Ji'an Township 吉安鄉 Yoshino | |
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| Coordinates:23°57′0″N121°34′20″E / 23.95000°N 121.57222°E /23.95000; 121.57222 | |
| Country | Taiwan |
| Region | Eastern Taiwan |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| Area | |
• Total | 65.2582 km2 (25.1963 sq mi) |
| Population (February 2023) | |
• Total | 82,840 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (CST) |
| Post code | 973 |
| Subdivision | 18 Villages |
| Website | www.ji-an.gov.tw |
Ji'an Township (Chinese:吉安鄉;pinyin:Jí'ān Xiāng;Pe̍h-ōe-jī:Kiat-an-hiong;Hakka:Kit-ôn-hiông), is arural township inHualien County,Taiwan. It has 18 villages and a population of 83,750 inhabitants.
Ji'an is the second most populous place in Hualien County after Hualien city). The township has mountainsides, a seashore and a wide alluvial plain. The main inhabitants includeHoklo,Hakka, andAboriginal peoples. The economy is flourishing in areas of agriculture, commerce and industry, and is deeply connected with the adjacent city Hualien city.
Ji'an was first settled by the aboriginalAmis people and was calledCikasuan, meaning a flourishing timber land in theAmis language.Han Chinese settlers arrived in the 1850s and called the areaChhit-kha-chhuan (七腳川). The original Amis inhabitants allied themselves with theQing dynasty and against theSakizaya andKavalan people during theTakobowan incident [zh] in 1878. DuringJapanese rule, the Amis guarded the area for the Japanese authorities, against theTruku people. The Amis were underpaid for their services, and organizedan uprising [zh], after which the Japanese removed them from the area. Subsequently, theGovernor-General of Taiwan encouraged Japanese to immigrate the regions of Hualien andTaitung and established a village here calledYoshino (吉野) in 1910.[1] In 1937, it was reformed and administered byKarenkō Prefecture. In 1948 after the Kuomintang takeover, to reduce the Japanese flavor of the name, it was renamed as the current Ji'an Township.
The township is located at theHuadong Valley. It has subtropical monsoon and humid climate with summer average temperature of 27.3°C (81°F) and winter average temperature of 17.3°C (63°F).
Yongan, Taichang, Qingfeng, Jian, Fuxing, Nanhua, Gancheng, Yongxing, Daoxiang, Nanchang, Yichang, Beichang, Shengan, Renli, Tungchang, Renan, Renhe and Guanghua Village.
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