Chaozhou, Pingtung
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Chaozhou Township[1] (also spelled Chaojhou, Chaochou; Template:Zh)[2] is an urban township in western Pingtung County, Taiwan.
Name
Chaozhou is named after Chaozhou, a city in eastern Guangdong, China. According to some historiansScript error: No such module "Unsubst"., settlers from that city landed here in 1724, and thus named this area after their hometown.
Geography
The township is located in the western side of Pingtung County at the Pingtung Plain. It has an area of Script error: No such module "convert". and a population of 53,338 people as of February 2024.
Administrative divisions
The township comprises 21 villages: Baye, Chaozhou, Fuchun, Guangchun, Guanghua, Jiukuai, Lundong, Pengcheng, Penglai, Sangong, Sanhe, Sanxing, Shezi, Sichun, Silin, Tongrong, Wukui, Xingmei, Xinrong, Xinsheng and Yongchun.
Education
Language
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Senior high schools
- National Chao-Chou Senior High School
- Jih Hsin Insdustrial and Commercial Vocational Senior School (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
Junior high schools
- Pingtung County Chaozhou Junior High School (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Pingtung County Guangchun Junior High School (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
Primary schools
- Chaozhou Primary School (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Guangchun Primary School (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Silin Primary School (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Chaonan Primary School (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Chaodong Primary School (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Chaosheng Primary School (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Guanghua Primary School (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Chaohe Primary School (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
Tourist attractions
Notable natives
- Ang Lee, film director and screenwriter
- Chen Bao-ji, Minister of Council of Agriculture (2012-2016)
Transportation
Railway
Highway
- NH National Freeway 3
- PH Provincial Highway 88
- Zhutian System Interchange
References
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- ↑ 臺灣地區鄉鎮市區級以上行政區域名稱中英對照表 Template:Webarchive Glossary of Names for Administrative Divisions. Template:In lang Accessed at Taiwan Geographic Names Information System website Template:Webarchive Template:In lang. Ministry of the Interior. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ↑ 鄉鎮中英對照
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