Dalin Township () is an

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. To the east is

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, to the south

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and to the north

Yunlin County Yunlin County (Mandarin pinyin: ''Yúnlín Xiàn''; Taigi POJ: ''Hûn-lîm-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Yùn-lìm-yen'') is a county in western Taiwan. Yunlin County borders the Taiwan Strait to the west, Nantou County to the east, Changhua County t ...

. Dalin TzuChi General Hospital (大林慈濟醫院) is located here.

History

The township was formerly down as Dapulin since the

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empire rule. The first name who came to this area was a Cantonese person. Afterwards, many

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immigrated to the area from

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and

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. Most of them worked in the forest. During the Japanese rule, the government set up a sugar factory in the area.

Demographics

It has a population of 29,937 in 11,505 households.

Administrative divisions

The township comprises 21 villages: Damei, Datang, Goubei, Guoxi, Hubei, Jilin, Minghe, Minghua, Neilin, Pailu, Pinglin, Sancun, Sanhe, Sanjiao, Shanglin, Tunglin, Xijie, Xilin, Yihe, Zhongkeng and Zhonglin.

Economy

There are in total about 2,600 hectares of farmland in the township. Agriculture produce in the township are rice, bamboo shoots, oranges, tangerines, pineapples and orchids. The total annual food production is 12,000 tons. The development of Dapumei industrial area has attracted corporations such as

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to build factories.

Education

Nanhua University Nanhua University (NHU; ) is a university located in Dalin Township, Chiayi County, Taiwan. Founded in 1996 as the Nanhua College of Management, it was elevated to university status in 1999. The university was founded by the Buddhist monk Hs ...

* Chung Jen Junior College of Nursing, Health Science and Management * Chiayi County Tungji high school

Transportation

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has one station named Dalin Station in the township. The Mianchiuag Taiwan Sugar Railways maintains a "Dalin Station."

Notable natives

Chester Chou Chester Chou (; born 12 October 1951) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Deputy Secretary-General of the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2014. Education Chou was born in Dalin Township, Chiayi County on 12 October 1951. His father worked as ...

, Deputy Secretary-General of the

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(1999-2014) *

Hsu Nai-lin Hsu Nai-lin (; born 17 September 1959) is a Taiwanese television host, actor and singer. Career Hsu acted in the TV serials ''Deep Garden'' (1987), ''Wan-chun'' (1991), ''Qing qing he bian cao'' (青青河邊草, 1991) and '' Reaching for t ...

, TV host, actor, and singer *

Sylvia Chang Sylvia Chang (born 21 July 1953) is a Taiwanese actress, writer, singer, producer and director. In 1992, she was a member of the jury at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival. In 2018, she was one of the jury members of the main competition ...

, actress, writer, singer, producer and director

References

External links

Dalin Township Office
{{Townships in Taiwan Townships in Chiayi County