Donghe Township () is a rural township located in northeastern

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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. The population is mainly the

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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 ...

. The main industry is

agriculture Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created ...

History

Donghe Township was historically known as Fafokod (馬武窟), which means "fishing by net" in the Ami language. Many of its prehistory artifacts is found at

Dulan Site The Dulan Site () is an archaeological site in Dulan Village, Donghe Township, Taitung County, Taiwan. History During the Japanese rule of Taiwan, a rectangular stony coffin was excavated in the area. Following the investigation by Academia S ...

. Under Qing dynasty rule, the township was under the jurisdiction of the Pi-lam Subprefecture (卑南廳) and Taitung direct-controlled state (臺東直隸州) jurisdiction. Txu-pclmaps-oclc-6550512-babukutsu-2315-i

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In 1920, during the period of Japanese rule, the Toran local office (都蘭區役場) was set up. In 1937, it was changed to Toran Village (都蘭庄) under Shinkō District (新港郡),

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. The name "Donghe Township" was established after World War II and is currently used.

Geography

It is bounded on the northeast by Chenggong, east by

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, west by neighboring Chihshang Township, Guanshan Township, and Luye Township, and south by Beinan Township. This township is located on the east side of coastal mountain range. It includes 60% of the hillside onshore, divided into coastal and basin areas with gradual upland slopes merging into relatively flat sea stage

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s, the area of major development. Basin streams are mainly north–south because of the difficult terrain. Climate is tropical

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climate.

Administrative divisions

* Beiyuan Village * Doulan Village * Longchang Village * Shangde Village * Taiyuan Village * Tunghe Village * Xingchang Village

Education

Junior high schools

Taitung County Dulan Junior High School

Elementary schools

Donghe Elementary School, Dongher Township, Taiwan East CountyDulan Elementary School, Donghe Township, Taitung CountySinlong School,Donghe Township, Taitung CountyTaiyuan Elementary School, Donghe Township, Taitung County

Tourist attractions

* Dulan Mountain *

* Jinzun Fish Port * Old Donghe Bridge

Transportation

* Provincial Highway 11 * Provincial Highway 23

Notable natives

Van Fan Fan Yu-chen (; Amis: 林納斯 Lín Nàsī; born 3 November 1978), better known as Van Fan or Fan Yi-chen (), is a Taiwanese singer and actor with ancestry from the Amis aborigine tribe. He is best known for '' Cape No. 7'', the second top-sel ...

, singer and actor *

Yu Chang Yu-Cheng Chang (; born August 18, 1995) is a Taiwanese professional baseball infielder for the Fubon Guardians of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Guardia ...

, professional baseball player

References

{{Authority control Townships in Taitung County