Dayuan District

Dayuan
大園區
District
Dayuan District
Coordinates: 25°03′N 121°11′E / 25.050°N 121.183°ECoordinates: 25°03′N 121°11′E / 25.050°N 121.183°E
Country  Taiwan
Region Northern Taiwan
Government
 • Mayor Lu Shuitian
Area
 • Total 87.3925 km2 (33.7424 sq mi)
Population (December 2014)
 • Total 84,531
 • Density 970/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
Website www.dayuan.twgov.info

Dayuan District (Chinese: 大園區; pinyin: Dàyuán Qū), formerly known as Dayuan Township (Chinese: 大園鄉; pinyin: Dàyuán Xiāng) is a rural, coastal district in northwestern Taoyuan City, Taiwan (Republic of China).[1]

History

Dayuan Township was originally named as Daciuyuan. It was changed to Ōsono Village (大園庄) during Japanese rule and it was part of Tōen District (桃園郡), Shinchiku Prefecture. After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China, it was called Dayuan Township.[2]

Geography

Dayuan coastal area

Demographics

The population in 1986 was 56,995. By the end of May 2006, the total population had grown to 79,812, an average growth rate of 2.03%. It is considered a slow population growing township.[3]

Topology

Dayuan township has an inclining topography from southwest to northwest with an average height of 35 meters above sea level. Inland area are mostly plains, rice fields or spacious flat lands, while in the northeast part is the prolonged sand beach seacoast.

Climate

The township lies in the subtropic monsoon climate region. In winter, northwest monsoon is stronger and in the coldest months, the average temperature is about 11°C. In summer, it rains a lot but it is free from droughts during the winter seasons.

Administrative divisions

Villages in Dayuan Township

The district consists of 18 villages and 407 neighborhoods. The villages are:

Economy

CAL Park, the China Airlines headquarters on the property of Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
Chuwei Fishing Harbor

Transportation

On Friday, March 26, 2010, China Airlines moved into its new headquarters, CAL Park, on the grounds of Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport and in Dayuan Township.[5][6] Evergreen Airlines Services Corporation, Evergreen Aviation Technologies Corp., and Evergreen Air Cargo Services Corporation, subsidiaries of Evergreen Group, are headquartered in Dayuan.[7][8][9]

Agriculture

The main agriculture products of the township are paddy rice, watermelons, crops, vegetables, peanuts etc. To improve the agriculture industry, various innovations have been introduced in the area, such as the plantation of various types of flowers and plants for export and import markets, plantation of green onions and the development of shelf network of room vegetables and other crops.

Fishery

Fishery products are mostly in the irrigated ponds with a lot of grass carps, silver carps, carps, tilapia etc. The fishing port also is the biggest one in Taoyuan County with the capacity of accommodating 50 ships in the interior part and 100 ships in the exterior part. Main fish species including pomfrets, sharks and mullets.[10]

Industry

The township houses the Dayuan Specialized Industry Park, Dayuan Extended Industry Park and Chun-Fa Industry Park. The main industries including chemical products, leather products, dyes, papermaking, metal, textiles, electronic and electric appliances manufacturing, food processing etc.

Commerce

The main commerce industry is retailing business, such as department stores, restaurants, silver-goods shops, furniture, electric appliances, finance, automobiles, motorcycles, gas stations, parking lots etc.

Education

The township is home to one private senior high school, two public junior high schools 12 public elementary schools, 17 public nursery schools, 11 private nursery schools, 3 private kindergartens. It also houses one township library and one community library.

Tourist attractions

At-Taqwa Mosque

Transportation

Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport

Dayuan is served by National Highway No. 2. The Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport is located in Dayuan.[13]

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dayuan Township.

References

  1. ↑ "Profile". Dayuan Township. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
  2. ↑ "Taoyuan County Government - Dayuan Township". Tycg.gov.tw. 2014-01-04. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
  3. ↑ "History". Dayuan Township. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
  4. ↑ "桃園縣大園鄉公所". Dayuan.twgov.info. 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
  5. ↑ "move.htm." China Airlines. Retrieved on March 15, 2010. "Welcome to CAL Park! China Airlines new headquarters is now located at NO.1, HangZhan S. Rd., DayuanTownship, Taoyuan County 33758, Taiwan (R.O.C). For inquiries, please call 886-3-399-8888."
  6. ↑ "China Airlines Inaugurates CAL Park at Taoyuan Airport." China Airlines. March 26, 2010. Retrieved on March 26, 2010.
  7. ↑ "Contact Us." Evergreen Aviation Technologies Corp. Retrieved on September 29, 2009.
  8. ↑ "Contact Us." Evergreen Airlines Services Corporation. Retrieved on September 29, 2009.
  9. ↑ "Company Location." Evergreen Air Cargo Services Corporation. Retrieved on September 29, 2009.
  10. ↑ "桃園縣大園鄉公所-Profile". Dayuan.twgov.info. 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
  11. ↑ http://travel-taoyuan.tycg.gov.tw/e_content/map/map02.aspx?sid=337&tid=188
  12. ↑ http://travel-taoyuan.tycg.gov.tw/e_content/map/map02.aspx?sid=337&tid=248
  13. ↑ "Basic Information". Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport. Retrieved 2010-06-07.

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