Dacun

Dacun Đại thôn
Rural township
Dacun Township · đại thôn hương
Chinesetranscription(s)
•Traditional	Đại thôn hương
•Pinyin	Dàcūn Xiāng
Dacun Township
Dacun
Coordinates:23°59′28″N120°32′22″E
Country	Taiwan
County	Changhua
Area
• Total	30.78 km2(11.88 sq mi)
Population (January 2023)
• Total	40,459
• Density	1,300/km2(3,400/sq mi)
Postal code	515
Website	town.chcg.gov.tw/dacun(in Chinese)

Dacun Township in Changhua County

Dacun Township(Chinese:Đại thôn hương;pinyin:Dàcūn Xiāng) is a ruraltownshipinChanghua County,Taiwan.

Geography

Dacun encompasses 30.78 square kilometres (11.88 sq mi) and a population of 40,459, including 19,044 males and 17,732 females as of January 2023.

Administrative divisions

The township comprises 16 villages: Baitang, Cunshang, Dacun, Dalun, Daqiao, Fu xing, Gongqi, Guogou, Huangcuo, Jiadong, Jiaxi, Meigang, Nanshi, Pinghe, Tianyang and Xin xing.

Economy

Dacun is Taiwan's largest producer ofgrapes.

Education

• Dayeh University

Transportation

Dacun Township is served byDacun Stationon theWestern Lineof theTaiwan Railways.

Dacun Station

Notable natives

• George Huang,Magistrate of Changhua County (1981–1989)
• Luo Jye(Chinese:La kết;pinyin:Luó Jié;1925 – 2019) billionaire, founder of Cheng Shin Rubber, the world's ninth largest tire manufacturer. At the time of his death, he was the sixth richest person in Taiwan.

External links

• Official website(in Chinese)