Suao
Suao Township (), postal romanization, alternately romanized as Su-ao or Su'ao, is located in southern Yilan County, Taiwan, Yilan County, Taiwan, is an Township (Taiwan), urban township that is famous for its seafood restaurants and Su'ao Cold Spring, cold springs. It is a terminus of National Highway No. 5 (Taiwan), National Highway No. 5, the Suhua Highway Improvement Project, Suao-Hualien Express Way, and the North-Link Line of the Taiwan Railway Administration. It also has two large harbors: Suao Port, a seaport that also houses a naval base, and Nanfang-ao Port, a major fishing port of Taiwan. History During Taiwan under Japanese rule, Japanese rule, the area was established as , Suō District, Taihoku Prefecture. After World War II, the town was converted to a township under Taipei County. In 1950, the township was put under the newly established Yilan County. Demographics As of September 2023, Suao had 14,533 households and a total population of 37,602, including 18,5 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Suao Township Administration
Suao Township (), alternately romanized as Su-ao or Su'ao, is located in southern Yilan County, Taiwan, is an urban township that is famous for its seafood restaurants and cold springs. It is a terminus of National Highway No. 5, the Suao-Hualien Express Way, and the North-Link Line of the Taiwan Railway Administration. It also has two large harbors: Suao Port, a seaport that also houses a naval base, and Nanfang-ao Port, a major fishing port of Taiwan. History During Japanese rule, the area was established as , Suō District, Taihoku Prefecture. After World War II, the town was converted to a township under Taipei County. In 1950, the township was put under the newly established Yilan County. Demographics As of September 2023, Suao had 14,533 households and a total population of 37,602, including 18,520 females and 19,082 males. The population of Suao Town has been decreasing on average since 1981. Villages The township comprises 26 villages: Aiding, Cunren, Dingl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yilan County, Taiwan
Yilan, alternately spelled I-lan, is a County (Taiwan), county in northeastern Taiwan. Yilan is the northernmost county on the island of Taiwan, with a population of 450,031. Its seat is located in Yilan City. Before the Han Chinese Wu Sha led his company into large-scale reclamation in today’s Yilan in 1787, the area was mainly inhabited by the indigenous Kavalan people. During the Taiwan under Japanese rule, Japanese rule, much of the present day Yilan County was part of Taiwan under Japanese rule, Japan within its Taihoku Prefecture. When the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China took over Taiwan in 1945, it became part of Taipei County until 10 October 1950 when 12 southeastern townships of Taipei County split off to form the present day Yilan County. Name The name ''Yilan'' derives from the Taiwanese indigenous peoples, indigenous Kavalan people. Other former names in reference to this area in the Yilan Plain include ''Kabalan'', ''Kavalan'', ''Kavaland'' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the China, People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. It has an area of , with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third, where its Urbanization by country, highly urbanized population is concentrated. The combined Free area of the Republic of China, territories under ROC control consist of list of islands of Taiwan, 168 islands in total covering . The Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area, largest metropolitan area is formed by Taipei (the capital), New Taipei City, and Keelung. With around 23.9 million inhabitants, Taiwan is among the List of countries and dependencies by population density, most densely populated countries. Tai ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nantian Temple
Nanfang'ao Nantian Temple ( zh, t=南方澳南天宮, p=Nánfāng'ào Nántiān Gōng) is a temple dedicated to the sea goddess Mazu in Nanfang'ao, Su'ao Township, Yilan County, Taiwan. History According to local legend, in 1946, fishermen from Nanfang'ao were caught in a major storm at sea. The fishermen prayed to Mazu to save their lives, and the waters suddenly calmed down. Believing that Mazu had shown herself, they returned back to Nanfang'ao and prepared to build a new temple for the goddess. In 1950, the townspeople asked the Mazu in nearby Shao'an Temple to help them choose where to build the temple, and the deity chose a small tract of land in front of the harbor. Construction of the temple was completed on November 18, 1956. Later, the temple was expanded in 1971. On August 29, 1987, the police searched a fishing boat named "Jinfeng No. 3" (進豐3號) which was docked at Nanfang'ao. On the boat, they found five smuggled statues of Mazu from Meizhou (the birthpla ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Township (Taiwan)
Townships are the third-level administrative subdivisions of County (Taiwan), counties of the Taiwan, Republic of China (Taiwan), along with County-administered city, county-administered cities. After World War II, the townships were established from the following conversions on the Taiwan under Japanese rule, Japanese Political divisions of Taiwan (1895–1945), administrative divisions: Although local laws do not enforce strict standards for classifying them, generally urban townships have a larger population and more business and industry than rural townships, but not to the extent of county-administered cities. Under townships, there is also the village (Taiwan), village as the base/fourth level of administration. As of 2022, there are in all 184 townships, including 38 urban townships, 122 rural townships and 24 mountain indigenous townships. 174 townships with 35 urban and 118 rural townships are located in Taiwan Province and 10 townships with 3 urban and 4 rural towns ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Taipei County
New Taipei City is a Special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality located in regions of Taiwan, northern Taiwan. The city is home to an estimated population of 4,004,367 as of January 2023, making it the most populous city in Taiwan, and also the second largest special municipality by area, behind Kaohsiung. The top-level Administrative divisions of Taiwan, administrative divisions bordering New Taipei City are Keelung to the northeast, Yilan County, Taiwan, Yilan County to the southeast, and Taoyuan City, Taoyuan to the southwest, and it completely encloses the city of Taipei. Banqiao District is its municipal seat and biggest commercial area. Before the establishment of Spanish Formosa, Spanish and Dutch Formosa, Dutch outposts in Tamsui in 1626, the area of present-day New Taipei City was mostly inhabited by Taiwanese indigenous peoples, mainly the Ketagalan people. From the Taiwan under Qing rule, late Qing era, the Tamsui Customs Wharf, port of Tamsui was opened u ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |