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Cihtong Township
莿桐鄉
Citong
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Farm fields with cover crops in the winter in Cihtong
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莿桐鄉 CIHTONG TOWNSHIP | |
Cihtong Township in Yunlin County
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| Location | Yunlin County, Taiwan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 51 km2 (20 sq mi) |
| Population
(February 2023)[1]
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| • Total | 27,538 |
| • Density | 540/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
| Website | www |
| Citong Township | |
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| Chinese | 莿桐鄉 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Cìtóng Xiāng |
| Wade–Giles | Tz'u4-t'ung2 Hsiang1 |
| Tongyong Pinyin | Cìhtóng Siang |
| Pha̍k-fa-sṳ | Tshṳ̀-thùng-hiông |
| Hokkien POJ | Chhì-tông-hiong |
Cihtong Township[2][3]orCitong Township[4] is a rural townshipinYunlin County, Taiwan. It has a population total of 27,538 (as of February 2023[update][1]) and an area of 50.8502 square kilometres.[1]
Cihtong was named after Cihtong Lane (Chinese: 莿桐巷; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhì-tông-hāng). Before the Qing Dynasty era, Erythrina flowers (Chinese: 刺桐; Hanyu Pinyin: cìtóng; Tongyong Pinyin: cìhtóng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhì-tông) flourished in the then-unpopulated area. The first settlers chose a small lane there to establish a village, which had flowers spread throughout its length.[5]
The township comprises 14 villages: Citong, Damei, Gancuo, Ganxi, Liuge, Mayuan, Puwei, Puzi, Raoping, Sihe, Wuhua, Xinggui, Xingtong and Yihe.
The township main economy is agriculture. It produces paddy rice mainly along the northern township border with Zhuoshui River in which the output is the highest in the county.
Title PostDate{...}Cihtong Township{...}
Cihtong{...}Address:No.53, Heping Rd., Cihtong Township, Yunlin County 647, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
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