Sanxing
Coordinates: 24°40′26″N 121°39′47″E / 24.67389°N 121.66306°E
Sanxing Township (Chinese: 三星鄉; Hanyu Pinyin: Sānxīng Xiāng; Tongyong Pinyin: Sansing Siang; Wade–Giles: San1-hsing1 Hsiang1), also spelled Sanshing Township, is a rural township in the western part of Yilan County, Taiwan.
Name
Its name means "three stars" and is the same characters as used (when using hanja) to write the name of the company Samsung.
Geography
- Area: 144.22 km²
- Population: 21,503 people (2014)
Administrative divisions
The township comprises 18 villages: Dayi, Dayin, Dazhou, Gongzhao, Guilin, Hangjian, Jiqing, Renhe, Shangwu, Shuangxian, Tianfu, Tianshan, Wande, Wanfu, Weiqian, Yide, Yuanshan and Yuemei.
Education
- St. Mary's Medicine Nursing and Management College
Tourist attractions
- Changpi Lake
- Spring Onion Culture Museum[1]
- Yuzun Temple
Transportation
The nearest train station to reach the township is Erjie Station of the Taiwan Railway Administration, located at Wujie Township.
Notable natives
- Chen Chu, Mayor of Kaohsiung City
- John Deng, Minister without Portfolio
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sansing Township, Yilan. |
References
External links
Sanshing Township Office (in Chinese)
Cities and townships of Yilan County | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cities |  | |
| Urban townships | ||
| Rural townships | ||
| Mountain indigenous townships | ||