Xingang, Chiayi

23°34′N 120°21′E / 23.56°N 120.35°E / 23.56; 120.35

Xingang Township
新港鄉
Singang, Sinkang
Rural township
Fengtian Temple
Fengtian Temple
Xingang Township in Chiayi County
Xingang Township in Chiayi County
LocationChiayi County, Taiwan
Area
 • Total
66.05 km2 (25.50 sq mi)
Population
 (May 2022)
 • Total
30,543
Xingang Township Government Office

Xingang Township or Singang Township (Chinese: 新港鄉; pinyin: Xīngǎng Xiāng) is a rural township in Chiayi County, Taiwan.[1]

Geography

It has a population of 30,543 and an area of 66.05 square kilometres (25.50 sq mi).[2]

Administrative divisions

The township comprises 22 villages: Anhe, Bantou, Beilun, Beizi, Caigong, Datan, Daxing, Fude, Gonghe, Gonghou, Gongqian, Gumin, Haiying, Nangang, Nanlun, Sanjian, Tanda, Xibei, Xizhuang, Yuemei, Yuetan, Zhongyang and Zhongzhuang.

Education

Senior high school

Junior high school

Primary school

Tourist attractions

  • Xingang Mazu Temple

Originally a local temple to goddess Mazu, the Xingang Mazu Temple emerged in the 21st century as a temple of regional and even national significance. It organizes annual "inspection-tour" processions through southern Taiwan and pilgrimages to Mazu temples in Mainland China, where it has opened a branch Mazu temple in Yongchun.[3]

Notable natives

References

  1. ^ "About the Township". Chiayi County Government. 2013.
  2. ^ "嘉義縣新港鄉村里鄰人口數106年11月". 嘉義縣民雄戶政事務所. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  3. ^ Hsun Chang, "Multiple Religious and National Identities: Mazu Pilgrimages across the Taiwan Strait after 1987," in Cheng-tian Kuo (Ed.), Religion and Nationalism in Chinese Societies, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2017, 373–396.
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