Sandimen

Coordinates: 22°43′N 120°39′E / 22.717°N 120.650°E

Sandimen Township in Pingtung County

Sandimen Township

Sandimen Township^[1] (Chinese: 三地門鄉; pinyin: Sāndìmén Xiāng; Wade–Giles: San¹-ti⁴-men² Hsiang¹; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Soaⁿ-tē-mn̂g-hiong [山地門鄉]; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sâm-thi-mùn-hiông) is a mountain indigenous township in Pingtung County, Taiwan.

Names

Ethnic Chinese settlers adapted the original Paiwan name into Hokkien (Chinese: 山豬毛; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Soaⁿ-ti-mn̂g; literally: "wild-boar bristle"; or 山地門; Soaⁿ-tē-mn̂g). Under Japanese rule the name was Santimon (山地門). Following Taiwan's handover to China in 1945, the area became Sandimeng Township (三地盟鄉; Sāndìméng Xiāng) but the name was changed again in 1947 to Sandi Township (三地鄉; Sāndì Xiāng; Sam-tē-hiong) but the Taiwanese pronunciation of Soaⁿ-tē-mn̂g continued to be commonly used.^[2] In August 1992, the township assumed its current name.

History

During the Japanese era, Sandimen was grouped with modern-day Majia Township and Wutai Township as "Savage Land" (蕃地), which was governed under Heitō District (屏東郡) of Takao Prefecture. Following the Kuomintang takeover of Taiwan in 1945, Sandimen was assigned to Kaohsiung County and, on 16 August 1950, it became a part of the newly established Pingtung County.

Geography

• Population: 7,784 people (December 2014)
• Area: 196.3965 km²

Administrative divisions

• Dashe Village
• Dewen Village
• Dalai Village
• Sande Village
• Saijia Village
• Koushe Village
• Mani Village
• Anpo Village
• Jingshan Village
• Jingye Village

Tourist attractions

• Taiwan Indigenous Peoples Cultural Park

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 1 April 2015.
2. 吳秀麗 (1994). 商用台語. Taipei: 自立晚報. p. 145. ISBN 9789575963149.

External links

• Sandimen Government website (Chinese)