Nanzhuang Township is a
rural township in
Miaoli County
Miaoli is a county (Taiwan), county in western Taiwan. Miaoli is bordered by Hsinchu County and Hsinchu City to the north, Taichung to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the west. Miaoli is Regions of Taiwan, classified as "central Taiwan" by t ...
,
Taiwan
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.
Geography
It has a population total of 9,029 (January 2023)
and an area of .
Demographics
The population consists of
Hakkas,
Hoklos
The Hoklo people () are a Han Chinese subgroup who speak Hokkien, a Southern Min language, or trace their ancestry to southeastern Fujian in China, and known by various related terms such as Banlam people (), Minnan people, Fujianese people or ...
and the
indigenous Saisiyat and
Atayal people
The Atayal (Atayal language, Atayal: Tayal), also known as the Tayal and the Tayan, are a Taiwanese indigenous peoples, Taiwanese indigenous people. The Atayal people number around 90,000, approximately 15.9% of Taiwan's total indigenous popula ...
.
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
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for Legislative Yuan
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.
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 Mi ...
* Nanzhuang Old Street
* Nanzhuang Theater
* 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, historian
See also
* Citrus taiwanica
References
External links
*
Townships in Miaoli County
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