Huxi Township (;

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: ''Fù-sî-hiông'') is a rural township in

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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. It is located on the eastern part of the Penghu Main Island and is the largest township in Penghu County.

History

Huxi Township was administered as during the

Japanese era The , also known as , is the first of the two elements that identify years in the Japanese era calendar scheme. The second element is a number which indicates the year number within the era (with the first year being ""), followed by the literal ...

. From 1920 to 1926, the village was under Hōko District, Takao Prefecture. In 1926, the Pescadores was transferred to Hōko Prefecture; the village transferred to .

Geography

Huxi Township includes ten minor islands. There are many villages in the township. Among them, Guoye village is famous for its sunrise since it is at the most eastern corner of Penghu main island. Beiliao village is considered as a beautiful place with both sea views and a hill.

Politics and government

Administrative divisions

Huxi Township is divided into 22 rural villages: *Aimen () *Baikeng () *Beiliao () *Chengbei () *Chenggong () *Dingwan () *Dongshi/Dongshih () *Guoye () *Hongluo () *Hudong () *Huxi () *Jianshan () *Lintou () *Longmen () *Nanliao () *Qingluo () *Shagang () *Xixi () *Taiwu () *Tanbian () *Xujia () *Zhongxi ()

Mayors

*Appointed mayors # Kao Chen-Kun () *Elected mayors # Kao Chen-Kun () # Chen Chien () # Wu Tan-Shih () # Hsu Shih-Liu () # Chen Tung-Chen () # Li Chun-Chi () # Wu Ming-Hao () # Hung Fu-Chih () # Chen Chen-Chung () # Cheng-Chieh Wu ()

Infrastructure

* Chenggong Reservoir *

Chienshan Power Plant The Chienshan Power Plant () is a fuel-fired power plant in Huxi Township, Penghu County, Taiwan. With the total capacity of 140 MW, the power plant is the largest diesel fuel-fired power plant in Taiwan. Chienshan Power Plant is the only major ...

Tourist attractions

Qingluo Wetland Aogu Wetland () is a wetland in Huxi Township, Penghu County, Taiwan. Geology The wetland is located on Mount Luojing. It spans over an area of 250 hectares. It is made of various different landscapes, such as gravel, sand, mud, reefs etc. See ...

Water Activities at Aimen Beach Water (chemical formula ) is an inorganic, transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance, which is the main constituent of Earth's hydrosphere and the fluids of all known living organisms (in which it acts as a s ...

Transportation

Longmen Jianshan Pier The Longmen Jianshan Pier () is a pier in Huxi Township, Penghu County, Taiwan. Architecture The pier spans over an area of 147.7 hectares, which consists of 131.8 hectares of water area and 15.9 hectares of land area. It has a width of 120 met ...

Notable natives

Chen Kuang-fu Chen Kuang-fu (; born 25 October 1955) is a Taiwanese politician. He is the Magistrate of Penghu County at first between 2014 and 2018, and again since 25 December 2022. Early life Chen was born at Shagang Village, Huxi Township, Penghu County o ...

, Magistrate of Penghu County (2014–2018) *

Chen Kuei-miao Chen Kuei-miao (; 1 July 1934 – 15 August 2014) was a Taiwanese politician While serving as acting Mayor of Tainan in 1985, Chen was affiliated with the Kuomintang. He was first elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1989, and represented Taiwan ...

, Acting Mayor of Tainan (1985)

References

External links

* {{Taiwan Penghu divisions Townships in Penghu County