Nanzhuang Township is a
rural township in
Miaoli County,
Taiwan
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.
Geography
It has a population total of 10,381 (January 2017)
and an area of .
Demographics
The population consists of
Hakkas
The Hakka (), sometimes also referred to as Hakka Han, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas are a Han Chinese subgroup whose ancestral homes are chiefly in the Hakka-speaking provincial areas of Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan ...
,
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 Southeastern Fujian, China and known by various endonyms or other related terms such a ...
and the
indigenous
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Saisiyat and
Atayal people
The Atayal (), also known as the Tayal and the Tayan, are a Taiwanese indigenous people. The Atayal people number around 90,000, approximately 15.9% of Taiwan's total indigenous population, making them the third-largest indigenous group. The pre ...
.
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 for Legislative Yuan.
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
* 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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