Cihtong

23.772935°N 120.527717°E / 23.772935; 120.527717

Cihtong Township
莿桐鄉
Citong
Rural township
Farm fields with cover crops in the winter in Cihtong
Farm fields with cover crops in the winter in Cihtong
Official logo of Cihtong Township
莿桐鄉 CIHTONG TOWNSHIP
Cihtong Township in Yunlin County
Cihtong Township in Yunlin County
LocationYunlin County, Taiwan
Area
[1]
 • Total51 km2 (20 sq mi)
Population
 (February 2023)[1]
 • Total27,538
 • Density540/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Websitewww.cihtong.gov.tw/english/
Citong Township
Chinese莿桐鄉
Hanyu PinyinCìtóng Xiāng
Wade–GilesTz'u4-t'ung2 Hsiang1
Tongyong PinyinCìhtóng Siang
Pha̍k-fa-sṳTshṳ̀-thùng-hiông
Hokkien POJChhì-tông-hiong
This article is about the town in Taiwan. For the Chinese city once nicknamed "Citong" or "Zaiton", see Quanzhou.

Cihtong Township[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] or Citong Township[9] is a rural township in Yunlin County, Taiwan. It has a population total of 27,538 (as of February 2023[1]) and an area of 50.8502 square kilometres.[1]

Name

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 without any population there where former people came to reclaim wasteland, choosing a small lane to establish houses for a village in which the flowers spread throughout the whole lane.

Geography

Administrative divisions

The township comprises 14 villages: Citong, Damei, Gancuo, Ganxi, Liuge, Mayuan, Puwei, Puzi, Raoping, Sihe, Wuhua, Xinggui, Xingtong and Yihe.

Economy

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.

References
  1. 雲林縣斗六戶政事務所-人口統計-村里鄰人口數 Population for Township and District. Monthly Bulletin of Interior Statistics. Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  2. "Village, Township and City offices". 雲林縣政府 YUNLIN COUNTY GOVERNMENT. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2020. Title PostDate{...}Cihtong Township{...}
  3. "Introduction of Township Supervisor". Cihtong Township, Yunlin County. Retrieved 27 March 2020. Cihtong{...}Address:No.53, Heping Rd., Cihtong Township, Yunlin County 647, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
  4. "Linnei, Yunlin". Retrieved 27 March 2020. It borders Jhushan Township of Nantou County on the east by Cingshuei River, neighbors Ershuei Township of Changhua County on the north by Jhuoshuei River, adjoins Cihtong Township of Yunlin County on the west by the tributary of Chianan Canal and connects Douliou City of Yunlin County on the south by Dapu River.
  5. Cihtong (Variant - V) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  6. Chieh-Hsiu Lee; Yu-Ting Chen; Hsin-Jung Hsieh; Kai-Ting Chen; Yi-An Chen; Jung-Tsung Wu; Ming-Shiun Tsai; Jer-An Lin; Chang-Wei Hsieh (January 2020). "Exploring epigallocatechin gallate impregnation to inhibit 5-hydroxymethylfurfural formation and the effect on antioxidant ability of black garlic". LWT. 117 108628. doi:10.1016/j.lwt.2019.108628. S2CID 203141919. The garlic (Allium sativum) was cultivated in Cihtong Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan and provided by Ajins Biomedical Corporation.
  7. "Yunlin itineraries aim to draw tourists as lantern festival looms". Taipei Times. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2020. One itinerary suggests that visitors start with Siluo Township (西螺), where they can taste local specialty dishes such as bean sprout noodles, followed by a visit to Cihtong Township (莿桐) to enjoy blooming flowers.
  8. Xiang Bo, ed. (4 April 2017). "Taiwan reports new bird flu cases". Xinhua News Agency. Retrieved 27 March 2020. TAIPEI, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Two poultry farms in Taiwan's Yunlin County, a major chicken supplier on the island, were confirmed to be infected with the H5N2 bird flu virus, leading to a culling of more than 30,000 birds, the local animal inspection authority said Tuesday.
    More than 4,000 birds on a farm in Cihtong Township were killed Tuesday after its chickens tested positive for the H5N2 virus in late March.
  9. 臺灣地區鄉鎮市區級以上行政區域名稱中英對照表 Archived 2017-08-09 at the Wayback Machine Glossary of Names for Administrative Divisions. Ministry of the Interior. 26 March Minguo 104 (2015). Retrieved 10 November 2018. (in Chinese)
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