Wufeng District

Coordinates: 24°4′N 120°42′E / 24.067°N 120.700°E / 24.067; 120.700

Wufeng District in Taichung City

Wufeng District

Wufeng District Office

The Service Center in Central and Southern Taiwan of Legislative Yuan; it was Taiwan Provincial Council.

Wufeng District (Chinese: 霧峰區; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bū-hong-khu) is a suburban district in southern Taichung, Republic of China. It was the location of Taiwan Provincial Council before 1999.

Wufeng is a mainly agricultural town. It was heavily damaged by the Jiji earthquake on September 21, 1999, which caused around 100 deaths in the town. The 921 Earthquake Museum of Taiwan, which commemorates the giant quake, is built at what was formerly Guangfu Junior High School, which was destroyed when part of the school was uplifted by the Chelungpu Fault during the quake.

The two major geographical features of this town are the Wu Xi (Wu Stream), which forms the town's southern border, and Xiangbi Shan (Elephant Trunk Mountain), which lies in the eastern part of the township.

Administrative divisions

Tonglin Village, Jifeng Village, Jiayin Village, Benxiang Village, Zhongzheng Village, Jinrong Village, Laiyuan Village, Bentang Village, Beiliu Village, Nanliu Village, Side Village, Wufu Village, Dingtai Village, Beishi Village, Nanshi Village, Wanfeng Village, Jiuzheng Village, Kengkou Village, Fenggu Village, Liugu Village.^[1]

Geography

• Area: 98.08 km²
• Population: 64,496 people (December 2014)

Education

• Asia University
• Chaoyang University of Technology

Government institutions

• Taiwan Provincial Consultative Council
• Bureau of Cultural Heritage
• K-12 Education Administration

Tourist attractions

• 921 Earthquake Museum of Taiwan
• Assembly Affairs Museum, The Legislative Yuan
• Jiujiu Feng (Ninety-nine peaks)
• Memorial Park of the Taiwan Provincial Assembly
• National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra
• Tong-Lin Ecological Park
• Wufeng Lin Family Mansion and Garden
• Museum of Lin Hsien-tang
• National Taiwan Provincial Consultative Museum
• Taiwan Mushroom Museum^[2]

Transportation

• National Highway No. 3
• National Highway No. 6 at Wufeng SIC.
• Provincial Highway No. 3
• Provincial Highway No. 63 at Zhongtou IC.

See also

• Taichung

References

External links

• Wufeng District Government (Chinese)
• 霧峰Wufeng, Taichung阿罩霧Ataabu (Fan Page on Facebook)

Districts of Taichung City seat: Xitun Urban area Beitun Central Dali East Nantun North South Taiping West Wufeng Wuri Xitun Coastal area Da'an Dadu Dajia Longjing Qingshui Shalu Waipu Wuqi Highland area Daya Dongshi Fengyuan Houli Shengang Shigang Tanzi Xinshe Mountain indigenous district Heping Note: Although Hanyu Pinyin is the national standard; Central, East, South, West, and North District uses English instead.