Xinfeng Township () is a
rural township in
Hsinchu County
Hsinchu is a County (Taiwan), county in Regions of Taiwan, north-western Taiwan. The population of the county is mainly Hakka people, Hakka; with a Taiwanese aboriginal minority in the southeastern part of the county. Zhubei is the county seat ...
in northern
Taiwan
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. It had an estimated population of 58,614 as of February 2023.
History
Xinfeng is a major industrial and manufacturing center in Hsinchu. It shares the Hsinchu Industrial Park with its neighboring town,
Hukou
''Hukou'' ( zh, c=户口, l=household individual) is a system of household registration used in the People's Republic of China. The system itself is more properly called ''huji'' ( zh, c=户籍, l=household origin), and has origins in Histo ...
. It is also the home of
Ming Hsin University.
Geography
Xinfeng, encompassing , is bounded by the
Taiwan Strait
The Taiwan Strait is a strait separating the island of Taiwan and the Asian continent. The strait is part of the South China Sea and connects to the East China Sea to the north. The narrowest part is wide.
Names
Former names of the Tai ...
on its west,
Zhubei City
Zhubei (Wade-Giles: ''Chupei''; Taiwanese Hakka, Hakka Pha̍k-fa-sṳ, PFS: ''Chuk-pet''; Taiwanese Hokkien, Hokkien Pe̍h-ōe-jī, POJ: ''Tek-pak'') is a County-administered city, city in Hsinchu County, Taiwan. It is one of the island's faste ...
to the south, Hukou Township to the east and
Xinwu District of
Taoyuan City
Taoyuan () is a special municipality located in northwestern Taiwan, neighboring New Taipei City to the north-east, Yilan County to the south-east, and Hsinchu County to the south-west. Taoyuan District is the seat of the municipal gove ...
on the north.
Administrative divisions
The township comprises 17 villages: Fengkeng, Fuxing, Houhu, Jingpu, Potou, Puhe, Qiding, Ruixing, Shangkeng, Shanqi, Songbo, Songlin, Xhongxing, Xinfeng, Yuanshan, Zhonglun and Zhongxiao.
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Education
* Minghsin University of Science and Technology
Minghsin University of Science and Technology (MUST; ) is a private university in Xinfeng Township, Hsinchu County, Taiwan.
History
I. Industrial Junior College Period
MUST was founded in 1966 that was known as Ming Hsin Engineering College (M ...
Tourist attractions
* Little Ding-Dong Science Theme Park
The Little Ding-Dong Science Theme Park ( zh, t=小叮噹科學主題樂園, s=小叮当科学主题乐园, first=t, p=Xiǎodīngdāng Kēxué Zhǔtí Lèyuán) is a theme park in Xinfeng Township, Hsinchu County, Taiwan. It is the only outdoor ...
Transportation
Notable natives
* Hsu Hsin-ying
Hsu Hsin-ying (; born 23 April 1972) is a Taiwanese politician and engineer. Prior to joining the Kuomintang (KMT) in 2009, Hsu was an independent. She left the KMT to found the Minkuotang (MKT) in 2015. In 2019, the MKT was absorbed by the Congr ...
, Chairperson of Minkuotang
* Hebe Tien
Hebe Tien Fu-chen (; born 30 March 1983) is a Taiwanese singer and actress. She rose to fame in the early 2000s as a member of Taiwanese girl group S.H.E. The release of her debut album, '' To Hebe'' (2010), established her as a solo artist. T ...
. singer
References
External links
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Townships in Hsinchu County
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