Erlin, Changhua

Coordinates: 23°55′22″N 120°24′33″E / 23.922875°N 120.409073°E / 23.922875; 120.409073

Erlin Township
二林鎮
Urban township

Erlin Township in Changhua County
Location Changhua County, Taiwan
Area
 • Total 93 km2 (36 sq mi)
Population (July 2018)
 • Total 50,772
 • Density 550/km2 (1,400/sq mi)

Erlin Township (Chinese: 二林鎮; pinyin: Èrlín Zhèn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Jī-lîm-tìn/Gī-lîm-tìn) is an urban township in Changhua County, Taiwan.[1]

Geography

With an area of 92.8578 square kilometers, it is the largest township in Changhua County. As of January 2017, its population was 51,487, including 26,533 males and 24,954 females.[2]

History

During the Dutch period, the area was under the administrative region of Favorlang (modern-day Huwei, Yunlin). Present-day Erlin was probably at or near Gierim, "one of the primary centers for Sino-aboriginal trade and a favorite haunt of pirates and smugglers."[3]

Administrative divisions

Fengtian, Tunghe, Nanguang, Xiping, Beiping, Zhongxi, Guangxing, Xiangtian, Waizhu, Xinghua , Tungxing, Houcuo, Dingcuo, Zhaojia, Zhenxing, Wanxing, Yongxing, Xizhuang, Meifang, Hualun, Wange, Tungshi, Dayong, Yuandou, Xidou, Tunghua and Fufeng Village.

Tourist attractions

  • Renhe Temple

Transportation

Erlin Bus Station

Bus station in the township is Erlin Bus Station of Yuanlin Bus.

Notable natives

References

  1. ↑ http://town.chcg.gov.tw/erhlin/01local/local01.asp
  2. ↑ 統計資料 | 一月 | 表四 [Statistics|January|Table 4]. accounting.chcg.gov.tw (in Chinese). Changhua County Government. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  3. ↑ Andrade, Tonio (2005). "Chapter 7: The Challenges of a Chinese Frontier". How Taiwan Became Chinese: Dutch, Spanish, and Han Colonization in the Seventeenth Century. Columbia University Press. §13.
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