Tianwei Township () is a
rural township in
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 ...
. It has a population total of 27,834 and an area of 24.03 square kilometres.
Administrative divisions
Tianwei, Xipan, Dalian, Zhengyi, Beizeng, Nanzeng, Raoping, Fengtian, Renli, Xincuo, Xiding, Liufeng, Liufeng, Haifeng, Muyi, Xinsheng, Beizeng, Nanzeng, Futian and Xinxing Village.
Economy
Tianwei is a traditional center of the
floriculture industry and is known as the “land of flowers."
Notable natives
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Chiu Chuang-huan
Chiu Chuang-huan (; 25 July 1925 – 2 July 2020) was a Taiwanese politician. He was the Vice Premier from 1981 to 1984.
Born in Changhua, Chiu was of Hakka ancestry from Raoping, Chaozhou, Guangdong, China.
Chiu died on 2 July 2020, aged 94. ...
, Vice Premier (1981-1984)
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Lo Fu-chu
Lo Fu-chu (; born 2 July 1943) is a former Taiwanese indigenous peoples, Taiwanese legislator and a self-described leader of the "Celestial Alliance" organized crime group. In the late 1990s and early 2000s he was known as the most notorious pers ...
, member of
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 ...
(1996–2002)
References
External links
Tianwei Government website
Townships in Changhua County
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