Puzi

Coordinates: 23°27′40″N 120°14′31″E / 23.4611°N 120.242°E

Puzi 朴子市
County-controlled city
Puzi City Government Office Building
Country	Taiwan
Province	Taiwan
County	Chiayi
Government
• Supervisor	Wang Ru-jing[1]
Population (December 2014)
• Total	43,250

Puzi
Chinese	朴子市
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Púzǐ Shì Wade–Giles P'u¹-tzu³ Shih⁴ Southern Min Hokkien POJ Phoh-chú-chhī/Phò-chú-chhī

Puzi City

Puzi City (Chinese: 朴子市) is a county-controlled city in Chiayi County, Taiwan.

History

Formerly called Pho-a-kha (Chinese: 樸仔腳; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Phoh-á-kha) in Hokkien. In 1920, Japanese rule, was renamed Bokushi Town (朴子街) and governed under Tōseki District, Tainan Prefecture.

Puzi City was established on 10 September 1992 from the former Puzi Township.^[2]

Geography

• Area: 49.57 km²
• Population: 43,250 people (December 2014)

Administrative divisions

Anfu Village, Pinghe Village, Neicuo Village, Kaiyuan Village, Shuntian Village, Zhongzheng Village, Bohou Village, Wenhua Village, Yonghe Village, Zhuwei Village, Xinliao Village, Shuangxi Village, Xikou Village, Dexing Village, Renhe Village, Daxiang Village, Dage Village, Jiahe Village, Zhucun Village, Kanqian Village, Kanhou Village, Shunan Village, Dejia Village, Xinzhuang Village, Meihua Village, Songhua Village and Nanzhu Village.

Government institutions

• Chiayi County Council

Education

• Chang Gung University of Science and Technology
• Toko University

Tourist attractions

• Pei-tian Temple
• Puzih Art Park
• Puzih Embroidery Cultural Hall
• Puzih Railway Park^[3]

Notable natives

• Momofuku Ando, inventor of instant noodles
• Twu Shiing-jer, Mayor of Chiayi City
• Hou You-yi, Acting Mayor of New Taipei

See also

• Chiayi County

References

1. "Welcome to Chiayi County Government-Puzi City-About the Supervisor".
2. "Welcome to Chiayi County Government-History-Republic of China Era (1945－)".
3. "Welcome to Chiayi County Government-Puzi City-About the Township".

External links

• Puzi City Government Office (Chinese)