Cigu District

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District in Tainan, Taiwan

title: "Cigu District" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["districts-of-tainan"] description: "District in Tainan, Taiwan" topic_path: "general/districts-of-tainan" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cigu_District" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary District in Tainan, Taiwan ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]

FieldValue
nameCigu
native_name七股區
native_name_langzh-tw
settlement_typeRural district
image_skyline七股區大潮溝與海埔魚塭.jpg
image_captionCoastal fish farms in Cigu
image_mapCigu TN.svg
map_captionCigu District in Tainan City
image_blank_emblemFile:七股區公所 CIGU DISTRICT OFFICE.png
blank_emblem_type七股區公所
CIGU DISTRICT OFFICE
subdivision_typeLocation
subdivision_nameTainan, Taiwan
government_typeDistrict government
leader_titleDistrict Chief
leader_nameChuang Ming-hao
area_total_km2110
population_as_ofMarch 2023
population_total21441
website
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The Cigu Lagoon is located in this township, and an ecological conservation area for black-faced spoonbills is situated on the estuary of the Zengwen River. It was a salt producing area, but now most of the salt products are imported from other counties.

History

Around 360 years ago, seven settlers arrived in the area from China and built a fish farm. At that time, the area was mostly inhabited. Gradually, new settlers started to spread northwards over the next 80 years. There was only one port at that time and people made a living based from offshore fishing. As the population gradually increased, they began to cultivate the lands near the coast to grow grains and make salt.

Cigu was organized as a rural township of Tainan County. On 25 December 2010, Tainan County was merged with Tainan City and Cigu was upgraded to a district of the city.

Administrative divisions

The district consists of Hougang, Datan, Dujia, Dingshan, Xiliao, Yancheng, Longshan, Xinan, Qigu, Yucheng, Dacheng, Shulin, Zhongliao, Zhuqiao, Yige, Yongji, Sangu and Shifen Village.

Tourist attractions

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/七股蚵架之美.jpg" caption="Oyster farms at Cigu Lagoon"] ::

Notable natives

References

References

  1. (2016-06-03). "District Office".
  2. "Natural environment".
  3. (7 March 2016). "Area of Jurisdiction".
  4. {{GEOnet2. 47CB7CF9AE9F6161E0440003BA962ED3. Cigu (Variant - V) , [[National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency]]
  5. (9 July 2019). "Cigu fish farmers protest high land cost in Tainan".
  6. Ts'ui-jung Liu. (2018). "Landscape Change and Resource Utilization in East Asia: Perspectives from Environmental History". [[Routledge]].
  7. (13 February 2019). "Cigu Seafood Festival".
  8. link. (August 2020). Ministry of the Interior]]
  9. "2018 Local Elections".
  10. "Cigu Township".

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