East District, Chiayi Explained

23.4889°N 120.4766°W

East District
Native Name Lang:	zh-tw
Settlement Type:	District
Parts Type:	Urban villages
Parts Style:	coll
Parts:	39
Subdivision Type:	Location
Subdivision Name:	Chiayi City, Taiwan
Leader Title:	Leader
Leader Name:	Sun Shifu (Chinese: 孫世福)
Area Footnotes:	^[1]
Area Total Km2:	29.1195
Population As Of:	September 2019
Population Footnotes:	^[2]
Population Total:	120598
Population Density Km2:	auto
Timezone1:	National Standard Time
Utc Offset1:	+8
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Postal Code:	600

East District is a district in east Chiayi City, Taiwan. The district is the city seat of Chiayi City.

History

The East District was established on 6 October 1990.^[3]

Administrative divisions

East District consists of the following villages:^{[4] [5]}

• (Chinese: 公園聯合里)
  • Duanzhu (Chinese: 短竹里), Lantan (Chinese: 蘭潭里), Dongchuan (Chinese: 東川里), Luliao (Chinese: 鹿寮里), Lucuo (Chinese: 盧厝里), Wenya (Chinese: 文雅里), Wangtian (Chinese: 王田里), Changzhu (Chinese: 長竹里), Houzhuang (Chinese: 後庄里), Xindian (Chinese: 新店里), Zuntou (Chinese: 圳頭里)
• (Chinese: 東南門聯合里)
  • Zhongshan (Chinese: 中山里), Taiping (Chinese: 太平里), Dongxing (Chinese: 東興里), Huanan (Chinese: 華南里), Zhongyang (Chinese: 中央里), Zhaoyang (Chinese: 朝陽里), Minzu (Chinese: 民族里), Guogou (Chinese: 過溝里)
• (Chinese: 新南聯合里)
  • Xinkai (Chinese: 新開里), Xuanxin (Chinese: 宣信里), Xingnan (Chinese: 興南里), Fengnian (Chinese: 豐年里), Fangcao (Chinese: 芳草里), Fang'an (Chinese: 芳安里), Dingliao (Chinese: 頂寮里), Anliao (Chinese: 安寮里), Anye (Chinese: 安業里), Xingcun (Chinese: 興村里), Xing'an (Chinese: 興安里), Xingren (Chinese: 興仁里)
• (Chinese: 北門聯合里)
  • Beimen (Chinese: 北門里), Linsen (Chinese: 林森里), Zhongzhuang (Chinese: 中庄里), Dingzhuang (Chinese: 頂庄里), Yijiao (Chinese: 義教里), Renyi (Chinese: 仁義里), Houhu (Chinese: 後湖里) and Laoteng (Chinese: 荖藤里).

Government institutions

• Chiayi City Hall

Education

• National Chiayi University - Lantan Main Campus and Linsen Campus
• Chung Jen College of Nursing, Health Science and Management

Tourist attractions

• Alishan Forest Railway Garage Park
• Chiayi City Cultural Park
• Chiayi Botanical Garden
• Chiayi Jen Wu Temple
• Chiayi Municipal Museum
• Chiayi Park
  • Chiayi Confucian Temple
  • Kagi Shrine
  • Sun-Shooting Tower
• Chiayi Prison Museum
• Hinoki Village
• Lantan Lake
• St. John's Cathedral
• The First 228 Peace Memorial Monument
• Water Source Water Meter Room

Transportation

• TRA Jiabei Station

See also

• Chiayi City
• The First 228 Peace Memorial Monument

Notes and References

1. Web site: https://east.chiayi.gov.tw/00_page/content.aspx?id=852&fprevid=851. zh:沿革簡介. Chinese: 嘉義市東區區公所 East District Office, Chiayi City. zh-tw. 5 March 2018. 17 October 2019. Chinese: 轄區土地面積有29.1195平方公里，分設39里，654鄰。.
2. Web site: https://www.cyeast.gov.tw/popul01/index.aspx?Parser=99,9,70. zh:村里鄰人口數. zh-tw. 17 October 2019. Chinese: 嘉義市東區戶政事務所 East District Household Registration Office, Chiayi City.
3. Web site: East District Office, Chiayi City - History . 2016-01-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170314190434/http://www.chiayi.gov.tw/web/east/english/index-e.asp . 2017-03-14 . dead .
4. Web site: Location and Area. East District Office, Chiayi City. 3 December 2016. 17 October 2019. The area of East District is 29.1195 km² with 39 Villages and 640 Neighborhoods..
5. Web site: https://east.chiayi.gov.tw/04_village/list.aspx. zh:聯合里辦公處. 3 December 2016. 17 October 2019. Chinese: 嘉義市東區區公所 East District Office, Chiayi City. (includes maps)