Guanyin District

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Guanyin District ({{zh|t=觀音區|p=Guānyīn Qū}}) is a rural, coastal district in western Taoyuan City, Taiwan. Guanyin is the name of a Buddhist boddhisattva.

History

Guanyin was originally named as Shiguanyin during the Qing Dynasty rule. It was renamed to Guanyin in 1920 during the Japanese rule. After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Guanyin was reestablished as a township of Taoyuan County. On 25 December 2014, it was upgraded to a district named Guanyin District of Taoyuan City.{{cite web |url=http://www.tycg.gov.tw/site/index.aspx?site_id=123&site_content_sn=556 |title=Taoyuan County Government - Guanyin Township |publisher=Tycg.gov.tw |date=2014-05-06 |access-date=2014-05-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421082535/http://www.tycg.gov.tw/site/index.aspx?site_id=123&site_content_sn=556 |archive-date=2014-04-21 |url-status=dead }}

Geography

Area: 87.98 km²
Population: 73,299 people (February 2023)

Guanyin is part of the alluvial fan in Taoyuan City.{{cite web|url=http://www.guanyin.gov.tw/en/p3_3.html|title=Topology and geography|publisher=Guanyin Township Office|access-date=2010-06-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308170134/http://www.guanyin.gov.tw/en/p3_3.html|archive-date=2012-03-08|url-status=dead}} The coastline is about 15 km at the northern side.

Administrative divisions

Guanyin, Baiyu, Guangxing, Datan, Baosheng, Wuwei, Sanhe, Xinxing, Kengwei, Jinhu, Lanpu, Datong, Daku, Lunping, Fuyuan, Shangda, Xinpo, Guangfu, Tajiao, Baozhang, Caota, Caoxin, Shulin and Fulin Village.