Shizi, Pingtung

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Entrance to Shizi Township Hall

Shizi Township[1] is a mountain indigenous township in Pingtung County, Taiwan. It is the largest township of the county. The main population is the Paiwan people of the Taiwanese aborigines.

Names

The original Paiwan name for the area was Tjakuvukuvulj (Tjakuvukuvuɬ; historically rendered as Chaobo Obol or in Template:Zh). Han Chinese settlers noted a rock outcropping in the shape of a lion's head (Template:Zh) and called the village Sai-a-thau-sia (Template:Zh).

Under Kuomintang rule, the name was changed to the current Shizi, though in Taiwanese Hokkien the name Sai-a-thau is still normally used in spoken contexts.[2]

Geography

The terrain of Shizi is mountainous, as the district is located near Taiwan's Central Mountain Range.

Administrative divisions

The township comprises eight villages:

Economy

Agriculture

Agriculture produced in the township includes mangoes, bird's-nest ferns and watermelons.

Tourist attractions

Places of interest in or around Shizi are Shuangliu Forest Recreation Area, the Cultural Objects Museum, Lilongshan and Neiwen Village.

Transportation

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The South-Link Highway passing through Shizi Township

Shizi is connected via railway through the TRA South-Link Line. A key station is Fangshan Station. Two highways run through the township: Provincial Highway No.1 and Provincial Highway No.9 (South-Link Highway).

References

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  1. 臺灣地區鄉鎮市區級以上行政區域名稱中英對照表 Template:Webarchive Glossary of Names for Administrative Divisions. Template:In lang Accessed at Taiwan Geographic Names Information System website Template:Webarchive Template:In lang. Ministry of the Interior. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
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External links

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