Xinyuan, Pingtung

Coordinates: 22°30′54″N 120°26′49″E / 22.514936°N 120.447037°E / 22.514936; 120.447037

Xinyuan Township
新園鄉
Rural township

Xinyuan Township in Pingtung County
Location Pingtung County, Taiwan
Area
 • Total 38 km2 (15 sq mi)
Population (July 2018)
 • Total 35,047
 • Density 920/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Xinyuan Township
Traditional Chinese 新園鄉
Hanyu Pinyin Xīnyuán Xiāng
Wade–Giles Hsin1-yüan2 Hsiang1
Tongyong Pinyin Sinyuán Siang
Romanization Sîn-yèn-hiông
Hokkien POJ Sin-hn̂g-hiong

Xinyuan Township,[1] also spelled Sinyuan[2] and Shinyuan,[3] is a rural township in Pingtung County, Taiwan.

Geography

  • Population: 36,692 (December 2014)
  • Area: 38.31 square kilometres (14.79 sq mi)

Administrative divisions

The township comprises 15 villages: Gangqi, Gangxi, Gonghe, Nanlong, Neizhuang, Tianyang, Wayao, Wufang, Wulong, Xianji, Xinglong, Xintung, Xinyuan, Yanpu and Zhongzhou.

Tourist attractions

Notable natives

References

  1. ↑ 臺灣地區鄉鎮市區級以上行政區域名稱中英對照表 Archived March 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Glossary of Names for Administrative Divisions. (in Chinese) Accessed at Taiwan Geographic Names Information System website Archived August 16, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. (in English). Ministry of the Interior. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  2. ↑ 鄉鎮中英對照 (in Chinese)
  3. ↑ Shinyuan Township Office (in Chinese)
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