Dalin, Chiayi

23°35′56″N 120°28′12″E

Dalin Township 大林鎮 Tairin
Urban township
Dalin Township in Chiayi County
Location	Chiayi County, Taiwan
Area
• Total	64 km^2 (25 sq mi)
Population  (May 2022)
• Total	29,937
• Density	470/km^2 (1,200/sq mi)
Website	dalin.cyhg.gov.tw

Dalin Township (Chinese: 大林鎮; pinyin: Dàlín Zhèn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tōa-nâ) is an urban township in Chiayi County, Taiwan. To the east is Meishan, to the south Minxiong and to the north Yunlin County. Dalin TzuChi General Hospital (大林慈濟醫院) is located here.

History

The township was formerly known as Dapulin since the Qing empire rule. The first name who came to this area was a Cantonese person. Afterwards, many Chinese immigrated to the area from Guangdong, China and Fujian, China. Most of them worked in the forest. During the Japanese rule, the government set up a sugar factory in the area.^[1]

Demographics

It has a population of 29,937 in 11,505 households.

Administrative divisions

The township comprises 21 villages: Damei, Datang, Goubei, Guoxi, Hubei, Jilin, Minghe, Minghua, Neilin, Pailu, Pinglin, Sancun, Sanhe, Sanjiao, Shanglin, Tunglin, Xijie, Xilin, Yihe, Zhongkeng and Zhonglin.

Economy

There are in total about 2,600 hectares of farmland in the township. Agriculture produce in the township are rice, bamboo shoots, oranges, tangerines, pineapples and orchids.^[2] The total annual food production is 12,000 tons.^[3]

The development of Dapumei industrial area has attracted corporations such as Canon to build factories.^[4]

Education

• Nanhua University
• Chung Jen Junior College of Nursing, Health Science and Management
• Chiayi County Tungji high school

Transportation

Dalin Station

Taiwan Railways Administration has one station named Dalin Station in the township. The Mianchiuag Taiwan Sugar Railways maintains a "Dalin Station."

Notable natives

• Chester Chou, Deputy Secretary-General of the Legislative Yuan (1999-2014)^[5]
• Hsu Nai-lin, TV host, actor, and singer
• Sylvia Chang, actress, writer, singer, producer and director

References

1. "Historical Background". Archived from the original on 2018-11-09. Retrieved 2018-11-09.
2. "Dalin Township". Archived from the original on 2017-03-07. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
3. "Agriculture". Archived from the original on 2018-11-09. Retrieved 2018-11-09.
4. "廠商資訊". dapumei.cyhg.gov.tw. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
5. "The Legislative Yuan Republic of China". Webarchive.ncl.edu.tw. Archived from the original on 2014-04-26. Retrieved 2014-04-28.

External links

• Dalin Township Office Archived 2017-02-03 at the Wayback Machine