Citong, Yunlin
Coordinates: 23°46′23″N 120°31′40″E / 23.772935°N 120.527717°E
Cihtong Township (Chinese: 莿桐鄉; Hanyu Pinyin: Cìtóng Xiāng; Tongyong Pinyin: Cìhtóng Siang; Wade–Giles: Tz'u4-t'ung2 Hsiang1) is a rural township in Yunlin County, Taiwan. It has a population total of 29,599 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 has a total population of 30,000 people.
Administrative divisions
Citong Village, Gancuo Village, Ganxi Village, Xingtong Village, Yihe Village, Puzi Village, Damei Village, Puwei Village, Xinggui Village, Raoping Village, Sige Village, Mayuan Village, Wuhua Village and Liuge Village.
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