Car parking in front of the Gukeng Township Office Building

Gukeng Township () is a rural township in the easternmost part of

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. It is the largest township in the county.

Geography

Area Area is the measure of a region's size on a surface. The area of a plane region or ''plane area'' refers to the area of a shape or planar lamina, while '' surface area'' refers to the area of an open surface or the boundary of a three-di ...

: 116.61 km² *

Population Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and pl ...

: 30,105 people (February 2023)

Administrative divisions

Jipan, Xinzhuang, Tunghe, Hebao, Gaolin, Shuidui, Tianxin, Gukeng, Zhaoyang, Xiping, Nanzi, Yongguang, Yongchang, Mayuan, Kanjiao, Huanan, Huashan, Guilin, Zhanghu and Caoling Village.

Economy

It is famous for agricultural produce, such as

oranges The orange, also called sweet orange to distinguish it from the bitter orange (''Citrus × aurantium''), is the fruit of a tree in the family Rutaceae. Botanically, this is the hybrid ''Citrus'' × ''sinensis'', between the pomelo (''Citrus m ...

bamboo shoots Bamboo shoots or bamboo sprouts are the edible Shoot (botany), shoots (new bamboo culm (botany), culms that come out of the ground) of many bamboo species including ''Bambusa vulgaris'' and ''Phyllostachys edulis''. They are used as vegetables ...

, camellia oil and coffee bean.

Tourist attractions

921 Feishan Viewing Platform 9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Hindu–Arabic digit Circa 300 BC, as part of the Brahmi numerals, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bot ...

* Caoling * Chi Guang Temple *

Honey Museum The Honey Museum () is a museum about honey and bees in Gukeng Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan. Architecture The entrance to the museum is through a green tunnel with a giant bee model above it. The museum has a large field area for children t ...

* Huashan Leisure Area * Janfusun Fancyworld *

Jiadong Walkway Jiadong Township (also spelled Jiadung; ) is a Township (Taiwan), rural township in Pingtung County, Taiwan. History Formerly called ''Katangkha'' ()., Jiadong Township was originally the residence of the Makatao people of Pingpu tribe. The firs ...

Penglai Waterfall The Penglai Waterfall () is a waterfall in Gukeng Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan. Geology The waterfall is located in Shibi Valley. It is part of Jhugao River at Jhugao River basin. Located at an elevation of 1,200 meters above sea level, it s ...

Rocky Wall Ecology Park ''Rocky'' is a 1976 American independent sports drama film directed by John G. Avildsen and written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. It is the first installment in the ''Rocky'' franchise and also stars Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weath ...

Taiwan Caoling National Geological Park Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of Chin ...

* Ten Thousand Year Gorge

References

External links

Gukeng Township Office, Yunlin County
Townships in Yunlin County {{Taiwan-geo-stub