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Xingang Township 新港鄉 Singang, Sinkang
Rural township
Fengtian Temple
Xingang Township in Chiayi County
Location	Chiayi County, Taiwan
Area
• Total	66.05 km (25.50 sq mi)
Population
• Total	30,543

Xingang Township or Singang Township (Chinese: 新港鄉; pinyin: Xīngǎng Xiāng) is a rural township in Chiayi County, Taiwan.

Geography

It has a population of 30,543 and an area of 66.05 square kilometres (25.50 sq mi).

Administrative divisions

The township comprises 22 villages: Anhe, Bantou, Beilun, Beizi, Caigong, Datan, Daxing, Fude, Gonghe, Gonghou, Gongqian, Gumin, Haiying, Nangang, Nanlun, Sanjian, Tanda, Xibei, Xizhuang, Yuemei, Yuetan, Zhongyang and Zhongzhuang.

Education

Senior high school

• National Singang Senior High School of Arts

Junior high school

• Hsingkang Junior High School

Primary school

• Hsingkang Primary School
• Wenchang Primary School
• Gumin Primary School
• Yuemei Primary School
• Anho Primary School
• Fushing Primary School

Tourist attractions

• Xingang Mazu Temple

Originally a local temple to goddess Mazu, the Xingang Mazu Temple emerged in the 21st century as a temple of regional and even national significance. It organizes annual "inspection-tour" processions through southern Taiwan and pilgrimages to Mazu temples in Mainland China, where it has opened a branch Mazu temple in Yongchun.

• Bengang Shuixian Temple
• Bengang Tianhou Temple
• Dasing Temple
• Dengyun College
• Fengtian Temple
• Liousing Temple
• Singang Railway Park
• Southern Altar Shueiyue Nunnery

Notable natives

• Ang Ui-jin, linguist
• Hsu Chih-chieh, member of 8th Legislative Yuan
• Lin Chin-sheng, Vice President of Examination Yuan (1984–1993)
• Lin Hwai-min, dancer, writer and choreographer
• Tsai Chen-nan, actor and singer

References

1. "About the Township". Chiayi County Government. 2013.
2. "嘉義縣新港鄉村里鄰人口數106年11月". 嘉義縣民雄戶政事務所. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
3. Hsun Chang, "Multiple Religious and National Identities: Mazu Pilgrimages across the Taiwan Strait after 1987," in Cheng-tian Kuo (Ed.), Religion and Nationalism in Chinese Societies, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2017, 373–396.

External links

• Singang Township Office

v t e Cities and townships of Chiayi County
County seat: Taibao
Cities	Puzi Taibao
Urban townships	Budai Dalin
Rural townships	Dapu Dongshi Fanlu Lioujiao Lucao Meishan Minxiong Shuishang Xikou Xingang Yizhu Zhongpu Zhuqi
Mountain indigenous townships	Alishan

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