Gaoshu
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22°49′13″N 120°35′52″E / 22.820175°N 120.5979°E
Gaoshu Township
高樹鄉 Takagi | |
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![]() Gaoshu Township in Pingtung County | |
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Location | Pingtung County, Taiwan |
Area | |
• Total | 90 km2 (30 sq mi) |
Population (February 2024) | |
• Total | 22,687 |
• Density | 250/km2 (650/sq mi) |
Gaoshu Township | |
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Traditional Chinese | 高樹鄉 |
Hanyu Pinyin | Gāoshù Xiāng |
Wade–Giles | Kao1-shu4 Hsiang1 |
Pha̍k-fa-sṳ | Kô-su-hiông |
Hokkien POJ | Ko-chhiū-hiong |
Gaoshu Township[1] is a rural township in Pingtung County, Taiwan.
Geography
[edit]It has a total population of 22,687 as of February 2024 and an area of 90.15 square kilometres (34.81 sq mi).
Administrative divisions
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The township comprises 19 villages: Cailiao, Dapu, Gaoshu, Guangfu, Guangxing, Jianxing, Jiuliao, Jiuzhuang, Nanhua, Sima, Taishan, Tianzi, Tungxing, Tungzhen, Xinfeng, Xinnan, Yanshu, Yuanquan and Zhangrong.
Tourist attractions
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Notable natives
[edit]- Chen Chi-nan, Minister of Council of Cultural Affairs (2004–2006)
- Chung Li-ho, novelist[2]
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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 March 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Glossary of Names for Administrative Divisions. (in Chinese) Accessed at Taiwan Geographic Names Information System website Archived August 16, 2013, at the Wayback Machine (in English). Ministry of the Interior. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
- ^ "Former Residence of Mr. Lihe Zhong-i-Pingtung". Archived from the original on 2016-11-29. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
External links
[edit]- Gaoshu Township Office website Archived 2011-10-16 at the Wayback Machine (in Chinese)
Geographic data related to Gaoshu at OpenStreetMap