Baozhong, Yunlin
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Coordinates: 23°41′44″N 120°18′42″E / 23.69556°N 120.31167°E
Baozhong Township in Yunlin County
Baozhong Township (Chinese: 褒忠鄉; pinyin: Bāozhōng Xiāng; Wade-Giles: Pao-Chung Hsiang) is a rural township in Yunlin County, Taiwan.
Geography
Villages
There is a total of nine villages in Baozhong:
- Zhongmin (中民村)
- Zhongsheng (中勝村)
- Tianyang (田洋村)
- Youcai (有才村)
- Pujiang (埔姜村)
- Maming (馬鳴村)
- Xinhu (新湖村)
- Chaocuo (潮厝村)
- Longyan (龍岩村)
Demographics
According to the census conducted by the Baozhong Household Registration Office (褒忠鄉戶政事務所) in October 2007, there are currently about 14,821 people living in Baozhong, in which 53.59% of them are male and 46.41% of them are female.[1] The population of the township has been decreasing every year since 1998. The number of households, however, has been gaining.
Attractions
- Ma Ming Mountain Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Park
Notable people
- Chinese pop songstress Teresa Teng was born in Baozhong in 1953.
See also
External links
Notes
- ↑ Household Registration Office, October 2007
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