Guanshan, Taitung

Coordinates: 23°01′05″N 121°11′38″E / 23.01806°N 121.19389°E / 23.01806; 121.19389

Guanshan Township in Taitung County

Guanshan Township

Guanshan Township (Chinese: 關山鎮; pinyin: Guānshān Zhèn; Wade–Giles: Kuan¹-shan¹ Chen⁴) is an urban township in northern Taitung County, Taiwan.

Geography

It is located in the Huatung Valley South segment. Beinan River flows through. In the east it is bordered by the Haian Range and in the west by the Central Mountain Range. Guanshan has a Tropical Monsoon Climate. Annual rainfall is 2,000 mm with an average temperature of 23.7 degrees Celsius.

Covering an area of 58.735 km², Guanshan has a population of 10,042 people (as of February 2007).

Administrative divisions

Guanshan Township consists of 7 boroughs and 135 parishes.

• Chungfu Borough
• Fengchuan Borough
• Hsinfu Borough
• Lilong Borough
• Tekao Borough
• Tienkuan Borough
• Yuemei Borough

Tourist attractions

• Brassica Campestris Field
• Guanshan Tianho Temple
• Guanshan Water Park^[1]
• Nanshan Temple
• Old Guanshan Rail Station
• Police Historical Museum^[2]
• Sun Moon Viewing Pavilion
• Taiwan Acacia Path
• Tienhou Temple^[3]

Transportation

Guanshan Township is accessible from Yuemei Station, Guanshan Station and Haiduan Station of the Taiwan Railway Administration.

See also

• Taitung County

References

External links

• Guanshan Township Office, Taitung County (English)

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