Chaozhou Township (also spelled Chaojhou; )鄉鎮中英對照
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Name

Chaozhou is named after Chaozhou, a city in eastern

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, China. According to some historians, settlers from that city landed here in 1724, and thus named this area after their hometown.

Geography

The township is located in the western side of Pingtung County at the

Pingtung Plain Pingtung Plain () is a plain area including parts of Pingtung County and Kaohsiung City in Taiwan. It includes the alluvial fan of Kaoping River, which forms the largest drainage area of rivers in Taiwan, and also passed by other shorter rivers ...

. It has an area of and a population of 53,104 people as of May 2022.

Administrative divisions

The township comprises 21 villages: Baye, Chaozhou, Fuchun, Guangchun, Guanghua, Jiukuai, Lundong, Pengcheng, Penglai, Sangong, Sanhe, Sanxing, Shezi, Sichun, Silin, Tongrong, Wukui, Xingmei, Xinrong, Xinsheng and Yongchun.

Education

Language

Many inhabitants speak the Taiwanese Hokkien language. The original Chaoshan language spoken by the inhabitants has now been completely forgotten due to assimilation.

Senior high schools

* National Chao-Chou Senior High School * Jih Hsin Insdustrial and Commercial Vocational Senior School ()

Junior high schools

* Pingtung County Chaozhou Junior High School () * Pingtung County Guangchun Junior High School ()

Primary schools

Chaozhou Primary School
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Guangchun Primary School
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Silin Primary School
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Chaonan Primary School
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Chaodong Primary School
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Chaosheng Primary School
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Guanghua Primary School
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Chaohe Primary School
()

Tourist attractions

* Bada Forest Paradise *

Chaolin Temple Chaolin Temple () is a temple located in Silin Village, Chaozhou Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan. History Chaolin Temple traces its history to the 1850s, when a farmer surnamed Chen sought to donate his land and construct a temple to Nezha. ...

* Linhousilin Forest Park * Museum of Traditional Theater

Notable natives

Ang Lee Ang Lee (; born October 23, 1954) is a Taiwanese filmmaker. Born in Pingtung County of southern Taiwan, Lee was educated in Taiwan and later in the United States. During his filmmaking career, he has received international critical and popula ...

, film director and screenwriter *

Chen Bao-ji Chen Bao-ji (; born 10 November 1953) is a Taiwanese politician. He served as the Minister of Council of Agriculture from 6 February 2012 to 31 January 2016. Education Chen obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees in animal husbandry from N ...

, Minister of

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(2012-2016)

Transportation

Railway

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** Chaozhou Station

Highway

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Provincial Highway 88 **Zhutian System Interchange

References

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