Checheng
22°04′47″N 120°44′45″E / 22.079754°N 120.745727°E
Checheng Township
車城鄉 Chai-cheng | |
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 Checheng Township in Pingtung County | |
| Location | Pingtung County, Taiwan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 50 km2 (20 sq mi) |
| Population (July 2018) | |
| • Total | 8,671 |
| • Density | 170/km2 (450/sq mi) |
| Checheng Township | |
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| Traditional Chinese | 車城鄉 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Chēchéng Xiāng |
| Wade–Giles | Ch'e1-ch'eng2 Hsiang1 |
| Pha̍k-fa-sṳ | Tshâ-sàng-hiông |
| Hokkien POJ | Chha-siâⁿ-hiong/Chhia-siâⁿ-hiong |
Checheng Township[1] is a rural township in Pingtung County, Taiwan.[2]
History
During the Kingdom of Tungning, it was called "Firewood City" (柴城; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhâ-siâⁿ). During Qing Dynasty rule, it was renamed to the current name, meaning "Car City".
Geography
Area: 49.85 square kilometres (19.25 sq mi)
Population: 9,121 (2014)
Administrative divisions
The township comprises 11 villages: Baoli, Fuan, Fuxing, Haikou, Houwan, Puqi, Sheliao, Tianzhong, Tongpu, Wenquan and Xinjie.
Education
Tourist attractions
- Checheng Fu'an Temple
- Kenting National Park
- National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium
- Sichongxi Hot Spring
- Dongyuan Forest Recreation Area and Dongyuan Wet Grassland
- Shihmen Ancient battle Field and Mudan Incident Memorial Park
- Syuhai Grassland Recreation Area
- Hsi Chung River Hot Spring
- HaiKou
- Gourmet: Huang's peeled mung bean desert[permanent dead link]
Notable natives
- Pan Men-an, Magistrate of Pingtung County
References
- ^ 臺灣地區鄉鎮市區級以上行政區域名稱中英對照表 Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine Glossary of Names for Administrative Divisions. (in Chinese) Accessed at Taiwan Geographic Names Information System website Archived 2013-08-16 at the Wayback Machine (in English). Ministry of the Interior. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ^ "Attractions > Hot Spots > Pingtung County > National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium >". Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Checheng Township, Pingtung County.
- Checheng Township Office, Pingtung County Government (in Chinese)
Cities and townships of Pingtung County | ||
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| Mountain indigenous townships | ||
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