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Chaozhou Township[1] (also spelled Chaojhou; Chinese: 潮州鎮)[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 historians, 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 42.43 square kilometres (16.38 sq mi) and a population of 53,338 people as of February 2024.

Administrative divisions

Villages in Chaozhou Township: 1 Chaozhou, 2 Tongrong, 3 Xinrong, 4 Xinsheng, 5 Sanhe, 6 Wukui, 7 Penglai, 8 Yongchun, 9 Fuchun, 10 Guanghua, 11 Sangong, 12 Sanxing, 13 Pengcheng, 14 Baye, 15 Guangchun, 16 Xingmei, 17 Shezi, 18 Jiukuai, 19 Lundong, 20 Silin, 21 Sichun

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

Many inhabitants speak the Taiwanese Hokkien language. The original Chaoshan language spoken by the inhabitants has now been completely forgotten due to assimilation.[citation needed]

Senior high schools

Junior high schools

Primary schools

Tourist attractions

Notable natives

Transportation

Chaozhou Station

Railway

Highway

References

  1. ^ 臺灣地區鄉鎮市區級以上行政區域名稱中英對照表 Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine Glossary of Names for Administrative Divisions. (in Chinese) Accessed at Taiwan Geographic Names Information System website Archived 2013-08-16 at the Wayback Machine (in English). Ministry of the Interior. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  2. ^ 鄉鎮中英對照


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source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaochou,_Pingtung