Wufeng District

Wufeng

霧峰區
Wufong
Wufeng 霧峰區 Wufong
District
	Wufeng District
	The Lin Family Garden in Wufeng District
	Wufeng District in Taichung City
Location	Taichung, Taiwan
Area
• Total	98 km2 (38 sq mi)
Population (March 2023)
• Total	64,080
• Density	650/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Website	www.wufeng.taichung.gov.tw (in Chinese)

24°4′N 120°42′E / 24.067°N 120.700°E / 24.067; 120.700

Wufeng District (Chinese: 霧峰區; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bū-hong-khu) is a suburban district in southern Taichung, Taiwan. It is the location of Taiwan Provincial Consultative Council.

Wufeng is a mainly agricultural town. It was heavily damaged by the Jiji earthquake on 21 September 1999, which caused around 100 deaths in the town. The 921 Earthquake Museum of Taiwan, which commemorates the giant quake, is built at what was formerly Guangfu Junior High School, which was destroyed when part of the school was uplifted by the Chelungpu Fault during the quake.

The two major geographical features of this town are the Wu Xi (Wu Stream), which forms the town's southern border, and Xiangbi Shan (Elephant Trunk Mountain), which lies in the eastern part of the township.

History

The name Wufeng was formerly called Atabu (Chinese: 阿罩霧; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: A-tà-bū),^[1] which was an Arikun tribe.^[2]

Administrative divisions

Tonglin, Jifeng, Jiayin, Benxiang, Zhongzheng, Jinrong, Laiyuan, Bentang, Beiliu, Nanliu, Side, Wufu, Dingtai, Beishi, Nanshi, Wanfeng, Jiuzheng, Kengkou, Fenggu Liugu Village.

Geography

Area: 98.08 km²
Population: 64,094 people (February 2023)

Education

Asia University
Chaoyang University of Technology

Government institutions

The Legislative Yuan's central region office in the former Taiwan Provincial Council

Bureau of Cultural Heritage
K-12 Education Administration
National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra

Tourist attractions

921 Earthquake Museum of Taiwan
Asia Museum of Modern Art
Assembly Affairs Museum, The Legislative Yuan
Democratic Times Museum
Lin Hsien-tang Residence Museum
National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra
Wufeng Lin Family Mansion and Garden
Jiujiu Feng (Ninety-nine peaks)
Memorial Park of the Taiwan Provincial Council
921 Earthquake Museum of Taiwan
Tong-Lin Ecological Park
Taiwan Mushroom Museum^[3]

Transportation

Roads

Freeway

National Freeway No.3 Wufeng Interchange

National Freeway No.6 Jiujeng Interchange

Provincial Way

Provincial Highway 3

Provincial Highway 63 (Zhongtou Highway)

Buses ^[4]

17

50 (rides from 921 Earthquake Museum to Beitun District)

53 (rides to Wenxin Road, Nantun District)

59

107 (rides to Nantun District)

108 (rides from Beitun District to Tsaotun, Nantou)

131

132

151 (rides to High Speed Rail Taichung Station)

201 (rides from Asia University to North District)

281

282

Notable natives

Tang Yao-ming, Minister of National Defense (2002–2004)
Lin Jin-zhong, calligraphy artist (b. 1951)

References

^ "Entry #40122 (阿罩霧)". 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan]. (in Chinese and Hokkien). Ministry of Education, R.O.C. 2011.
^ Awan, Aite (2015-08-29). "電影沒告訴你的《阿罩霧風雲》：霧峰林家來了，那原本阿罩霧的人跑哪去了？" [What the Movie Didn't Tell You About 'Ataabu': The Lin Family Arrives – Where Did the Original Inhabitants of Attabu Go?"]. Mata Taiwan. Retrieved 2023-08-08.
^ Taiwan, National Museum of Natural Science – 921 Earthquake Museum of (1 June 2009). "National Museum of Natural Science – 921 Earthquake Museum of Taiwan". 921emt.edu.tw. Archived from the original on 5 May 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ 臺中市政府交通局 (2019-07-25). "便民服務-線上查詢-市區公車路線圖". 臺中市政府交通局. Retrieved 2019-07-25.

External links

Official website (in Chinese)
霧峰Wufeng, Taichung阿罩霧Ataabu (Fan Page on Facebook)

[1] "Entry #40122 (阿罩霧)". 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan]. (in Chinese and Hokkien). Ministry of Education, R.O.C. 2011.

[2] Awan, Aite (2015-08-29). "電影沒告訴你的《阿罩霧風雲》：霧峰林家來了，那原本阿罩霧的人跑哪去了？" [What the Movie Didn't Tell You About 'Ataabu': The Lin Family Arrives – Where Did the Original Inhabitants of Attabu Go?"]. Mata Taiwan. Retrieved 2023-08-08.

[3] Taiwan, National Museum of Natural Science – 921 Earthquake Museum of (1 June 2009). "National Museum of Natural Science – 921 Earthquake Museum of Taiwan". 921emt.edu.tw. Archived from the original on 5 May 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[4] 臺中市政府交通局 (2019-07-25). "便民服務-線上查詢-市區公車路線圖". 臺中市政府交通局. Retrieved 2019-07-25.

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