Chenggong Township or Chengkung Township () is an urban township in

Taitung County Taitung () is the third largest county in Taiwan, located primarily on the island's southeastern coast and also including Green Island, Orchid Island and Lesser Orchid Island. The seat is located in Taitung City. Name While its name means "East ...

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. It is a coastal town facing the

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. Chenggong Fish Harbor is just west of downtown.

History

Chenggong was originally an Amis settlement from which came the Hokkien name Moalaulau (). During Japanese rule, it was renamed to of Taitō Prefecture. After 1945, to avoid confusion with Singang Township of

Chiayi County Chiayi is a County (Taiwan), county in Taiwan. Located in Regions of Taiwan, southwestern Taiwan surrounding but not including Chiayi City, it is the sixth largest county in the island of Taiwan. Its major tourist destination is Alishan Natio ...

and to distinguish it from

Tainan Tainan (), officially Tainan City, is a Special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality in southern Taiwan, facing the Taiwan Strait on its western coast. Tainan is the oldest city on the island and commonly called the "Taiwan Prefecture, ...

's Sinckan (now called Sinshih), it was changed to Chenggong, which commemorates the eponymous general

Koxinga Zheng Chenggong (; 27 August 1624 – 23 June 1662), born Zheng Sen () and better known internationally by his honorific title Koxinga (, from Taiwanese: ''kok sèⁿ iâ''), was a Southern Ming general who resisted the Qing conquest of Chin ...

(Cheng Ch'eng-kung) who expelled the Dutch from Taiwan.

Geography

The township has 13,193 inhabitants and its total area is 144.9938 km².

Climate

Along with most of the rest of Taitung County, Chenggong has a

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Administrative divisions

* Bo'ai Village 博愛村 * Heping Village 和平村 * Sanmin Village 三民村 * Sanxian Village 三仙村 * Xinyi Village 信義村 * Zhongren Village 忠仁村 * Zhongxiao Village 忠孝村 * Zhongzhi Village 忠智村

Demographics

The majority inhabitants of the township are the

Amis people The Amis (; ), also known as the Pangcah (which means 'people' and 'kinsmen'), are an indigenous Austronesian ethnic group native to Taiwan. They speak the Amis language (; ), an Austronesian language, and are one of the sixteen officially ...

which makes up to 53% of the population.

Notable people

* Teruo Nakamura (1919-1979, Attun Palalin or Lee Guang-Hui) last known Japanese hold-out to surrender after the end of hostilities in 1945

Economy

* Agriculture * Fisheries * Forestry

Tourist attractions

* Amis Folk Center * Chengkung Aquarium * Chengkuankao Cultural Landscape * Chengkuankao Matsu Temple * Chong-an Waterfall
East Coast National Scenic Area
* Jiaping Beach * Old Donghe Bridge *

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* Sanxiantai * Shihyusan (Awana, or the Stone Umbrella) * Siaoma Tunnel * Singang Harbor * Singang Waterfall * Taitung County Museum of Natural History * Taitung Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium

Transportation

* Provincial Highway No.11 * Chenggong Fish Harbor * Singang Port

References

{{Taiwanese aboriginal areas Townships in Taitung County