Magong, Taiwan

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Magong
馬公
County-controlled city
Magong City · 馬公市
View of Siying Rainbow Bridge and Penghu area in Magong

Seal
Magong
Location in the Republic of China
Coordinates: 23°34′N 119°35′E / 23.567°N 119.583°E / 23.567; 119.583Coordinates: 23°34′N 119°35′E / 23.567°N 119.583°E / 23.567; 119.583
Country  Republic of China
County Penghu
Area
 • Total 33.9918 km2 (13.1243 sq mi)
Population (January 2009)
 • Total 56,435
 • Density 1,700/km2 (4,300/sq mi)
Website www.mkcity.gov.tw
Magong, Taiwan
Traditional Chinese 馬公
Penghu County Hall

Magong City (Chinese: 馬公市; pinyin: Mǎgōng Shì) is the county seat of Penghu County, in Taiwan Province, Republic of China. Magong is on the western part of the main Penghu Island.

Name

The earliest temple in the country to the goddess Matsu is found on Magong. Magong is therefore also known as "Magong Ao" (馬宮澳 or originally, 媽宮澳), or "Matsu Palace Seaport". The first character of the name was changed from "mother" (媽, mā) to "horse" (馬, mǎ) in 1920 under the Japanese Occupation. There had been proposal from the Executive Yuan to revert the character, but there was little support.

Magong, known as Mako under Japanese rule, was a major base for the Imperial Japanese Navy and embarkation point for the invasion of the Philippines.

Administration

Old Traditional area in Magong
Mazu style temple in Magong Temple

Magong City contains 34 municipal villages (里 li):

(Romanizations are in Hanyu Pinyin)
  • Chang'an (長安里)
  • Fuxing (復興里)
  • Xinfu (新復里)
  • Zhongyang (中央里)
  • Qiming (啟明里)
  • Chongqing (重慶里)
  • Guangfu (光復里)
  • Zhongxing (中興里)
  • Guangming (光明里)
  • Guangrong (光榮里)
  • Chongguang (重光里)
  • Xiwei (西衛里)
  • Chaoyang (朝陽里)
  • Yangming (陽明里)
  • Xiwen (西文里)
  • Dongwen (東文里)
  • Anshan (案山里)
  • Guanghua (光華里)
  • Qianliao (前寮里)
  • Shiquan (石泉里)
  • Caiyuan (菜園里)
  • Dongwei (東衛里)
  • Anzhe (安宅里)
  • Wukan (烏崁里)
  • Xingren (興仁里)
  • Tiexian (鐵線里)
  • Suogang (鎖港里)
  • Wude (五德里)
  • Shanshui (山水里)
  • Jing'an (井垵里)
  • Shili (時里奇)
  • Fenggui (風櫃里)
  • Fujing (虎井里)
  • Tongpan (桶盤里)

Education

Climate

Climate data for Magong City（1971 to 2000）
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 19.1
(66.4)		 19.3
(66.7)		 22.3
(72.1)		 26.1
(79)		 28.6
(83.5)		 30.5
(86.9)		 32.0
(89.6)		 31.6
(88.9)		 30.9
(87.6)		 28.1
(82.6)		 24.5
(76.1)		 21.0
(69.8)		 26.17
(79.1)
Average low °C (°F) 15.2
(59.4)		 15.1
(59.2)		 17.3
(63.1)		 20.9
(69.6)		 23.6
(74.5)		 25.6
(78.1)		 26.5
(79.7)		 26.3
(79.3)		 25.8
(78.4)		 23.8
(74.8)		 20.7
(69.3)		 17.3
(63.1)		 21.51
(70.71)
Precipitation mm (inches) 21.9
(0.862)		 50.2
(1.976)		 52.9
(2.083)		 92.4
(3.638)		 123.2
(4.85)		 164.1
(6.461)		 131.6
(5.181)		 170.8
(6.724)		 74.2
(2.921)		 26.1
(1.028)		 20.1
(0.791)		 23.5
(0.925)		 951
(37.44)
% humidity 80.5 82.4 83.1 83.4 84.5 86.6 85.1 85.5 81.2 78.1 78.0 78.7 82.26
Mean monthly sunshine hours 112.9 96.7 124.7 157.2 172.5 199.6 260.8 240.1 225.3 183.9 131.1 117.3 2,022.1
Source: 中央氣象局

Tourist attractions

Transportation

It contains a domestic Magong Airport.

See also

External links

Kaohsiung
Kinmen
Lienchiang1
Penghu
Pingtung
Taitung
Yilan
1 Lienchiang County commonly known as Matsu. 2Diaoyutai Islands are controlled by Japan, (called Senkaku Islands).
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