Chianan Irrigation ( Chinese and Japanese : 嘉南大圳; pinyin : Jianán Dàzùn ; rōmaji : Kanan Taishū ; lit. 'Chianan Great Ditch'), also known as the Kanan Irrigation System , was built to support agricultural production in the Chianan Plain of Taiwan . The name "chia-nan" was derived from two place names among its surrounding area called Chiayi and Tainan . Although it includes some other facilities, such as the Wusanto Reservoir , the term "Chianan Canal", in a narrow sense, would only mean the canals of this system.
3-519: The main designer of the Chianan Canal is Yoichi Hatta , a civil engineer of the Japanese government. Its main streams pass through today's Tainan, Chiayi and Yunlin , formerly parts of Tainan Prefecture . The architectural work of canal was launched in 1920 and completed in 1930, during Japanese rule . The canal improved the plantable area for rice from 5000 to 150,000 hectares , and made
6-632: The Japanese-ruled Taiwan . Hatta was born in Kanazawa, Ishikawa . After graduating from Tokyo Imperial University in 1910, he joined the Seat of Governor-General of Taiwan and served as a technician of the government. He was the designer of Chianan Canal and Wusanto Reservoir . He was killed on board the transport ship Taiyō Maru , when it was torpedoed and sunk on May 8, 1942 by US submarine Grenadier . In contemporary Taiwan, he
9-513: The rice crops in its irrigated area able to be harvested three times annually. This article about a location in Taiwan is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This agriculture article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Yoichi Hatta Yoichi Hatta ( 八田 與一 , Hatta Yoichi , February 21, 1886 – May 8, 1942) was a Japanese engineer , known for his contributions in hydraulic engineering in
#262737