Pingtung City
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| [[Image:{{{Flag}}}|100px|Flag of Pingtung City]] City Flag |
[[Image:{{{Seal}}}|100px|Seal of Pingtung City]] City Seal |
| Abbreviation | {{{Abbr}}} 屏市 |
| Nickname | (A-Hou City)阿猴城 |
| Capital | North West Dist.(西北區) |
| Region | Southern Taiwan |
| Mayor | Ye Shou-Shan (葉壽山) |
| Area | 60.067 km² () |
| Population (May 2007) | |
| - Population | 215,975 ({{{PopRank}}}) |
| - Density | 3,600 /km² |
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| Website | [ English] Trad. Chinese |
| Symbols | |
| - Bird | {{{Bird}}} |
| - Flower | {{{Flower}}} |
| - Tree | {{{Tree}}} |
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Pingtung City (traditional Chinese: 屏東市; pinyin: Píngdong shì; Wade-Giles: P'ing-tung shih; Taiwanese: Pîn-tong-chhī) is the capital of Pingtung County, Taiwan (Republic of China).
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[edit] Geography
Pingtung is located in Pingtung County which is the southern most county in Taiwan. It is located East of Kaohsiung and Fengshan. The city is centered between the Western coast and the Eastern mountain range. It is humid and extremely hot in summer. It is fairly cool in winter. The local people consider that Pingtung is a small city with more than 210,000. Many people work in Kaoshiung and lots of them commute by train.
[edit] Railway
North:Liou-Kwai-Tsou(六塊厝車站); Pingtung Station(屏東車站)[1]; South:Kwei-Lai(歸來車站)
- 28XX or 26XX is Local Train (區間車) (EMU500[2],600[3])
- 1XXX or 20XX is Tz-Chang (自強號) or City Express Train. (E1000[4],EMU1200,DR2800~DR3100)
- 17x is Normal Train; 58XX is Local Express Train (區間快車) EMU700[5]
- 1XX is Fu-Shin Express(復興號); XX is Chu-Kwan Express(莒光號)[6]
Heading North:
- 14_06:58 Suong-San(松山) via Kaohsiung,Taipei; 1008_07:30 Suong-San; 1010_08:00 Suong-San
- 16_08:25 Suong-San; 1012_09:02 Suong-San; 20_09:30 Suong-San; 34_10:50 Chi-Du(七堵) via Taipei
- 90_11:40 Kaohsiung; 1022_12:30 Suong-San; 114_12:34 Kilong(基隆市) via Taipei
- 92_12:45 Fong-Yaun(豐原) via Taichung; 1028_13:36 Suong-San; 2054_13:50 Kaohsiung
- 1030_14:20 Whua-Lian(花蓮) via Taipei; 2_14:57 Taipei Tourist Tran; 94_16:36 Kaohsiung
- 1040_17:25 Suong-San; 2056_18:18 Fong-Yaun; 2060_19:19 Kaohsiung; 1046_19:25 Suong-San
- 82_19:47 Fong-Yaun; 23B_21:00 Kaohsiung; 1055_21:21 Kaohsiung; 1048_21:26 Kaohsiung
Heading South:
- 91_07:37 TaiTung(台東); 2059_08:41 Whua-Lian; 2051_09:32 TaiTung
- 81_10:34 TaiTung; 2053_12:14 TaiTung; 1_13:01 Fang-Liao(枋寮) Tourist Tran
- 93_15:01 TaiTung; 2055_17:02 Whua-Lian; 95_19:17 TaiTung
- 97_21:41 Tzi-Ben(知本); 2061_22:41 Ta-Wu(大武)
A detailed time table is available in this website.TRA
[edit] Airport/Bus
Pingtung Airport屏東機場
Bus station is nearby the train station.Pingtung County and city bus(屏東客運) Roadmap
- 003 Pingtung-SerPi(社皮)-TungKong(東港) 005 Pingtung-WanDan(萬丹)-TungKong-HernTzwen(恆春)
- 102 Pingtung-TzauZou(潮州)-LaiE(來義) 104 Pingtung-TzauZou-JainKong(建功) 107 Pingtung-TzauZou-WuTan(武潭)
- 109 Pingtung-TzauZou-BeiSi(北勢)-TungKong 206 Pingtung-LiKong(里港)-MaoLin/DoNa(茂林/多納) 208 Pingtung-LiKong-MeiNon(美濃)
- 212 Pingtung-RoYang(洛陽)-YanPu(鹽埔) 215 Pingtung-YanPu-KaoSu(高樹) 301 Pingtung-TzenShin(振興)-SanDiMen(三地門)
- 302 Pingtung-SanHo Village(三和村)-SanDiMen 305 Pingtung-LongChan(龍泉)-SanDiMen 308 Pingtung-WuTai(霧台)
- 310 Pingtung-NeiPu(內埔)-LaiE 314 Pingtung-WanRan(萬巒)-TzauZou 315 Pingtung-TzauZou-HernTzwen
- 501 Pingtung-ChiSan(旗山)-Tainan(台南) 502 Pingtung-Tainan(freeway)
[edit] Education
- 國立屏東教育大學National PingTung University of Education
- 國立屏東商業技術學院National Pingtung Institute of Commerce
- 國立屏東高中National Pingtung Senior High School
- 國立屏東女中National Pingtung Girls' Senior High School
- 國立屏東高工National Pingtung Industrial Vocational Senior High School
- 縣立大同中學Pingtung County Da Tung Senior High School
- 私立屏榮高中 Private Ping-Rong High School
- 私立陸興中學 Private Lu-Shin High School
- 私立華洲工家職業學校 Private Hua-Chou Senior Industrial & Domestic Science Vocational School
- 私立民生家商職業學校 Private Minsheng Economics & Commercial Vocational High School
[edit] Notable Natives
- Pan Wei-Lun
- Su Tseng-Chang
- Ang Lee (director of Brokeback Mountain, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.)
- Ella Chen (of S.H.E)
[edit] External links
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