Chaozhou Township (also spelled Chaojhou, Chaochou; )鄉鎮中英對照
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Pingtung County Pingtung () is a County (Taiwan), county located in southern Taiwan. It has a warm tropical monsoon climate and is known for its agriculture and tourism. Kenting National Park, Taiwan's oldest national park, is located in the county. The county ...

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Name

Chaozhou is named after Chaozhou, a city in eastern

Guangdong ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...

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. According to some historians, settlers from that city landed here in 1724, and thus named this area after their hometown.

Geography

The township is located in the western side of Pingtung County at the Pingtung Plain. It has an area of and a population of 53,338 people as of February 2024.

Administrative divisions

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

Language

Many inhabitants speak the Taiwanese Hokkien language. The original Chaoshan language spoken by the inhabitants has now been completely forgotten due to assimilation.

Senior high schools

* National Chao-Chou Senior High School * Jih Hsin Insdustrial and Commercial Vocational Senior School ()

Junior high schools

* Pingtung County Chaozhou Junior High School () * Pingtung County Guangchun Junior High School ()

Primary schools

Chaozhou Primary School
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Guangchun Primary School
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Silin Primary School
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Chaonan Primary School
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Chaodong Primary School
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Chaosheng Primary School
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Guanghua Primary School
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Chaohe Primary School
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Tourist attractions

* Bada Forest Paradise *

Chaolin Temple Chaolin Temple () is a temple located in Silin Village, Chaozhou Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan. History Chaolin Temple traces its history to the 1850s, when a farmer surnamed Chen sought to donate his land and construct a temple to Nezha. A ...

* Linhousilin Forest Park * Museum of Traditional Theater

Notable natives

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, film director and screenwriter * Chen Bao-ji, Minister of

Council of Agriculture The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA; ) of Taiwan, formerly the Council of Agriculture, is the ministry under the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in charged with overseeing affairs related to agriculture, forestry, fishery, animal hu ...

(2012-2016)

Transportation

Railway

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Pingtung Line The Pingtung Line () is part of the West Coast line of Taiwan Railway. It is long, of which is double track. The section between Nanzhou and Linbian railway stations will be upgraded from a single-track railway to a double-track railw ...

** Chaozhou Station

Highway

National Freeway 3 * TW PHW88

Provincial Highway 88 **Zhutian System Interchange

References

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