Sandimen Township is a
mountain indigenous township in
Pingtung County,
Taiwan Province
Taiwan Province (; PFS: ''Thòi-vàn-sén'' or ''Thòi-vân-sén'') is a nominal administrative division of the Republic of China (ROC). Its definition has remained part of the Constitution of the Republic of China, but the province is no lo ...
,
Republic of China. The population of the township consists mainly of the
Paiwan people
The Paiwan () are an indigenous people of Taiwan. They speak the Paiwan language. In 2014, the Paiwan numbered 96,334. This was approximately 17.8% of Taiwan's total indigenous population, making them the second-largest indigenous group.
The m ...
with a substantial
Rukai minority.
Names
Ethnic Chinese settlers adapted the original
Paiwan name into
Hokkien
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(; or ). Under Japanese rule the name was . Following the
handover of Taiwan from Japan to the
Republic of China in 1945, the area became Sandimeng Township () but the name was changed again in 1947 to Sandi Township () but the Taiwanese pronunciation of ''Soaⁿ-tē-mn̂g'' continued to be commonly used.
In August 1992, the township assumed its current name.
History
During the
Japanese era
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, Sandimen was grouped with modern-day
Majia Township and
Wutai Township as , which was governed under of
Takao Prefecture
was one of the administrative divisions of Taiwan during the Japanese rule. The prefecture consisted of modern-day Kaohsiung City and Pingtung County.
Population
Administrative divisions
Cities and districts
In 1945 ( Shōwa 20), the ...
. Following the
Kuomintang
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takeover of Taiwan in 1945, Sandimen was assigned to
Kaohsiung County and, on 16 August 1950, it became a part of the newly established
Pingtung County.
Geography
*Population: 7,784 people (December 2014)
*Area:
Administrative divisions
The township comprises 10 villages: Anpo, Dalai, Dashe, Dewen, Jingshan, Jingye, Koushe, Mani, Saijia and Sande.
Tourist attractions
*
Guchuan Bridge
*
Maolin National Scenic Area
References
External links
Sandimen Government website
{{Authority control
Townships in Pingtung County
Taiwan placenames originating from Formosan languages