Sanxing, Yilan

This article is about the township in Taiwan. For the settlement in Heilongjiang, see Yilan County, Heilongjiang.

Sanxing Township 三星鄉 Sanshing, Sansing
Rural township
Fields of spring onion in Sanxing Township
Sanxing Township in Yilan County
Location	Yilan County, Taiwan
Area
• Total	144.22 km2 (55.68 sq mi)
Population  (2014)
• Total	21,503
• Density	150/km2 (390/sq mi)

The restored station of the decommissioned Luodong Forest Railway in Sanxing Township

Yuzun Temple

Sanxing Township (Chinese: 三星鄉; Hanyu Pinyin: Sānxīng Xiāng; Tongyong Pinyin: Sansing Siang; Wade–Giles: San¹-hsing¹ Hsiang¹), also spelled Sanshing Township, is a rural township in the western part of Yilan County, Taiwan.

Geography

• Area: 144.22 km²
• Population: 21,503 people (2014)

Administrative divisions

The township comprises 18 villages: Dayi, Dayin, Dazhou, Gongzhao, Guilin, Hangjian, Jiqing, Renhe, Shangwu, Shuangxian, Tianfu, Tianshan, Wande, Wanfu, Weiqian, Yide, Yuanshan and Yuemei.

Education

• St. Mary's Medicine Nursing and Management College

Tourist attractions

• Changpi Lake
• Spring Onion Culture Museum
• Yuzun Temple

Transportation

• Highway 7
• County Road 196

Notable natives

• Chen Chu, Mayor of Kaohsiung City (2006–2018)
• John Deng, Minister of Economic Affairs (2014-2016)

External links

• Sanshing Township Office (in Chinese)