Cihtong
Rural township in Taiwan
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Cihtong Township
莿桐鄉 Citong | |
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Farm fields with cover crops in the winter in Cihtong | |
 莿桐鄉 CIHTONG TOWNSHIP | |
 Cihtong Township in Yunlin County | |
| Location | Yunlin County, Taiwan |
| Area | |
• Total | 51 km2 (20 sq mi) |
| Population (February 2023)[1] | |
• Total | 27,538 |
| • Density | 540/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
| Website | www |
| Citong Township | |
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| Chinese | 莿桐鄉 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Cìtóng Xiāng |
| Wade–Giles | Tz'u4-t'ung2 Hsiang1 |
| Tongyong Pinyin | Cìhtóng Siang |
| Pha̍k-fa-sṳ | Tshṳ̀-thùng-hiông |
| Hokkien POJ | Chhì-tông-hiong |
Cihtong Township[2][3] or Citong Township[4] is a rural township in Yunlin County, Taiwan. It has a population total of 27,538 (as of February 2023[update][1]) and an area of 50.8502 square kilometres.[1]
Name
Cihtong was named after Cihtong Lane (Chinese: 莿桐巷; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhì-tông-hāng). Before the Qing Dynasty era, Erythrina flowers (Chinese: 刺桐; Hanyu Pinyin: cìtóng; Tongyong Pinyin: cìhtóng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhì-tông) flourished in the then-unpopulated area. The first settlers chose a small lane there to establish a village, which had flowers spread throughout its length.[5]
Geography
Administrative divisions
The township comprises 14 villages: Citong, Damei, Gancuo, Ganxi, Liuge, Mayuan, Puwei, Puzi, Raoping, Sihe, Wuhua, Xinggui, Xingtong and Yihe.
Economy
The township main economy is agriculture. It produces paddy rice mainly along the northern township border with Zhuoshui River in which the output is the highest in the county.
