Jiadong, Pingtung

Coordinates: 22°25′50″N 120°32′50″E / 22.430547°N 120.547115°E / 22.430547; 120.547115

Jiadong Township in Pingtung County

Jiadong Township

Jiadong Township (Chinese: 佳冬鄉; pinyin: Jiādōng Xiāng; Wade–Giles: Chia¹-tung¹ Hsiang¹) is a rural township in Pingtung County, Taiwan.

Geography

It has a population total of 21,598 and an area of 30.9842 square kilometres. Jiadong Township is located west of Pingtung County, Taiwan middle of the south coast, east and southeast adjacent Fangliao Township, northeast even Sinpi Township, northwest even Woodside Township, southwest coast of Taiwan Strait. Hongo is located in the southern part of Pingtung Plain, flat, flowing through the junction of Woodside Creek township Woodside Township, the climate is tropical monsoon climate.

Economy

The residents of industry, agriculture and fisheries, but serious over-pumping of groundwater, making the township to become Taiwan's western coastal subsidence one of the most serious areas.

Transportation

• TRA Jiadong Station

See also

• Pingtung County

References

Jiadong Township, the former the Pingpu the Marca Road family tomato vines community's old haunt, the old name "six", "the Jiadong feet". The place names on the "Jiadong feet" the origin is twofold: First, that therefore there are the Jiadong tree, plus located in the Pingtung Plain Hakka village in the south, it is called "Jiadong feet"; that from Pingpu language. The Qing dynasty here Fengshan - {six Zhuang. Taiwan local restructuring in 1920, the Taiwanese language Jiadong (katang), and Japanese Jiadong (katau), words that sound similar, renamed "Jiadong, set Jiadong Village, was placed under the jurisdiction of Kaohsiung State East Harbor County. The early postwar period designated Jiadong Township, Kaohsiung County, under the aegis of Pingtung County since 1950. Jiadong Township is part of the Kaohsiung-Pingtung area heap the Hakka Liutui Zhizuo,.

External links

• Jiadong Township Office (Chinese)

v t e Cities and townships of Pingtung County County seat: Pingtung City Cities Pingtung City Urban townships Chaojhou Donggang Hengchun Rural townships Changjhih Checheng Chunrih Fangliao Fangshan Gaushu Jhutian Jiadong Jiouru Kanding Laiyi Ligang Linbian Linluo Liouciou Majia Manjhou Mudan Nanjhou Neipu Sandimen Shihzih Taiwu Wandan Wanluan Wutai Sinpi Sinyuan Yanpu Note: Although Hanyu Pinyin is the national standard, Tongyong Pinyin is still commonly used in Pingtung.

Jiadong Township jurisdiction over 12 villages, namely: Jiadong village, six Village, Lai Ka million to build the village, Yuguang village, Shi Guang Village, Cosmos Village, Hong Leong Village, Keung Yuen Tsuen, Datong Village, flame temperature village.Wenfong.