Puyan, Changhua

Puyan Township
埔鹽鄉
Puyan Township; 埔鹽鄉
Rural township
	Puyan Township in Changhua County
Location	Changhua County, Taiwan
Area
• Total	39 km2 (15 sq mi)
Population (January 2023)
• Total	31,380
• Density	800/km2 (2,100/sq mi)

23°59′46″N 120°27′42.5″E / 23.99611°N 120.461806°E / 23.99611; 120.461806

Puyan Township (Chinese: 埔鹽鄉; pinyin: Pǔyán Xiāng) is a rural township in Changhua County, Taiwan.

History

Puyan used to be a barren plain inhabited by the Babuza people dwellers who arrived from Quanzhou, Fujian around 300 years ago.

Geography

The township has an area of 38.61 km² consisting of 22 villages, 262 neighborhoods and 8,452 households with a total population of 31,380 people. Around 87.8% of its total area is arable land. The township is located in central Changhua County.^[1]

Administrative divisions

The township comprises 22 villages: Buzi, Chushui, Dalian, Dayou, Fengze, Haoxiu, Jiaoshu, Kunlun, Nangang, Nanxin, Punan, Puyan, Sanxing, Shibei, Taiping, Tiancheng, Wayao, Xihu, Xinxing, Xinshui, Yongle and Yongping.

Economy

Vegetable and glutinous rice planting are the main plantation in the township. Its milled long-grain glutinous rice accounts for 27% of the total production in Taiwan. Other produces are broccoli, leeks, spring onions, peas, cucumbers, bitter gourds, squashes and water chestnuts. Its livestock industry is also quite developed, in which most of the livestock are pigs and chickens, with additional cattle, sheep, deer and rabbits.

Commercial business is dominated by traditional shops. Small and medium enterprises or family-owned business operate in the production of parts and components of bikes, plywood, plastic processing or original equipment manufacturer.^[2]