Guanshan Township () is an

urban township An urban township is a designation of a unit of local government in several countries. United States The term is called ''urban township'' Michigan, Minnesota and Ohio and urban town in Wisconsin. Generally, an urban township is afforded more loca ...

in northern

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 nort ...

History

Formerly called ''Lilong'', which is from the Amis word meaning "red worms" and rendered in

Hokkien The Hokkien () variety of Chinese is a Southern Min language native to and originating from the Minnan region, where it is widely spoken in the south-eastern part of Fujian in southeastern mainland China. It is one of the national languages in ...

as A-lí-lóng (阿里壟). By 1920, the town was called Kanzan Town under Kanzan District,

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. Towns ...

Geography

It is located in the

Huatung Valley The Huadong Valley or Hualien–Taitung Valley (), also known as East Rift Valley or the Longitudinal Valley, is a long and narrow valley located between the Central Mountain Range and the Coastal Mountain Range. It is also recognized as a plai ...

South segment. Beinan River flows through. In the east it is bordered by the

Hai'an Range The Coastal Mountain Range, also known as the Hai'an Range (), is a mountain range situated on the eastern coast of the island of Taiwan, and spans the border between Hualien and Taitung Counties. The Coastal Mountain Range is the northern port ...

and in the west by the

Central Mountain Range The Central Mountain Range is the principal mountain range on the island of Taiwan. It runs from the north of the island to the south. Due to this separation, connecting between the west and east is not very convenient. The tallest peak of th ...

. Guanshan has a

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. Annual

rainfall Rain is water droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and then fall under gravity. Rain is a major component of the water cycle and is responsible for depositing most of the fresh water on the Earth. It provides water f ...

is 2,000 mm with an average

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of 23.7 degrees Celsius. Covering an area of 58.735 km², Guanshan has a population of 8,160 people (as of February 2023).

Administrative divisions

Guanshan Township consists of 7

villages A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

, namely Chungfu, Fengchuan, Hsinfu, Lilong, Tekao, Tienkuan and Yuemei, and 135 neighborhoods.

Economy

Rice Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima ''Oryza glaberrima'', commonly known as African rice, is one of the two domesticated rice species. It was first domesticated and grown i ...

is the most important crop in the township due to its relatively flat terrain suitable for

paddy field A paddy field is a flooded field (agriculture), field of arable land used for growing Aquatic plant, semiaquatic crops, most notably rice and taro. It originates from the Neolithic rice-farming cultures of the Yangtze River basin in sout ...

Tourist attractions

Guanshan Bike Trail

Guanshan Hongshi Trail
*

Guanshan Waterfront Park The Guanshan Waterfront Park () is a park in Guanshan Township, Taitung County, Taiwan. History The park was built in 1999 from the previous dumping ground. Geology The park spans over an area of 34 hectares. One-third of the park consists o ...

* Guanshan Tianho Temple * Nanshan Temple * Old Guanshan Rail Station

Transportation

Guanshan Township is accessible from Guanshan Station and Haiduan Station of the Taiwan Railways.

Notable natives

Donna Chiu Donna Chiu (; born 19 January 1965) is a Taiwanese singer and former television host. She has won the Golden Bell Award as a host in 2003. She has released a number of albums and has also appeared in films. She is currently engaged in Christian ...

, singer * Kong Jaw-sheng, Chairperson of Financial Supervisory Commission (2004-2006) *

Lo Hsien-che Major general Lo Hsieh-che () was the head of the electronic communications and information department in the Republic of China Army until his arrest in early 2011 on charges of spying for the People's Republic of China. Lo is reported to be the ...

, spy * Tseng Li-cheng, taekwondo athlete

References

External links

Guanshan Township Office, Taitung County
{{Authority control Townships in Taitung County