Chaozhou, Pingtung
Chaozhou Township
潮州鎮 Chōshū, Chaojhou, Chaochow | |
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Old Chaozhou Town Hall now the Museum of Traditional Theater | |
![]() Chaozhou Township in Pingtung County | |
Location | Pingtung County, Taiwan |
Area | |
• Total | 42 km2 (16 sq mi) |
Population (February 2024) | |
• Total | 53,338 |
• Density | 1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi) |
Website | www.chaujou.gov.tw (in Chinese) |
Chaozhou Township | |
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Traditional Chinese | 潮州鎮 |
Hanyu Pinyin | Cháozhōu Zhèn |
Tongyong Pinyin | Cháojhou Jhèn |
Pha̍k-fa-sṳ | Tshèu-chû-tsṳ́n |
Hokkien POJ | Tiô-chiu-tìn |
Chaozhou Township[1] (also spelled Chaojhou; Chinese: 潮州鎮)[2] is an urban township in western Pingtung County, Taiwan.
Name
[edit]Chaozhou is named after Chaozhou, a city in eastern Guangdong, China. According to some historians, settlers from that city landed here in 1724, and thus named this area after their hometown.
Geography
[edit]The township is located in the western side of Pingtung County at the Pingtung Plain. It has an area of 42.43 square kilometres (16.38 sq mi) and a population of 53,338 people as of February 2024.
Administrative divisions
[edit]![](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Chaozhou_villages3.svg/220px-Chaozhou_villages3.svg.png)
The township comprises 21 villages: Baye, Chaozhou, Fuchun, Guangchun, Guanghua, Jiukuai, Lundong, Pengcheng, Penglai, Sangong, Sanhe, Sanxing, Shezi, Sichun, Silin, Tongrong, Wukui, Xingmei, Xinrong, Xinsheng and Yongchun.
Education
[edit]Language
[edit]Many inhabitants speak the Taiwanese Hokkien language. The original Chaoshan language spoken by the inhabitants has now been completely forgotten due to assimilation.[citation needed]
Senior high schools
[edit]- National Chao-Chou Senior High School
- Jih Hsin Insdustrial and Commercial Vocational Senior School (日新高級工商職業學校)
Junior high schools
[edit]- Pingtung County Chaozhou Junior High School (屏東縣立潮州國民中學)
- Pingtung County Guangchun Junior High School (屏東縣立光春國民中學)
Primary schools
[edit]- Chaozhou Primary School (屏東縣潮州鎮潮州國民小學)
- Guangchun Primary School (屏東縣潮州鎮光春國民小學)
- Silin Primary School (屏東縣潮州鎮四林國民小學)
- Chaonan Primary School (屏東縣潮州鎮潮南國民小學)
- Chaodong Primary School (屏東縣潮州鎮潮東國民小學)
- Chaosheng Primary School (屏東縣潮州鎮潮昇國民小學)
- Guanghua Primary School (屏東縣潮州鎮光華國民小學)
- Chaohe Primary School (屏東縣潮州鎮潮和國民小學)
Tourist attractions
[edit]Notable natives
[edit]- Ang Lee, film director and screenwriter
- Chen Bao-ji, Minister of Council of Agriculture (2012-2016)
Transportation
[edit]![](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Chaozhou_Station_20150901.jpg/220px-Chaozhou_Station_20150901.jpg)
Railway
[edit]Highway
[edit]National Freeway 3
Provincial Highway 88
- Zhutian System Interchange
References
[edit]- ^ 臺灣地區鄉鎮市區級以上行政區域名稱中英對照表 Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine Glossary of Names for Administrative Divisions. (in Chinese) Accessed at Taiwan Geographic Names Information System website Archived 2013-08-16 at the Wayback Machine (in English). Ministry of the Interior. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ 鄉鎮中英對照
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