Shulin
樹林區 | |
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Shulin District | |
Coordinates: 24°59′N 121°25′E / 24.99°N 121.41°E | |
Country | Republic of China (Taiwan) |
Special municipality | New Taipei City |
Urban villages | 42 |
Government | |
• Leader (區長) | Chen Chi-Cheng (陳奇正) |
Area | |
• Total | 33.1288 km2 (12.7911 sq mi) |
Population (March 2023)[2] | |
• Total | 180,340 |
• Density | 5,400/km2 (14,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (National Standard Time) |
Postal code | 238 |
Website | www |
Shulin District (Chinese: 樹林區; pinyin: Shùlín Qū; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhiū-nâ-khu; lit. 'forest district') is an inner city district in southwestern New Taipei City, Taiwan.[3]
On August 1, 1946, seventeen urban villages (里) were divided from Yingge Township and made into Shulin Township (樹林鎮).[4]
Shulin was upgraded to a county-administered city of Taipei County on 4 October 1999 from an urban township,[5] and to a district of New Taipei City on 25 December 2010.
Shulin District administers forty-two urban villages:[5][6][7]
Baosheng Dadi is the most commonly accepted deity in Shulin District. The most important holiday in Shulin is the birthday of Baosheng Dadi, which falls on the fifteenth day of the third month of the Chinese lunar calendar.
The people of Ganyuan celebrate a festival for Baoyi daifu (保儀大夫) on the first day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar.
A hog is sacrificed every year on the sixth day of the first month of the lunar calendar.[12]