Shizi, Pingtung

Shizi Township
獅子鄉
Shizi Township; 獅子鄉
Mountain indigenous township
	Shizi Township in Pingtung County
Location	Pingtung County, Taiwan
Area
• Total	301 km2 (116 sq mi)
Population (February 2024)
• Total	4,768
• Density	16/km2 (41/sq mi)

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 Chinese: 腳歐伯伯). Han Chinese settlers noted a rock outcropping in the shape of a lion's head (Chinese: 獅仔頭山; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sai-á-thâu-soaⁿ; lit. 'lion-head mountain') and called the village Sai-a-thau-sia (獅仔頭社; Sai-á-thâu-siā; 'lion-head village').

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:

Caopu (Chinese: 草埔; pinyin: Cǎobù; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chháu-po) (Paiwan: Supaw)
Danlu (丹路; Dānlù; Tan-lō) (Paiwan: Tjakuljakuljai)
Fenglin (楓林; Fēnglín; Png-lîm)(Paiwan: Kaidi/Naimalipa)
Nanshi (南世; Nánshì; Lâm-sè) (Paiwan: Nansiku/Tjuladu)
Neishi (內獅; Nèishī; Lāi-sai) (Paiwan: Kacedas)
Neiwen (內文; Nèiwén; Lāi-bûn) (Paiwan: Naibun/Tjakuvukuvulj)
Shizi (獅子; Shīzi; Sai-chú) (Paiwan: Tjaqaciljai)
Zhukeng (竹坑; Zhúkēng; Tek-kheⁿ) (Paiwan: Tjuruguai)

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

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

^ 臺灣地區鄉鎮市區級以上行政區域名稱中英對照表 Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine Glossary of Names for Administrative Divisions. (in Chinese) Accessed at Taiwan Geographic Names Information System website Archived 2013-08-16 at the Wayback Machine (in English). Ministry of the Interior. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
^ 吳秀麗 (1994). Independence Evening Post 商用台語 (in Chinese). Taipei. p. 145. ISBN 9789575963149.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

External links

Shizi Township Office website (in Chinese)

22°12′06″N 120°42′19″E / 22.2018°N 120.7054°E / 22.2018; 120.7054

[1] 臺灣地區鄉鎮市區級以上行政區域名稱中英對照表 Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine Glossary of Names for Administrative Divisions. (in Chinese) Accessed at Taiwan Geographic Names Information System website Archived 2013-08-16 at the Wayback Machine (in English). Ministry of the Interior. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2015.

[2] 吳秀麗 (1994). Independence Evening Post 商用台語 (in Chinese). Taipei. p. 145. ISBN 9789575963149.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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v t e Cities and townships of Pingtung County
County seat: Pingtung City
Cities	Pingtung City
Urban townships	Chaozhou Donggang Hengchun
Rural townships	Changzhi Checheng Fangliao Fangshan Gaoshu Jiadong Jiuru Kanding Ligang Linbian Linluo Liuqiu Manzhou Nanzhou Neipu Wandan Wanluan Xinpi Xinyuan Yanpu Zhutian
Mountain indigenous townships	Chunri Laiyi Majia Mudan Sandimen Shizi Taiwu Wutai