Guanyin District

Guanyin District (Chinese: 觀音區; pinyin: Guānyīn Qū) is a rural, coastal district in western Taoyuan City, Taiwan. Guanyin is the name of a Buddhist boddhisattva.

Guanyin 觀音區
District
Guanyin District
Guanyin Pond
Coordinates: 25°02′N 121°06′E
Country	Taiwan
Region	Northern Taiwan
Government
• Mayor	Ou Bingchen
Area
• Total	87.9807 km2 (33.9695 sq mi)
Population  (February 2023)
• Total	73,299
• Density	830/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Website	www.guanyin.tycg.gov.tw (in Chinese)

History

Guanyin was originally named as Shiguanyin during the Qing Dynasty rule. It was renamed to Guanyin in 1920 during the Japanese rule. After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Guanyin was reestablished as a township of Taoyuan County. On 25 December 2014, it was upgraded to a district named Guanyin District of Taoyuan City.^[1]

Geography

• Area: 87.98 km²
• Population: 73,299 people (February 2023)

Guanyin is part of the alluvial fan in Taoyuan City.^[2] The coastline is about 15 km at the northern side.

Administrative divisions

Guanyin, Baiyu, Guangxing, Datan, Baosheng, Wuwei, Sanhe, Xinxing, Kengwei, Jinhu, Lanpu, Datong, Daku, Lunping, Fuyuan, Shangda, Xinpo, Guangfu, Tajiao, Baozhang, Caota, Caoxin, Shulin and Fulin Village.

Infrastructure

• Tatan Power Plant

Tourist attractions

Old town of Guanyin District

• Baishajia Lighthouse
• 1213 Baosheng Inn
• Datian Lotus Farm
• Golden Lake Shore
• Kangzhuang Lotus Garden
• Lin's Old Style House
• Longman Bottle Gourd
• Lotus Garden
• Monet's Garden
• Qinglin Farm
• Sanqi Bee Park
• Sun and Green Farm
• Wu Cuo Yang Jia Zhuang
• Xianghao Leisure Farm
• Yifeng Leisure Farm
• Yuanyin Farm

Transportation

Guanyin Bus Station

Guanyin District is served by Taoyuan Bus.

See also

• Taoyuan City