Erlin, Changhua Explained

Official Name:	Erlin Township 二林鎮
Other Name:	Erhlin
Subdivision Type:	Location
Area Total Km2:	93
Population As Of:	January 2023
Population Total:	48379
Population Density Km2:	auto

Erlin Township is an urban township in Changhua County, Taiwan.^[1]

Geography

With an area of 92.8578 square kilometers, it is the largest township in Changhua County. As of January 2023, its population was 48,379, including 24,774 males and 23,605 females.^[2]

History

During the Dutch period, the area was under the administrative region of Favorlang (modern-day Huwei, Yunlin). Present-day Erlin was probably at or near Gierim, "one of the primary centers for Sino-aboriginal trade and a favorite haunt of pirates and smugglers."^[3]

Administrative divisions

Fengtian, Donghe, Nanguang, Xiping, Beiping, Zhongxi, Guangxing, Xiangtian, Waizhu, Xinghua, Dongxing, Houcuo, Dingcuo, Zhaojia, Zhenxing, Wanxing, Yongxing, Xizhuang, Meifang, Hualun, Wange, Dongshi, Dayong, Yuandou, Xidou, Donghua and Fufeng Village.

Tourist attractions

• Renhe Temple

Transportation

Bus station in the township is Erlin Bus Station of Yuanlin Bus.

Notable natives

• Liu Wen-hsiung, Member of the Legislative Yuan (1990)
• Liao Yung-lai, Member of the Legislative Yuan (1993–1996), Taichung County magistrate (1997–2001)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 彰化縣政府全球資訊網. January 2011.
2. Web site: http://accounting.chcg.gov.tw/07static/static01_con.asp?bull_id=239488 . zh:統計資料 一月 表四 . zh . StatisticsJanuaryTable 4 . 10 February 2017 . accounting.chcg.gov.tw . Changhua County Government . 11 February 2017 . 19 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211119093740/http://accounting.chcg.gov.tw/07static/static01_con.asp?bull_id=239488 . dead .
3. Book: Andrade, Tonio . Tonio Andrade. How Taiwan Became Chinese: Dutch, Spanish, and Han Colonization in the Seventeenth Century . Columbia University Press . Chapter 7: The Challenges of a Chinese Frontier . http://www.gutenberg-e.org/andrade/andrade07.html . 2005 . §13.