It was originally conjunction with the police bureau of Chiayicounty, observing the document no. 174204, November 29, 1992, and it was then bisected from the police bureau of Chiayicounty on January 1, 1992.
Subordinating to Chiayi city government, our bureau is under the supervison of th police superintendent department, whose obligations are to preserve societal peace, to maintain societal security, to prevent damages from happening, and to advance the people’s welfare.
Its west neighbors with Taipao volost of Chiayicounty, and its north is adjacent to Mingshong volost of Chiayicounty.
The present Chiayi city became the seat of Chuluo county (one of the three counties in the island).
The Japanese constructed a 72-kilometer-long railway connecting Chiayi city with the timber land (elevations are 30 meters and 2,200 meters, respectively) in 1912, facilitating an economic boom for the city at the cost of numerous red cypresses ("Hinoki" in Japanese) of millenniums age.
The beautiful Chiayi Park is located just 100 meters away from the author's home, where different cultural heritages coexist: military monuments of Manchu and KMT authorities, Confucian Temple, Japanese Shinto Shrine, western cannons, and newly built "Shoot the Sun Tower" (inspired by aboriginal legend),...