{{Short description|District in Tainan, Taiwan}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}} {{Coord|22.955232|N|120.385383|E|display=title}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> | name = Zuojhen | native_name = {{nobold|左鎮區}} | native_name_lang = zh-tw | other_name = Tsochen | official_name = Zuojhen District | nickname = | motto = | settlement_type = District | image_skyline = Sunrise Erliao Tainan Taiwan.jpg | image_flag = | image_seal = | image_map = Zuojhen TN.svg | map_caption = Zuojhen District in Tainan City | image_blank_emblem = File:臺南市左鎮區公所 Tainan City Zuojhen District Office.jpg | blank_emblem_type = {{lang|zh-tw|臺南市左鎮區公所}}<br />Tainan City<br />Zuojhen District Office | subdivision_type = Location | subdivision_type1 = | subdivision_name = Tainan, Taiwan | subdivision_name1 = | established_title = | established_date = | established_title2 = | established_date2 = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | area_magnitude = | area_total_sq_mi = | area_total_km2 = 75 | area_land_sq_mi = | area_land_km2 = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_km2 = | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_urban_km2 = | area_metro_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | population_as_of = May 2022 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 4410 | population_urban = | population_metro = | population_density_sq_mi = | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone = | utc_offset = | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_ft = | elevation_m = | website = {{official url}} | footnotes = }}
'''Zuojhen District'''<ref name="govtn">{{cite web|title=District Office|website=Tainan City Government Global Website|url=https://www.tainan.gov.tw/en/News_Content.aspx?n=13228&sms=13691&s=1395669|access-date=23 July 2019|date=2016-06-03|quote=Zuojhen District Office}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.tainan.gov.tw/ZuojhenDistrict/|title=首頁|website={{lang|zh-tw|區公所-左鎮區}}|quote=Tainan City Zuojhen District Office|access-date=24 July 2019}}</ref><ref name="GNISzj">{{GEOnet2|4A88DCE1BCF10C47E0440003BA962ED3|Zuojhen (Variant - V) }}, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2019/07/14/2003718645|title=CDC confirms ninth indigenous dengue patient in Tainan|quote=An 89-year-old man living in the mountainous Ronghe Borough (榮和) of Zuojhen District (左鎮) developed a fever on Wednesday, the centers said.|date=14 July 2019|access-date=23 July 2019|website=Taipei Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moi.gov.tw/files/site_stuff/321/1/month/m1-07.xls|script-title=zh:1.7-鄉鎮市區戶口數|trans-title=Population for Township and District|date=August 2020|access-date=21 September 2020|website=Ministry of the Interior|quote=左鎮區 Zuojhen District 74.9025 1,918 4,598 2,594 2,004 129.44 2.40 61|language=zh-tw,en}}</ref> ({{zh|c={{linktext|左鎮|區}}|hp=Zuǒzhèn Qū|tp=Zuǒjhèn Cyu|poj=Chó-tìn-khu}}) is a rural district of about 4,410 residents in Tainan, Taiwan.
==History== left|thumb|Map including Zuojhen (labeled as Sachin) (1944) left|thumb|Map including Zuojhen (labeled as Tso-chen-chuang (Sachinshō) {{lang|zh-tw|左鎮庄}}) (1950) After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Zuojhen was organized as a rural township of Tainan County. On 25 December 2010, Tainan County was merged with Tainan City and Zuojhen was upgraded to a district of the city.
== Administrative divisions ==
The district consists of Guanghe, Ronghe, Zuozhen, Zhongzheng, Muguang, Neizhuang, Dengshan, Ganglin, Caoshan and Erliao Village.
== Tourist attractions == * Tainan City Zuojhen Fossil Park * Ancient Woods of Hengshan Ancestors * Cailiao Fossil Museum * Caoshan Moon World * Luo Lai-Shou Museum * Museum of Natural History * Oyster Glass Window * Yanshuei Keng Bubbling Mud<ref>{{cite web |url=http://web1.tainan.gov.tw/NewEnglish/CP/12376/Zuojhen-1.aspx |title= Zuojhen Township |access-date=9 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221203539/http://web1.tainan.gov.tw/NewEnglish/CP/12376/Zuojhen-1.aspx |archive-date=21 February 2014}}</ref>
== References == {{Commons category|Zuojhen District, Tainan}} {{Wiktionary|Zuojhen|Tsochen}} {{reflist}} thumb|Zuojhen District Office<!--The English spelling and capitalization are taken directly from the picture.-->|left thumb|Zuojhen District Library<!--The English spelling is taken directly from the picture.-->|left
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