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Baoshan, Hsinchu

Rural township in Hsinchu County, Taiwan

Summary

Rural township in Hsinchu County, Taiwan

Field	Value
official_name	Baoshan Township
寶山鄉
settlement_type	Rural township
image_skyline	TSMC Fab5.JPG
image_map	Sj bs.png
map_caption	Baoshan Township in Hsinchu County
subdivision_type	Location
subdivision_name	Hsinchu County, Taiwan
area_total_km2	65
population_as_of	March 2023
population_total	14402
population_density_km2	auto

寶山鄉

Baoshan Township () is a rural township in Hsinchu County, Taiwan. It is ostensibly a suburb of Hsinchu City to the north and west, and is also bounded by Zhudong City to the east, Beipu and Emei Towns to the south, and Miaoli County to the west.

Name

The name Baoshan means "Treasure Mountain" in Mandarin Chinese.

History

Baoshan was formerly known as "Caoshan", which was named after the ancestors of the Han nationality in the Qing Dynasty because of the overgrown hills and weeds in the area. In 1946 Baoshan and Zhudong townships were merged into Hsinchu City, but in 1950 when Hsinchu was reduced to a county-administered city, Baoshan and Zhudong returned to a township.

Geography

The town is populated predominantly by people of Hakka ethnicity, and is part of "the Greater Daai Area -- the largest Hakka area in northern Taiwan" along with Beipu and Emei. https://web.archive.org/web/20040831052305/http://www.chinapost.com.tw/travel/detail.asp?ID=51788&GRP=g However, recent suburbanization has probably led to a large increase in the proportion of non-Hakka people due to its proximity to Hsinchu City, which is mostly Minnan Taiwanese.

Baoshan is a hilly, semi-mountainous area with an urban and suburban part in the northern part nearest Hsinchu City. A significant and growing part of the Hsinchu Science Park is located in Baoshan. The rest of the town is predominantly agricultural, particularly plentiful in hillside orchards of tangerines and lychee nuts.

Area: 64.84 km2
Population: 14,402 (March 2023){{cite web |script-title=zh:112年3月新竹縣人口統計報表 |trans-title=Hsinchu County population table, March 2023 |access-date=10 April 2023

Administrative divisions

The township comprises 10 villages: Baodou, Baoshan, Daqi, Sanfeng, Shanhu, Shenjing, Shuangxi, Shuangxin, Xincheng and Youtian.

Reservoirs

Baoshan Town is also the location of Baoshan Reservoirs () I and II, which supply drinking water to the city of Hsinchu and cooling water to the Science Park's foundries.

Transportation

A large interchange called Hsinchu System is located here, which is a major junction which connects Freeways No.1 and No.3. Taiwan High Speed Rail passes through the central part of the township, but no station is currently planned.

References

"About Baoshan Township Office".
link. Baoshan Township Office

Wikipedia Source

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