Checheng, Pingtung

Coordinates: 22°04′47″N 120°44′45″E / 22.079754°N 120.745727°E

Checheng Township in Pingtung County

Checheng Township

Checheng Township^[1] (Chinese: 車城鄉; pinyin: Chēchéng Xiāng; Wade–Giles: Ch'e¹-ch'eng² Hsiang¹; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhia-siâⁿ-hiong; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Tshâ-sàng-hiông) is a rural township in Pingtung County, Taiwan.^[2][3]

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 "Car City" (車城; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhia-siâⁿ).

Geography

• Area: 49.8517 km²
• Population: 9,121 people (2014)

Administrative divisions

• Haikou Village
• Tianzhong Village
• Fuxing Village
• Fuan Village
• Tongpu Village
• Wenquan Village
• Baoli Village
• Xinjie Village
• Puqi Village
• Sheliao Village
• Houwan Village

Education

• National Pingtung University

Tourist attractions

• National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium
• Fu-An Temple
• Kenting National Park http://eng.taiwan.net.tw/m1.aspx?sNo=0002122&id=421
• 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

Notable natives

• Pan Men-an, Magistrate of Pingtung County

See also

• Pingtung County

References

1. 臺灣地區鄉鎮市區級以上行政區域名稱中英對照表 Glossary of Names for Administrative Divisions. (Chinese) Accessed at Taiwan Geographic Names Information System website (English). Ministry of the Interior. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
2. http://eng.taiwan.net.tw/m1.aspx?sNo=0002122&id=2242
3. http://www.gov.tw/OrgInfo/ORPF-GOV-02.aspx?oid=2.16.886.101.90019.90023.20002

External links

• Checheng Township Office, Pingtung County Government (Chinese)