Chenggong Township or Chengkung Township() is an urban township in Taitung County,

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. It is a coastal town facing the

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. Chenggong Fish Harbor is just west of downtown.

History

Chenggong was originally an Amis settlement from which came the Hokkien name Moalaulau (). During Japanese rule, it was renamed to of

Taitō Prefecture was one of the administrative divisions of Taiwan during the Japanese rule. The prefecture consisted of modern-day Taitung County. Population Administrative divisions Cities and Districts In 1945 ( Shōwa 20), there were 3 districts. Town ...

. After 1945, to avoid confusion with Singang Township of

Chiayi County Chiayi County ( Mandarin pinyin: ''jiā yì xiàn''; Hokkien POJ: ''Ka-gī-koān'') is a county in southwestern Taiwan surrounding but not including Chiayi City. It is the sixth largest county in Taiwan. Name The former Chinese placename wa ...

and to distinguish it from

Tainan Tainan (), officially Tainan City, is a special municipality in southern Taiwan facing the Taiwan Strait on its western coast. Tainan is the oldest city on the island and also commonly known as the "Capital City" for its over 200 years of his ...

's Sinckan (now called Sinshih), it was changed to Chenggong, which commemorates the eponymous general

Koxinga Zheng Chenggong, Prince of Yanping (; 27 August 1624 – 23 June 1662), better known internationally as Koxinga (), was a Ming loyalist general who resisted the Qing conquest of China in the 17th century, fighting them on China's southeastern ...

(Cheng Ch'eng-kung) who expelled the

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from Taiwan.

Geography

The township has 14,943 inhabitants and its total area is 144.9938 km².

Climate

Along with the most of the rest of Taitung County, Chenggong has a

tropical monsoon climate An area of tropical monsoon climate (occasionally known as a sub-equatorial, tropical wet climate or a tropical monsoon and trade-wind littoral climate) is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification category ...

Administrative divisions

* Bo'ai Village 博愛村 * Heping Village 和平村 * Sanmin Village 三民村 * Sanxian Village 三仙村 * Xinyi Village 信義村 * Zhongren Village 忠仁村 * Zhongxiao Village 忠孝村 * Zhongzhi Village 忠智村

Demographics

The majority inhabitants of the township are the

Amis people The Amis ( ami, Amis, Ami, Pangcah; ), also known as the Pangcah, are an indigenous Austronesian ethnic group native to Taiwan. They speak the Amis language (; ), an Austronesian language, and are one of the sixteen officially recognized Ta ...

which makes up to 53% of the population.

Notable people

Teruo Nakamura was a Taiwanese- Japanese soldier of the Imperial Japanese Army who fought for Japan in World War II and did not surrender until 1974. He was the last known Japanese holdout to surrender after the end of hostilities in 1945. Military service N ...

(1919-1979, Attun Palalin or Lee Guang-Hui) last known Japanese hold-out to surrender after the end of hostilities in 1945

Economy

* Agriculture * Fisheries * Forestry

Tourist attractions

* Amis Folk Center * Chengkung Aquarium * Chengkuankao Cultural Landscape * Chengkuankao Matsu Temple * Chong-an Waterfall
East Coast National Scenic Area
* Jiaping Beach * Old Donghe Bridge *

Oceanarium An oceanarium can be either a marine mammal park, such as Marineland of Canada, or a large-scale aquarium, such as the Lisbon Oceanarium, presenting an ocean habitat with marine animals, especially large ocean dwellers such as sharks. First ma ...

* Sanxiantai * Shihyusan (Awana, or the Stone Umbrella) * Siaoma Tunnel * Singang Harbor * Singang Waterfall * Taitung County Museum of Natural History * Taitung Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium

Transportation

* Provincial Highway No.11 * Chenggong Fish Harbor * Singang Port

References

{{Taiwanese aboriginal areas Townships in Taitung County