Wanrong, Hualien
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Wanrong Township or Wanrung Township () is a mountain indigenous township located in the west of
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 ...
, and has a population of 6,154 inhabitants and 8 villages. The elevation and climate changes greatly with the mountains of
Central Range Central Range, Central Mountains, or Central Mountain Range may refer to several ranges of mountains, including: * Central Range, New Guinea * Central Range, Taiwan * Central Range, Trinidad and Tobago * Central Range, Venezuela See also * Cent ...
, and the adverse elevation is about 600 m. The main inhabitants are
Truku people The Taroko people (), also known as Truku people, are an Indigenous Taiwanese people. Taroko is also the name of the area of Taiwan where the Taroko reside. The Executive Yuan, Republic of China has officially recognized the Taroko since 15 Janua ...
,
Bunun people The Bunun (), also historically known as the Vonum, are a Taiwanese indigenous people. They speak the Bunun language. Unlike other aboriginal peoples in Taiwan, the Bunun are widely dispersed across the island's central mountain ranges. In the ye ...
and
Atayal people The Atayal (), also known as the Tayal and the Tayan, are a Taiwanese indigenous people. The Atayal people number around 90,000, approximately 15.9% of Taiwan's total indigenous population, making them the third-largest indigenous group. The pre ...
of the
Taiwanese aborigines Taiwanese may refer to: * Taiwanese language, another name for Taiwanese Hokkien * Something from or related to Taiwan ( Formosa) * Taiwanese aborigines, the indigenous people of Taiwan * Han Taiwanese, the Han people of Taiwan * Taiwanese people, ...
, and most economic activity is agriculture, which located in the small plain near Fenglin Township. The abundant resources of tourism has not been developed.


Administrative divisions

The township comprises six villages: Hongye, Jianqing, Mayuan, Mingli, Wanrong and Xilin.


Tourist attractions

* Hongye Hot Spring * Lintian Mountain Forestry Center * Mount Erzih Hot Spring * Qicai Lake *
Wanrong Hot Spring Wanrong (; 13 November 1906 – 20 June 1946), of the Manchu people, Manchu Eight Banners, Plain White Banner Gobulo clan, was the wife and empress consort of Puyi, Puyi, the last Emperor of China, sometimes anachronistically called the “Xu ...
* Fuyuan National Forest Recreation Area (Butterfly Valley) * Lintianshan (molisaka) Lumbering Culture Area


Transportation

*Wanrong Station,
Hualien-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, includin ...
of
TRA Tra or TRA may refer to: Biology * TRA (gene), in humans encodes the protein T-cell receptor alpha locus * Tra (gene), in ''Drosophila melanogaster'' encodes the protein female-specific protein transformer * Tra gene, a transfer gene * Triple rele ...
(located in Fengling Township) * Provincial Highway 9 * Provincial Highway 16 (partial) *Hualien County Road No.16 *Hualien County Road No.45


Notable natives

*
Bokeh Kosang Bokeh Kosang (, born 26 July 1980) is a Taiwanese actor and singer of Truku ethnicity. He is noted for his roles as Hanaoka Ichiro in the film ''Seediq Bale'', which earned him a Supporting Actor Award at the 46th Golden Bell Awards. Early l ...
, actor and singer


References


External links


Wanrung Township Office, Hualien County
{{Taiwanese aboriginal areas Townships in Hualien County