Wandan, Pingtung
Wandan Township in Pingtung County
Wandan Township (Chinese: 萬丹鄉; pinyin: Wàndān Xiāng; Wade–Giles: Wan4-tan1 Hsiang1) is a rural township in Pingtung County, Taiwan.
Names
Dutch records used the placenames Tamsuy and Tampsui to refer to Tamsui in the north of the island, but have also referred to this area in the south as "Tamsuy".[1] In the early 20th century, maps showed two Tamsuy rivers, one north and one south; the Chinese would distinguish the two places by calling the north place Teng Tamsuy (upper Tamsui) and the south place E Tamsuy (lower Tamsui).
Geography
It has a population total of 52,085 and an area of 57.4679 square kilometers.
Administrative divisions
- Xiangshe Village
- Xinzhuang Village
- Xinzhong Village
- Shuixian Village
- Xingquan Village
- Xingan Village
- Gantang Village
- Wanhui Village
- Wanquan Village
- Wanhou Village
- Wanan Village
- Wansheng Village
- Baocuo Village
- Siwei Village
- Zhulin Village
- Shuiquan Village
- Tiancuo Village
- Lunding Village
- Xiabei Village
- Xianan Village
- Houcun Village
- Wannei Village
- Shangcun Village
- Jiaxing Village
- Shekou Village
- Zhuanliao Village
- Shepi Village
- Shezhong Village
- Sheshang Village
- Guangan Village[2]
Transportation
- Provincial Highway No. 27：Pingtung City － Wandan Township － Xinyuan Township
- Provincial Highway No. 88
- County Highway No. 189：Pingtung City － Wandan Township － Chaozhou Township
Notable natives
- Wu Jin-lin, President of the Examination Yuan
See also
References
- ↑ Campbell, William (1903). "Explanatory Notes". Formosa under the Dutch: described from contemporary records, with explanatory notes and a bibliography of the island. London: Kegan Paul. p. 548. OCLC 644323041.
- ↑ http://vote2014.nat.gov.tw/en/TV/nm707000500000000.html
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