Car parking in front of the Gukeng Township Office Building

Gukeng Township () is a rural township in the easternmost part of

Yunlin County Yunlin County ( Mandarin pinyin: ''Yúnlín Xiàn''; Taigi POJ: ''Hûn-lîm-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Yùn-lìm-yen'') is a county in western Taiwan. Yunlin County borders the Taiwan Strait to the west, Nantou County to the east, Changhua County ...

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 ...

. It is the largest township in the county.

Geography

Area Area is the quantity that expresses the extent of a region on the plane or on a curved surface. The area of a plane region or ''plane area'' refers to the area of a shape or planar lamina, while '' surface area'' refers to the area of an op ...

: 116.61 km² *

Population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction usi ...

: 32,686 people (2014)

Administrative divisions

Jipan, Xinzhuang, Tunghe, Hebao, Gaolin, Shuidui, Tianxin, Gukeng, Zhaoyang, Xiping, Nanzi, Yongguang, Yongchang, Mayuan, Kanjiao, Huanan, Huashan, Guilin, Zhanghu and Caoling Village.

Economy

It is famous for agricultural produce, such as oranges,

bamboo shoots Bamboo shoots or bamboo sprouts are the edible shoots (new bamboo culms that come out of the ground) of many bamboo species including '' Bambusa vulgaris'' and ''Phyllostachys edulis''. They are used as vegetables in numerous Asian dishes and ...

, camellia oil and

coffee bean A coffee bean is a seed of the '' Coffea'' plant and the source for coffee. It is the pip inside the red or purple fruit often referred to as a coffee cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit. Even th ...

Tourist attractions

* 921 Feishan Viewing Platform *

Caoling Caoling () is a rural village in Gukeng Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan. It is to above sea level. The area measures approximately one thousand hectares. Mountains around Caoling are prone to landslides, and four barrier lakes have formed ar ...

* Chi Guang Temple * Honey Museum * Huashan Leisure Area *

Janfusun Fancyworld Janfusun Fancyworld () is an amusement park in Yongguang Village, Gukeng Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan. The park occupies an area of approximately and features Sky Wheel. Ferris wheel Janfusun Fancyworld is the home of the tall Sky Wheel, ...

* Jiadong Walkway * Penglai Waterfall * Rocky Wall Ecology Park * Taiwan Caoling National Geological Park *

Ten Thousand Year Gorge The Ten Thousand Year Gorge () is a canyon in Gukeng Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan. History The gorge was formed by the continuous erosion of stream to the bedrocks. Geology The canyon has various geological variations and stream erosion. T ...

References

External links

Gukeng Township Office, Yunlin County
Townships in Yunlin County {{Taiwan-geo-stub