Shulin District

Shulin District (Chinese: 樹林區; pinyin: Shùlín Qū; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhiū-nâ-khu; lit. 'forest district') is an inner city district in southwestern New Taipei City, Taiwan.[3]

For the village in Albania, see Shulin, Albania.
Shulin
樹林區
District
Shulin District
Shulin District in New Taipei City
Shulin District in New Taipei City
Coordinates: 24°59′N 121°25′E
CountryRepublic of China (Taiwan)
Special municipalityNew Taipei City
Urban villages42
Government
 • Leader (區長)Chen Chi-Cheng (陳奇正)
Area
[1]
 • Total33.1288 km2 (12.7911 sq mi)
Population
 (March 2023)[2]
 • Total180,340
 • Density5,400/km2 (14,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (National Standard Time)
Postal code
238
Websitewww.shulin.ntpc.gov.tw (in Chinese)
Shulin District office


History

On August 1, 1946, seventeen urban villages (里) were divided from Yingge Township and made into Shulin Township (樹林鎮).[4]

Shulin was upgraded to a county-administered city of Taipei County on 4 October 1999 from an urban township,[5] and to a district of New Taipei City on 25 December 2010.

Administrative divisions

Shulin District administers forty-two urban villages:[5][6][7]

  • Sanxing (三興里), Sanfu (三福里), Sanduo (三多里), Sanlong (三龍里), Qiangliao (獇寮里),[8] Guangxing (光興里), Jinliao (金寮里), Tandi[9] (潭底里), Wenlin (文林里), Baoan (保安里), Zunan (圳安里), Zunfu (圳福里), Zunmin (圳民里), Zunsheng (圳生里), Shude (樹德里), Shufu (樹福里), Shuxi (樹西里), Shuxing (樹興里), Shuren (樹人里), Yuying (育英里[10]), Shunan (樹南里), Ponei (坡內里), Shutung (樹東里), Shubei (樹北里), Pengfu (彭福里), Heping (和平里), Pengxing (彭興里), Pengcuo (彭厝里), Datong (大同里), Zhonghua (中華里), Taishun (太順里), Tungsheng (東昇里), Tungyang (東陽里), Tungshan (東山里), Shanjia (Shanchia,[11] 山佳里), Zhongshan (中山里), Leshan (樂山里), Ganyuan (柑園里), Xiyuan (西園里), Nanyuan (南園里), Tungyuan (東園里) and Beiyuan (北園里) Village.

Religion

Baosheng Dadi is the most commonly accepted deity in Shulin District. The most important holiday in Shulin is the birthday of Baosheng Dadi, which falls on the fifteenth day of the third month of the Chinese lunar calendar.

The people of Ganyuan celebrate a festival for Baoyi daifu (保儀大夫) on the first day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar.

A hog is sacrificed every year on the sixth day of the first month of the lunar calendar.[12]

Tourist Attractions
  • Datong Mountain
  • Lujiao Creek Wetlands

Infrastructures

Transportation
Shulin Rail Station

Notable natives

See also

References
  1. 地理生態. 新北市樹林區公所 Shulin District Office, New Taipei City (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 19 October 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2019. 轄區土地面積共33.1288平方公里，人口共計16萬9千多人。
  2. 中華民國107年12月底 End of Dec., 2018. 中華民國內政部全球資訊網 Ministry of the Interior, R.O.C. (Taiwan) (in Chinese (Taiwan) and English). Retrieved 5 October 2019. 樹林區 Shulin District 33.1288 66,723 183,946 91,732 92,214 99.48 2.76 5,552
  3. "New Taipei City Government - Shulin". Archived from the original on 2015-12-08.
  4. 樹林憶往. 新北市樹林區公所 Shulin District Office, New Taipei City (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 27 September 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019. *同年八月一日，乃自鶯歌鎮分十七里與鶯歌分治，自成樹林鎮，仍隸屬臺北縣海山區。
  5. 人文古今. 新北市樹林區公所 Shulin District Office, New Taipei City (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 17 August 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2019. 樹林於民國88年10月4日（西元1999年）由「鎮」改制為「市」，{...}舊庄名 現今里名 形成之村落
  6. 行政區域. 新北市樹林區公所 Shulin District Office, New Taipei City (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 19 October 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2019. 樹林區共有三興里、三福里、三龍里、三多里、圳生里、圳民里、圳安里、圳福里、獇寮里、光興里、金寮里、文林里、潭底里、保安里、樹德里、樹福里、樹北里、樹興里、樹西里、樹人里、樹南里、樹東里、玉英里 [sic]、坡內里、東昇里、和平里、東陽里、大同里、和平里、中華里、太順里、彭福里、彭興里、彭厝里、東山里、中山里、山佳里、樂山里、西園里、北園里、柑園里、東園里、南園里...等42個里。
  7. 里長通訊. 新北市樹林區公所 Shulin District Office, New Taipei City (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  8. 街道清冊 (PDF). 國立恆春工商 National HengChun Vocational High School (in Chinese (Taiwan)). pp. 225 & 231. 街道 6500700E0046 西圳街 Xizun St. 新北市 樹林區 北園里、東園里 西園里{...}街道 6500700E0110 獇寮街 Qiangliao St. 新北市 樹林區 獇寮里
  9. 1020722【中嘉新北新聞】樹林區潭底里共餐 (in Chinese (Taiwan) and Chinese (Min Nan)). 新視波. 22 July 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2019 – via YouTube.
  10. 育英里. 新北市樹林區公所 Shulin District Office, New Taipei City (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  11. 表 2-2. 都市計畫區面積及人口-按都市計畫區別分 (PDF). 中華民國內政部營建署全球資訊網 Construction and Planning Agency Ministry of the Interior,R.O.C (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2019. 5樹林(三多里地區) Shulin(Santouli District)6樹林(山佳地區) Shulin(Shanchia District)
  12. 宗教民俗. 新北市樹林區公所 Shulin District Office, New Taipei City (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 19 October 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
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