Puzi

Puzi City
Puzi City
Chinese	朴子市
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Púzǐ Shì
Bopomofo	ㄆㄨˊ ㄗˇ ㄕˋ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh	Pwutzyy Shyh
Wade–Giles	Pʻu²-tzŭ³ Shih⁴
Tongyong Pinyin	Púzǐh Shìh
Yale Romanization	Púdž Shr̀
MPS2	Pútž Shr̀
IPA	[pʰǔ.tsɹ̩̀ ʂɻ̩̂]
Hakka
Pha̍k-fa-sṳ	Phú-chṳ́-sṳ
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Phò-chú-chhī
Tâi-lô	Phò-tsú-tshī

Puzi

朴子市
Bokushi
Puzi 朴子市 Bokushi
County-administered city
	Puzi City
	Puzi
	Coordinates: 23°27′40″N 120°14′30″E / 23.46111°N 120.24167°E
Location	Chiayi County, Taiwan
Government
• Supervisor	Wang Ru-jing
Area
• Total	50 km2 (20 sq mi)
Population (May 2022)
• Total	41,043
• Density	820/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (National Standard Time)

23°27′40″N 120°14′31″E / 23.4611°N 120.242°E / 23.4611; 120.242

Puzi (Hokkien POJ: Phò-chú) is a county-administered city in Chiayi County, Taiwan. The Chiayi County Council is located in Puzi.

History

The settlement was formerly called Pho-a-kha (Chinese: 樸仔脚; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Phoh-á-kha) in Hokkien. In 1920, during Japanese rule, it was renamed Bokushi Town (朴子街) and governed under Tōseki District, Tainan Prefecture.

After the World War II in October 1945, Puzi Township was incorporated into Tainan County. On 11 December 1945, the Puzi Township Office was established. In October 1950, Chiayi County Government was established and Puzi Township was incorporated into Chiayi County as a rural township. On 1 July 1992, Puzi Township was upgraded to a county-administered city.^[2]

Geography

Map of Puzi (labeled as Bokushi) and surrounding area (1944)

Map including Puzi (labeled as P'o-tzu (Bokushi) 朴子) (1950)

Area: 49.57 km²
Population: 41,043 people (May 2022)

Administrative divisions

The township comprises 27 villages: Anfu, Bohou, Dage, Daxiang, Dejia, Dexing, Jiahe, Kaiyuan, Kanhou, Kanqian, Meihua, Nanzhu, Neicuo, Pinghe, Renhe, Songhua, Shuangxi, Shunan, Shuntian, Wenhua, Xikou, Xinliao, Xinzhuang, Yonghe, Zhongzheng, Zhucun and Zhuwei.