Miaoli is adjacent with Hsinchu County and Hsinchu City to the nort ...
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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 nort ...
.
Geography
It has a population total of 10,381 (January 2017)
and an area of .
Demographics
The population consists of
Hakkas,
Hoklos
The Hoklo people or Hokkien people () are a Han Chinese (also Han Taiwanese) subgroup who speak Hokkien, a Southern Min language, or trace their ancestry to Minnan region, Southeastern Fujian, China and known by various endonyms or other relate ...
and the
indigenous Saisiyat and
Atayal people.
Administrative divisions
The township comprises nine villages: Nanfu, Nanjiang, Penglai, Shishan, Tianmei, Tung, Tunghe, Xi and Yuanlin.
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Politics
The township is part of Miaoli County Constituency II electoral district
An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other polity ...
for 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 ...
.
Transportation
* Guo-Guang Motor Transit Company
Tourist attractions
* Museum of Saisiyat Folklore
The Museum of Saisiyat Folklore () is a museum of Saisiyat people in Nanzhuang Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan. The museum is dedicated to the culture of the people and their ''Festival of Short People'' ().
History
The museum was set up by M ...
* Nanzhuang Old Street
The Nanzhuang Old Street or Osmanthus Alley () is an old street in Nanzhuang Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan.
Name
The street is also called Osmanthus Alley due to the fact that it is famous for its osmanthus wine.
History
The street was the ...
* Nanzhuang Theater
The Jindong Movie Theater () is a movie theater and restaurant in Nanzhuang Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan.
Architecture
The movie theater building is decorated with various movie posters around it. It shows old movies and serves Hakka
...
* Quanhua Temple
* Shenxian Valley Shenxian may refer to:
* Xian (Taoism), or shenxian (神仙), Taoist immortal
* Shen County or Shenxian (莘县), in Shandong province
See also
*Shengzhou
Shengzhou (), formerly Shengxian or Sheng County, is a county-level city in central Zh ...
* Shitoushan (Lion's Head Mountain) Temple
* Xiangtian Lake
File:Exterior facade of the Museum of Saisiyat Folklore, as taken on 9th October 2020.jpg, Museum of Saisiyat Folklore
File:Miaoli-County Taiwan Quanhua-Temple-03.jpg, Quanhua Temple
File:獅頭山 Shitou Mountain - panoramio.jpg, Shitoushan in Nanzhuang Township
File:Xiang Ten Lake.jpg, Xiangtian Lake
Notable natives
* Chuang Chi-fa
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, historian
References
External links
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Townships in Miaoli County
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