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Guanyin District

District in Taoyuan City, Taiwan

Field	Value
name	Guanyin
official_name	Guanyin District
native_name	觀音區
settlement_type	District
image_skyline	觀音埤 Guanyin Pond - panoramio.jpg
image_caption	Guanyin Pond
seat_type	Capital
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Taiwan
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Northern Taiwan
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Ou Bingchen
area_total_km2	87.9807
population_total	73299
population_as_of	February 2023
population_density_km2	auto
website
image_map	Quanyin.png
pushpin_map
pushpin_label_position
pushpin_map_caption	Guanyin District in Taoyuan City
coordinates

Guanyin District () 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.

Geography

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

Guanyin is part of the alluvial fan in Taoyuan City. 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.

Infrastructure

Taiwan Electric Research and Testing Center
Tatan Power Plant

Tourist attractions

Baishajia Lighthouse
1213 Baosheng Inn
Datian Lotus Farm
Golden Lake Shore
Kangzhuang Lotus Garden
Lin's Old Style House
Longman Bottle Gourd
Lotus Garden
Monet's Garden
Qinglin Farm
Sanqi Bee Park
Sun and Green Farm
Wu Cuo Yang Jia Zhuang
Xianghao Leisure Farm
Yifeng Leisure Farm
Yuanyin Farm

Transportation

Guanyin District is served by Taoyuan Bus.

References

(2014-05-06). "Taoyuan County Government - Guanyin Township". Tycg.gov.tw.
"Topology and geography". Guanyin Township Office.

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