Hujing Island / Huching Island / Hujing Islet () is an islet in Hujing Village (),

Magong City Magong (Pe̍h-ōe-jī, POJ: ''Má-keng'') is a county-administered city and county seat, seat of Penghu County, Taiwan. Magong City is located on Penghu's main island. Name The settlement's Mazu temples, temple honoring the Chinese folk r ...

Penghu County The Penghu (, Hokkien POJ: ''Phîⁿ-ô͘'' or ''Phêⁿ-ô͘'' ) or Pescadores Islands are an archipelago of 90 islands and islets in the Taiwan Strait, located approximately west from the main island of Taiwan, covering an area ...

(the Pescadores),

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. The island has also been known as ''Da'anshan'' () and the nearby

Tongpan Island Tongpan Island () is an island in Tongpan Village (), Magong City, Penghu County (the Pescadores), Taiwan. Tongpan Island is about from the main island of Penghu. A ferry runs between Tongpan Island and Penghu Main Island twice a day and more ...

as ''Xiao'anshan'' (). The southern part of the island is crossed by the

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. Hujing Island is the seventh largest island in Penghu (the Pescadores). The island is from Penghu Main Island. There are mountains on the eastern end (Dongshan) and western end (Sishan) of the island.

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run three times a day between

Magong Magong ( POJ: ''Má-keng'') is a county-administered city and seat of Penghu County, Taiwan. Magong City is located on Penghu's main island. Name The settlement's temple honoring the Chinese Goddess Mazu, the deified form of Lin Monian ...

on the main island of Penghu and Hujing Island. It takes about twenty minutes to reach Hujing Island from Penghu's main island by boat.

History

The island takes its current name from a tradition in which a

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was found in a dry cave (or well) near the south end of the island. According to tradition, the Dutch built a fortress on the island which sank into the sea. No significant discoveries have been made in the area. On July 12, 1683,

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naval forces took Hujing Island and Tongpan Island in the early stages of the

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. A World War II-era Japanese

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built on the island survives and is accessible to the public free of charge. In January 2019, there were noted complaints about collapsing roads and slow repair times around the western mountain area of the island. In June 2019, there were a total of six students in the island's primary school.

Geography

The population of Hujing (Huching) village, noted for its seafood restaurants, is concentrated on the southwest end of the island. The island's geology is noted for black volcanic rock formations. The island is higher in altitude than nearby

with a plain between the mountainous areas where most of the population lives.

Gallery

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【澎湖踩點】遺世小島虎井嶼　島上貓比人多 , 台灣蘋果日報
('Understanding Penghu- The Forgotten Little Island: Hujing Island- More Cats than People on the Island- Taiwan

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