Fangyuan Township () is a rural

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Changhua County Changhua County (Mandarin Pinyin: ''Zhānghuà Xiàn''; Wade-Giles: ''Chang¹-hua⁴ Hsien⁴''; Hokkien POJ: ''Chiang-hòa-koān'' or ''Chiong-hòa-koān'') is the smallest county on the main island of Taiwan by area, and the fourth smallest ...

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History

People have been immigrated from

Fujian Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capi ...

to the area since around 1640 CE, where they practiced fishing and traded with people in Fujian. The area was then known as Fanzaiwa. The place was then renamed Sunayama Village during the

Japanese rule of Taiwan The island of Taiwan, together with the Penghu Islands, became a dependency of Japan in 1895, when the Qing dynasty ceded Fujian-Taiwan Province in the Treaty of Shimonoseki after the Japanese victory in the First Sino-Japanese War. The shor ...

because of the sand dunes of the area. After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the

Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast ...

in 1945, it became part of

Taichung County Taichung County was a county in central Taiwan between 1945 and 2010. The county seat was in Yuanlin Township before 1950 and Fongyuan City after 1950. History Taichung County was established on 26 November 1945 on the territory of Taichū P ...

. It was later renamed as Fangyuan Township and became part of

Geography

Fangyuan has been assigned the

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528. With a total area of , the township is the second largest in Changhua County after Erlin Township. As of January 2017, there were 33,991 people in 10,129 households. The population density was .

Administrative divisions

The township comprises 26 villages: Boai, Caohu, Dingbu, Fangyuan, Fangzhong, Furong, Hanbao, Heping, Houliao, Jianping, Lunjiao, Luping, Lushang, Minsheng, Renai, Sancheng, Sange, Wanggong, Wenjin, Wujun, Xinbao, Xingren, Xinjie, Xinsheng, Xinyi and Yongxing.

Tourist attractions

Fangyuan Lighthouse The Fangyuan Lighthouse () is a lighthouse in Fangyuan Township, Changhua County, Taiwan. History The lighthouse was built in 1983 at the eastern side of Wanggong Fishing Port to ensure the safety of vessels moving around the port. Architectu ...

Fuhai Temple Wanggong Fuhai Temple ( zh, t=王功福海宮, p=Wánggōng Fúhǎi Gōng) is a temple located in Wanggong, Fangyuan Township, Changhua County, Taiwan. The temple is dedicated to the sea goddess Mazu. History Like most coastal villages, Wangg ...

Wanggong Fishing Port The Wanggong Fishing Port () is a fishing port in Wanggong Village, Fangyuan Township, Changhua County, Taiwan. History The construction of the port was originally completed in 1969 and was transformed into a recreational fishing port in 200 ...

References

Townships in Changhua County {{Taiwan-geo-stub