Sanxing, Yilan

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

Sanxing Township 三星鄉
Rural township
Sanxing Township in Yilan County
Location	Yilan County, Taiwan
Area
• Total	144.22 km2 (55.68 sq mi)
Population  (2014)
• Total	21,503 people

Sanxing Railway Station

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

The nearest train station to reach the township is Erjie Station of the Taiwan Railway Administration, located at Wujie Township.

Notable natives

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

External links

• Sanshing Township Office Template:Zh icon