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Encyclopedia > Taitung County
Image:Taitung County Emblem.png
Taitung County
台東縣
Abbreviation(s): Taitung (台東)
Capital Taitung City
Region Eastern Taiwan
County Magistrate K'uang Li-chen (Kuang Lizhen) (鄺麗貞)
Cities 1
Townships 15
Area
- Total 3,515.2526 km²
(3 of 25)
- % water n/a %
Population
- Total 241,676 (2004)
(22 of 25)
- Density 69/km²
Symbols
- County flower Moth orchid (Phalaenopsis)
- County tree Camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora)
- County bird n/a
Official websites [1]

Taitung County (Traditional Chinese: 台東縣; Hanyu Pinyin: Táidōng Xiàn; Tongyong Pinyin: Táidong Siàn; Wade-Giles: T`ai-tung Hsien; POJ: Tâi-tang-kōan) is a county in eastern Taiwan. The name means "Eastern Taiwan". Taitung is officially administered as a county of Taiwan Province, Republic of China. Image File history File links Taitung_County_Location_Map. ... Taitung City (台東市, Taiwanese POJ: Tâi-tang-chhī) is the capital of Taitung County, Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. ... The following is a list of counties and cities under the jurisdiction of the Republic of China (Taiwan) ranked by area. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The following is a list of counties and cities under the jurisdiction of the Republic of China (Taiwan) ranked by population. ... Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... Pinyin (拼音, Pīnyīn) literally means join (together) sounds (a less literal translation being phoneticize, spell or transcription) in Chinese and usually refers to Hànyǔ Pīnyīn (汉语拼音, literal meaning: Han language pinyin), which is a system of... Tongyong Pinyin (Chinese: ; pinyin: Tōngyòng pÄ«nyÄ«n; literally Universal/General Usage Sound-combining) is the current official romanization of the Chinese language adopted by the national government (although not all local governments) of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since 2002. ... Wade-Giles, sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a Romanization (phonetic notation and transliteration) system for the Chinese language based on Mandarin. ... See alternative meanings for other possible definitions. ... In the context of Political divisions of China, county is the standard English translation of 县 (xiàn). ... Taiwan Province can refer to an existing administrative division under the government of the Republic of China or the claimed 23rd province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Motto: Three Principles of the People (三民主義 San-min Chu-i) Anthem: National Anthem of the Republic of China Capital Taipei (de facto)  Nanking (de jure)1  Largest city Taipei Official languages Mandarin (GuóyÇ”) Government Semi-presidential system  - President Chen Shui-bian  - Vice President Annette Lu  - Premier Su Tseng-chang...


Due in part to its remote location and isolation by mountains from Taiwan's main population centers, Taitung was the last part of the island to be colonized by Han Chinese immigrants (late 19th century). Throughout the 20th century Taitung remained an economic backwater. Sparsely populated even today, this isolation may have been a blessing in disguise, as Taitung mostly escaped the urbanization and pollution that have come to plague much of the island's lowland areas.


In addition to the area on Taiwan proper, the county includes two major islands, Green Island and Orchid Island(Lanyu). Green Island was home to an infamous penal colony used for political prisoners during the "White Terror" period of Nationalist rule (from 1947 until the end of martial law in 1987). Orchid Island, home of the Tao (also known as Yami) aborigines (closely related to the people of the northern Philippines, has become a major tourist attraction despite the the government-operated Taiwan Power Company's controversial use of part of the island as a nuclear waste dump. Green Island can refer to: // In Australia Green Island National Park, Queensland Green Island Nature Reserve, Tasmania Green Island Nature Reserve, Western Australia Buller, Whittell And Green Islands Nature Reserve, Western Australia In the British Isles Green Island, Isles of Scilly Green Island, Jersey, Channel Islands In the U.S... Old photo of the people of Orchid Island, near Taiwan published in a Japanese colonial government publication, ca. ... Lan Yu is also the Chinese name for Orchid Island. ...

Contents

District

City

  1. Taitung City(臺東市)

Taitung City (台東市, Taiwanese POJ: Tâi-tang-chhī) is the capital of Taitung County, Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. ...

Townships

  1. Beinan Township (卑南鄉)
  2. Changbin Township (長濱鄉)
  3. Chenggong Township (成功鎮)
  4. Chihshang Township (池上鄉)
  5. Daren Township (達仁鄉)
  6. Dawu Township (大武鄉)
  7. Donghe Township (東河鄉)
  8. Guanshan Township (關山鎮)
  9. Haiduan Township (海端鄉)
  10. Jinfong Township (金峰鄉)
  11. Lanyu Township (Orchid Island)(蘭嶼鄉)
  12. Lyudao Township (綠島鄉)
  13. Luye Township (鹿野鄉)
  14. Taimali Township (太麻里鄉)
  15. Yanping Township (延平鄉)

The Townships of Taiwan are administrative subdivisions of Taiwan counties. ... Old photo of the people of Orchid Island, near Taiwan published in a Japanese colonial government publication, ca. ...

Higher Education

National Taitung University,


Notable natives

Yang Chuan-kwang, or C.K. Yang (Chinese: ) (born 10 July 1933 in Taitung, Taiwan, died January 27, 2007 in California, United States) was a former Olympic decathlete from Taiwan. ... The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, were held in 1960 in Rome, Italy. ... // The Decathlon Day 1: 100 m long jump shot put High Jump 400 m Day 2: 110m hurdles discus throw pole vault javelin throw 1500 m Decathlon sprouted from the ancient game pentathlon. ...

Travel

  • East Coast National Scenic Area
  • East Rift Valley National Scenic Area

Culture

The Taiwanese National Museum of Prehistory is located in Taitung City, Taitung County, Taiwan. ...

External links


Administrative divisions of the Republic of China Flag of the Republic of China
Provinces (streamlined): Taiwan Province | Fuchien Province
Central Municipalities: Kaohsiung City | Taipei City
Counties (Taiwan Province): Changhua County | Chiayi County | Hsinchu County | Hualien County | Kaohsiung County | Miaoli County | Nantou County | Penghu County | Pingtung County | Taichung County | Tainan County | Taipei County | Taitung County | Taoyuan County | Yilan County | Yunlin County
Counties (Fuchien Province): Kinmen County | Lienchiang County
Provincial Cities (Taiwan Province): Chiayi City | Hsinchu City | Keelung City | Taichung City | Tainan City

  Results from FactBites:
 
Taitung travel guide - Wikitravel (238 words)
Taitung is a city in south east Taiwan.
National Museum of Prehistory, In the 1980s and 1990s, a team of archaeologists from National Taiwan University excavated over 1500 stone coffins and more than 20,000 stone and pottery artifacts belonging to the Peinan culture.
It's quite beautiful, and features one of the world's few saltwater hotsprings, lots of scenic tropical vegetation and coral seashores, as well as a number of current and former prison complexes.
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