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Xingang, Chiayi
View on Wikipedia23°34′N 120°21′E / 23.56°N 120.35°E
Key Information
Xingang Township or Singang Township (Chinese: 新港鄉; pinyin: Xīngǎng Xiāng) is a rural township in Chiayi County, Taiwan.[1]
Geography
[edit]It has a population of 30,543 and an area of 66.05 square kilometres (25.50 sq mi).[2]
Administrative divisions
[edit]The township comprises 22 villages: Anhe, Bantou, Beilun, Beizi, Caigong, Datan, Daxing, Fude, Gonghe, Gonghou, Gongqian, Gumin, Haiying, Nangang, Nanlun, Sanjian, Tanda, Xibei, Xizhuang, Yuemei, Yuetan, Zhongyang and Zhongzhuang.
Education
[edit]Tourist attractions
[edit]- Xingang Mazu Temple
Originally a local temple to goddess Mazu, the Xingang Mazu Temple emerged in the 21st century as a temple of regional and even national significance. It organizes annual "inspection-tour" processions through southern Taiwan and pilgrimages to Mazu temples in Mainland China, where it has opened a branch Mazu temple in Yongchun.[3]
Notable natives
[edit]- Ang Ui-jin, linguist
- Hsu Chih-chieh, member of 8th Legislative Yuan
- Lin Chin-sheng, Vice President of Examination Yuan (1984–1993)
- Lin Hwai-min, dancer, writer and choreographer
- Tsai Chen-nan, actor and singer
References
[edit]- ^ "About the Township". Chiayi County Government. 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-03-27. Retrieved 2014-03-26.
- ^ "嘉義縣新港鄉村里鄰人口數106年11月". 嘉義縣民雄戶政事務所. 1 December 2017. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- ^ Hsun Chang, "Multiple Religious and National Identities: Mazu Pilgrimages across the Taiwan Strait after 1987," in Cheng-tian Kuo (Ed.), Religion and Nationalism in Chinese Societies, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2017, 373–396.
External links
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- Singang Township Office Archived 2017-02-15 at the Wayback Machine
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