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Pingtung Baseball Field
Pingtung may refer to: * Pingtung City, the capital of Pingtung County, Taiwan * Pingtung County, a county of Taiwan See also * Pingtung Plain, a plain in Pingtung and Kaohsiung in Taiwan * Pingtung Airport (ICAO code: RCSQ ; IATA code: PIF), an airport with two airfields in Pingtung, Taiwan * Pingtung Station, a rail station in Pingtung, Taiwan * Pingtung Line, a rail line from Kaouhsiung to Pingtung in Taiwan * Pingtung Baseball Field * Tung Ping Chau (Tung Ping Island), in Hong Kong * Ping (other) Ping may refer to: Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Ping, a domesticated Chinese duck in the illustrated book '' The Story about Ping'', first published in 1933 * Ping, a minor character in ''Seinfeld'', an NBC sitcom * Pingg, a ... * Tung (other) {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pingtung City
Pingtung City (Paiwan language, Taiwanese: ; ; Hokkien Pe̍h-ōe-jī, POJ: ''Pîn-tong-chhī'') is a county-administered city and the county seat of Pingtung County, Taiwan. History The area of modern-day Pingtung City was originally a village of the Taiwanese Plains Aborigines which they called "Akau", which means "the forest". After the expulsion of the Dutch, the village grew into a Chinese market-town called "A-kau" (). Empire of Japan In 1901, during the Taiwan under Japanese rule, Japanese era, was one of twenty local administrative offices established. In 1909, this unit was merged with and to form . Beginning in 1920, the name was changed to , governed under Takao Prefecture. In 1933, the town was upgraded to City status. Republic of China After the History of Taiwan since 1945, handover of Taiwan to the Republic of China from Japan on 25 October 1945, Pingtung City was established as a Provincial city (Taiwan), provincial city of Taiwan Province in December the same ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pingtung County
Pingtung () is a County (Taiwan), county located in southern Taiwan. It has a warm tropical monsoon climate and is known for its agriculture and tourism. Kenting National Park, Taiwan's oldest national park, is located in the county. The county seat is Pingtung City. Name The name ''Pingtung'' means "east of Banping mountain", referring to a nearby Mount Banping, mountain known as Banping mountain (). History Early history Aboriginal inhabitants of Liuqiu Island ( southwest of Taiwan, and now part of Pingtung County) killed Dutch sailors on two occasions. In response, in the spring of 1636, Dutch sailors carried out a punitive campaign that became known as the Lamey Island Massacre. Modern-day Pingtung County and Kaohsiung City were part of Banlian-chiu (萬年州; ''Bān-liân-chiu'') during the Kingdom of Tungning (1661–1683) and Fongshan Prefecture (鳳山縣; ''Hōng-soaⁿ-koān'') during Taiwan under Qing rule, Qing dynasty rule (1683–1895). Until the seventeenth ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pingtung Plain
Pingtung Plain () is a plain area including parts of Pingtung County and Kaohsiung City in Taiwan. It includes the alluvial fan of Kaoping River, which forms the largest drainage area of rivers in Taiwan, and also passed by other shorter rivers such as Tungkang River, Linbian River and Shihwen River (士文溪). The plain faces the Taiwan Strait on the southwest, lies to the east of Kaohsiung City, and at the west of Central Mountain Range. File:Pingtung Plain and Laonung River.jpg, See also * Geography of Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The island of Taiwan, formerly known to Westerners as Formosa, has an area of and makes up 99% of the land under ROC control. It lies about across the Taiwan Strait ... References Plains of Taiwan Landforms of Pingtung County Landforms of Kaohsiung {{taiwan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pingtung Airport
Pingtung Airport () are two airports in Pingtung City, Pingtung County, Taiwan . The airport is currently home to the Republic of China Air Force 6th Tactical Mixed Wing, and formerly offered commercial flights. History Pingtung Airport was opened in November 1920 during Japan's rule over Taiwan. Originally, the base was used for "air policing", that is, the use of airplanes to govern indigenous peoples There is no generally accepted definition of Indigenous peoples, although in the 21st century the focus has been on self-identification, cultural difference from other groups in a state, a special relationship with their traditional territ ... living in hard-to-reach areas. This practice ended in 1927 when the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service 8th Air Squadron was moved from Tachiarai, Fukuoka, to Pingtung. With further expansions and more military personnel moving in, Pingtung Airport served an important role in the Japanese military throughout the Japanese colonial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pingtung Station
Pingtung () is a railway station in Pingtung County, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railways. Overview The station has two island platforms. The station was rebuilt on elevated tracks on 23 August 2015. History *20 December 1913: The station opened as . *1 October 1920: Because the location was east of Mount Banping, the area and station became known as . *5 October 1962: Station rebuilt. *23 August 2015: Station rebuilt on elevated tracks. Platform layout Station Layout Around the station * National Pingtung University, Minsheng Campus * Pingtung Art Museum * Pingtung County Government * Pingtung County Council * Pingtung Performing Arts Center * Pingtung Tutorial Academy * Zhong-Sheng-Gong Memorial * Pingtung Night Market * Tangrong Elementary School * Zhongzheng Elementary School * Bus transfer stations See also * List of railway stations in Taiwan A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pingtung Line
The Pingtung Line () is part of the West Coast line of Taiwan Railway. It is long, of which is double track. The section between Nanzhou and Linbian railway stations will be upgraded from a single-track railway to a double-track railway in December 2019 while the section between Chaozhou and Nanzhou, and the section between Linbian and Fangliao is expected to remain in single-track. Taiwanese government stated in 2007 that it reserved the possibility to upgrade the entire section to dual-track railway when the number of travelers through Pingtung Line reaches a certain level History The line was completed in 1941. The section between Kaohsiung and Pingtung was electrified on July 10, 1996. The section between Pingtung and Chaozhou was electrified on August 23, 2015, when the elevated tracks between the two stations opened. Chaozhou–Fangliao upgrades Immediately following the completion of the elevated tracks between Pingtung and Chaozhou, the TRA began plannin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pingtung Baseball Field
Pingtung may refer to: * Pingtung City, the capital of Pingtung County, Taiwan * Pingtung County, a county of Taiwan See also * Pingtung Plain, a plain in Pingtung and Kaohsiung in Taiwan * Pingtung Airport (ICAO code: RCSQ ; IATA code: PIF), an airport with two airfields in Pingtung, Taiwan * Pingtung Station, a rail station in Pingtung, Taiwan * Pingtung Line, a rail line from Kaouhsiung to Pingtung in Taiwan * Pingtung Baseball Field * Tung Ping Chau (Tung Ping Island), in Hong Kong * Ping (other) Ping may refer to: Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Ping, a domesticated Chinese duck in the illustrated book '' The Story about Ping'', first published in 1933 * Ping, a minor character in ''Seinfeld'', an NBC sitcom * Pingg, a ... * Tung (other) {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tung Ping Chau
Tung Ping Chau () is an island in Hong Kong, part of Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark. It is also known as Ping Chau (). ''Tung'' (, meaning ''east'') is prepended to the name at times so as to avoid possible confusion with ''Peng Chau'', another island in Hong Kong with an identically pronounced name in Cantonese. Administratively, the island is part of the Tai Po District in the New Territories. Geography Geographically, Ping Chau is an offshore island located in the northeast corner of Hong Kong in Mirs Bay, close to the border with Guangdong, Guangdong Province in mainland China. The island has an area of 1.16 km2 and consists of shale rock. The island is the most easterly point of the Hong Kong territory and is much closer to mainland China (4 km) than to the main landmass of Hong Kong. It is close to Nan'ao Subdistrict, Nan'ao of Dapeng Peninsula, Dapeng. The island has the shape of a kidney bean with its concave side facing northeast. Its name "Ping Chau" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ping (other)
Ping may refer to: Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Ping, a domesticated Chinese duck in the illustrated book '' The Story about Ping'', first published in 1933 * Ping, a minor character in ''Seinfeld'', an NBC sitcom * Pingg, a character from ''Pingu'' * Ping, the alias of Hua Mulan in the animated film ''Mulan'' * '' Ping the Elastic Man'', a comic strip character introduced in ''The Beano'' in 1938 * Professor Ping, a character in the film '' Barbarella'' * Ping, a character in Carole Wilkinson's novel '' Dragonkeeper'' * Po (Kung Fu Panda) or Ping Xiao Po, the protagonist of the Kung Fu Panda franchise ** Mr. Ping, Po's adopted father Other uses in arts and entertainment * "Ping" (short story), by Samuel Beckett * ''Ping!'', a 2000 film featuring Shirley Jones * Ping, an ability in the trading card game '' Magic: The Gathering'' People * Ping (given name) * Ping (surname) (平), a Chinese surname * Bing (Chinese surname) (邴), romanized Ping in Wade� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
