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Donghe Township () is a rural township located in northeastern
In 1920, during the period of Japanese rule, the Toran local office (都蘭區役場) was set up. In 1937, it was changed to Toran Village (都蘭庄), under Shinkō District (新港郡), Taitō Prefecture. The name "Donghe Township" was established after World War II and is currently used.
Taitung County Dulan Junior High School
Donghe Elementary School, Dongher Township, Taiwan East CountyDulan Elementary School, Donghe Township, Taitung CountySinlong School,Donghe Township, Taitung CountyTaiyuan Elementary School, Donghe Township, Taitung County
* Dulan Mountain
* Dulan Site
* Jinzun Fish Port
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Taitung County
Taitung County (; Mandarin pinyin: ''Táidōng Xiàn''; Hokkien POJ: ''Tâi-tang-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Thòi-tûng-yen''; Paiwan: ''Valangaw'';lit:Eastern part of Taiwan) is the third largest county in Taiwan, located primarily on the island ...
, 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 no ...
. The population is mainly the indigenous 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 ...
. The main industry is agriculture
Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people ...
.
History
Donghe Township has an old name of ''Fafokod'' (馬武窟), which means "fishing by net" in the Ami language. Many of its prehistory artifacts is found at Dulan Site. Under Qing dynasty rule, the township was under the jurisdiction of the Pi-lam Subprefecture (卑南廳) and "Taitung direct-controlled state" (臺東直隸州) jurisdiction.
In 1920, during the period of Japanese rule, the Toran local office (都蘭區役場) was set up. In 1937, it was changed to Toran Village (都蘭庄), under Shinkō District (新港郡), Taitō Prefecture. The name "Donghe Township" was established after World War II and is currently used.
Geography
It is bounded on the northeast by Chenggong, east byPacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the conti ...
, west by neighboring Chihshang Township, Guanshan Township, and Luye Township, and south by Beinan Township.
This township is located on the east side of coastal mountain range. It includes 60% of the hillside onshore, divided into coastal and basin areas with gradual upland slopes merging into relatively flat sea stage plain
In geography, a plain is a flat expanse of land that generally does not change much in elevation, and is primarily treeless. Plains occur as lowlands along valleys or at the base of mountains, as coastal plains, and as plateaus or uplands ...
s, the area of major development. Basin streams are mainly north-south because of the difficult terrain. Climate is tropical monsoon
A monsoon () is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annual latitudinal oscil ...
climate.
Administrative divisions
* Beiyuan Village * Doulan Village * Longchang Village * Shangde Village * Taiyuan Village * Tunghe Village * Xingchang VillageEducation
Junior high schools
Taitung County Dulan Junior High School
Elementary schools
Donghe Elementary School, Dongher Township, Taiwan East County
Tourist attractions
* Dulan Mountain
* Dulan Site
* Jinzun Fish Port
* Old Donghe Bridge
The Old Donghe Bridge or Old Tungho Bridge () is a bridge in Taitung County, Taiwan. It connects Chenggong Township and Donghe Township over Mawuku River.
History
The bridge was designed and built in 1926 by the Japanese under the name Jikuen ...
Transportation
* Provincial Highway 11 * Provincial Highway 23Notable natives
*Van Fan
Fan You-chen (; Amis: 林納斯 Lín Nàsī; born 3 November 1978), better known as Van Fan or Fan Yi-chen (), is a Taiwanese singer and actor with ancestry from the Amis aborigine tribe. He is best known for '' Cape No. 7'', the second top-se ...
, singer and actor
References
{{Authority control Townships in Taitung County