Fenglin Township, () is an

urban township An urban township is a designation of a unit of local government in several countries. United States The term is called ''urban township'' Michigan, Minnesota and Ohio and urban town in Wisconsin. Generally, an urban township is afforded more loca ...

in central

Hualien County Hualien County (Mandarin Wade–Giles: Hua¹-lien² Hsien⁴; Pīnyīn: ''Huālián Xiàn''; Hokkien POJ: ''Hoa-lian-koān'' or ''Hoa-liân-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Fâ-lièn-yen''; Amis: ''Kalingko'') is a county on the east coast of Taiwan. It ...

Taiwan 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 nort ...

. It is located in

Huatung Valley The Huadong Valley or Hualien–Taitung Valley (), also known as East Rift Valley or the Longitudinal Valley, is a long and narrow valley located between the Central Mountain Range and the Coastal Mountain Range. It is also recognized as a plai ...

bordering

Shoufeng Township Shoufeng Township is a rural Township in Hualien County, Taiwan. The township sits in the north segment of East Rift Valley between Taiwan's Central Range and Coastal Mountain Range near the Pacific Ocean. The Township is best known as home ...

on the north and Guangfu Township on the south. It has a population of around 10,552 inhabitants in 12 villages.

Geography

The administration area here is 120.518 km², and located in the

plain between

Central Mountain Range The Central Mountain Range is the principal mountain range on the island of Taiwan. It runs from the north of the island to the south. Due to this separation, connecting between the west and east is not very convenient. The tallest peak of th ...

and

Hai'an Range The Coastal Mountain Range, also known as the Hai'an Range (), is a mountain range situated on the eastern coast of the island of Taiwan, and spans the border between Hualien and Taitung Counties. The Coastal Mountain Range is the northern port ...

(Coastal Range).

Administrative divisions

Fengren, Fengyi, Fengli, Fengzhi, Fengxin, Shanxing, Darong, Beilin, Nanping, Linrong, Zhangqiao and Senrong Village.

Education

Fenglin Township has 3 junior high schools and 8 elementary schools. Fenglin Senior High School and 1 university are planning for construction.

Tourist attractions

* Fenglin Hakka Cultural Museum * Fenglin Recreation Area *

Fenglin Road Park Fenglin may refer to the following places: __NOTOC__ China Towns * Fenglin, Liling, a town in Liling City, Hunan * (丰林镇), a town in De'an County, Jiangxi Subdistricts and townships * Fenglin Subdistrict, a subdistrict of Xinhua County, Hunan ...

* Fenglin Township Vegetable Area * Jianying Park * Linrong Recreation Area *

Lintian Police Substation and Old Lintian Police Station The Lintian Police Substation and Old Lintian Police Station () is a former police station in Fenglin Township, Hualien County, Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the Ea ...

* Cilakaiyan Tribe (吉拉卡樣部落) *

Lintianshan Forestry Culture Park The Lintianshan Forestry Culture Park () is a former lumber town in Fenglin Township, Hualien County, Taiwan. History Forestry began in the area since 1918 with a name of Morisaka. The park was originally the ground for logs processing area f ...

Principle Dream Factory A principle is a proposition or value that is a guide for behavior or evaluation. In law, it is a rule that has to be or usually is to be followed. It can be desirably followed, or it can be an inevitable consequence of something, such as the la ...

Events

* Mipaliw Wetlands Art Festival

Transportation

Railway

TRA

Taitung Line The Taitung Line (), also known as the Hua-Tung line (), is the southern section of the Eastern Line of the Taiwan Railways Administration. The line starts at the Hualien station and ends at the Taitung station. It is 161.5 km long, includ ...

(Huadong Line) * Linrong Station * Nanping Station * Fenglin Station * Wanrong Station

Road

* Provincial Highway No.9 (

Huadong Highway Huatung Highway () is a section of the Provincial Highway No. 9 in Taiwan. It starts at Hualien City and ends at Taitung City, thus its name. The highway runs the entire length of the Huatung Valley and is flanked by the Central Mountain Range ...

) * Provincial Highway No.16 Eastern segment **

Notable natives

* Chang Fu-hsing, Magistrate of

(2001-2003)

References

External links

花蓮縣鳳林鎮公所
{{Taiwanese aboriginal areas Townships in Hualien County