Two ROCAF military dependents’ villages of around 190 households originally amidst rice paddies on the edge of Hsinchu, an area residents knew as Niupu (牛埔). Both settlements were cleared as their populations dwindled, and private builders redeveloped the land as apartment blocks.
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Note: this location has vanished. Any information presented here is only for reference.
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- Air Force No. 13 Village (空軍十三村)—Vanished (已消失)
Established in 1956 for 92 households of the 11th Group, Base Service Group, and Repair Group, each family given a single room and living room of under 25 square meters. Residents later extended their homes in brick, rammed earth, and concrete.
- Air Force No. 14 Village (空軍十四村)—Vanished (已消失)
The older of the pair, established in 1949 for about 30 households of the 11th Group in seven or eight Japanese buildings, with nearly a hundred rough homes added in 1957. Dependents found work at the 814 Cigarette Factory (814菸廠) and an ordnance disposal plant at Qingcao Lake (青草湖).
Links
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
Themes
- KMT Authoritarian Era Taiwan (國民政府時期)
- Taiwan Military Villages (台灣眷村)
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