Wufenpu

Wufenpu (Chinese: 五分埔; pinyin: Wǔfēnpǔ̄; Wade–Giles: Wu3-fen1-p'u3; Taiwanese: Gō͘-hun-po͘) is an area, best known for wholesale garment market,[1] located in the Xinyi District of Taipei, Taiwan.

[4] During the Chinese Qing Dynasty, this was the land of the “Malysyakkaw” (a Ketagalan Taiwanese aboriginal tribe).

In 1769, five families from Fujian Province, China bought this place from the Malysyakkaw, and that was how it got its name, (“Wu-fen-pu” means "land with five divisions").

[citation needed] In the 1960s, many people from Fangyuan (芳苑, a town in Changhua County, central Taiwan) noticed that it was easier to make a living in Taipei and came to rent houses from the veterans.

After a few years, the veterans all sold their houses to these inhabitants from Fangyuan and many newcomers, and as of today Wufenpu is still a special pret-a-porter wholesale hub for clothes retailers in Taipei.