Citong, Yunlin

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Coordinates: 23°46′23″N 120°31′40″E / 23.772935°N 120.527717°E / 23.772935; 120.527717

Cihtong Township in Yunlin County

Cihtong Township (Chinese: 莿桐鄉; Hanyu Pinyin: Cìtóng Xiāng; Tongyong Pinyin: Cìhtóng Siang; Wade–Giles: Tz'u4-t'ung2 Hsiang1) or is a rural township in Yunlin County, Taiwan. It has a population total of 30,656 and an area of 50.8502 square kilometres.

Name

Citong was named after the Citong Lane. Before the Qing Dynasty era, Erythrina flowers (or Chinese: 刺桐属; pinyin: Cìtóng Shǔ) 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

Citong Township is divided into 14 villages with a total population of 30,000 people.

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Cities and townships of Yunlin County
Cities
Urban townships
Rural townships


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