Namasia

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 那瑪夏 (Nàmǎsià).

Namahsia (alternative)
Namaxia (alternative Hanyu-Pinyin)

Bunun Ear-shooting Festival (late April or early May) This is one of Taiwan's most popular aboriginal festivals. The precise date varies from year to year and events are held in a number of locations including Lidao and Namasia.

2014, Steven Crook, Taiwan (Bradt Travel Guides), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 68:

The most catastrophic damage occurred in Siaolin, Chiahsien township and Nansalu village, Namasia township.

2017, Michiko Banba, Rajib Shaw, Land Use Management in Disaster Risk Reduction: Practice and Cases from a Global Perspective, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 275:

As a place well-known for watching fireflies, the district office of Namasia in Kaohsiung City has planned out six routes for watching fireflies as well as other activities in the mountainous district, according to the district office.
Because of its location at a relatively higher altitude away from light pollution, Namasia is an ideal place for watching fireflies during the best firefly watching season from the end of March to late April.[…]
Namasia nestles at northwest corner of Kaohsiung; it is one of the three aboriginal districts in the city.

2017 April 3, George Liao, “Camp and watch fireflies in southern Taiwan’s Namasia mountainous area”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2017-08-12:

Saaroa is spoken in Taoyuan District and Namasia District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. There are around 400 members of Saaroa community. Saaroa is a moribund Formosan language, with fewer than ten fluent speakers.

2018, Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna Aĭkhenvalʹd, The Oxford Handbook of Evidentiality, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 665:

Two of Kaohsiung's most rugged districts, Taoyuan and Namasia, are high above sea level, and home to members of the indigenous Bunun, Paiwan, and Hla'alua tribes.

2019 March 27, Zih-yin Chen, “Rejuvenating the Hla'alua Language”, in Hou Ya-ting, transl., 聯合新聞網, archived from the original on 2019-10-24:

The heavy rain and winds downed power lines in Kaohsiung City in southern Taiwan, leaving all of Namasia District without electricity Friday morning, but the power was restored in phases before noon.

2020, Wang Shu-fen, Hsiao Po-yang, Kuo Chih-hsuan, Lee Hsin-Yin, “Heavy rain causes power outages, traffic disruptions in Taiwan”, in Focus Taiwan:

Since the launch of the Minquan Elementary School in Namasia more than 10 years ago, the student body has doubled, but its electricity intensity has declined enough to achieve net-zero energy consumption for three consecutive years thanks to Delta's energy-saving solutions, which include an energy storage system to store excess solar energy during the day for night lighting and for the operations of IT equipment.

2021 November 30, “Delta's Sponsored Green Building for Namasia Minquan Elementary School in Taiwan Becomes Asia's First LEED-certified Zero Energy Academic Campus”, in PR Newswire, archived from the original on 2021-11-30:

As of 9 a.m. Saturday, 568 people from Namasia, 356 from Taoyuan and 21 from Maolin had been evacuated to nearby shelters, the Council of Indigenous Peoples said in a statement.
Based on data provided by Kaohsiung's weather station, Namasia had accumulated over 210 millimeters of rainfall in 24 hours as of 9:30 a.m. Saturday, while other districts had also seen rising rain levels in a short period of time.

2023 August 5, Hung Hsueh-kuang, Kuan Tuan-ping, Yu Hsiao-han, Pan Tzu-yu, Ko Lin, “Kaohsiung residents evacuated due to torrential rain”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2023-08-05, Society:

The Namasia Firefly Season and peach festival will be held from March 21 to April 27 on the mountain trails in Kaohsiung's Namasia District.

2025 March 12, Carol Yang, “Kaohsiung's firefly season and peach festival begin soon”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2025-03-12, Lifestyle:


Lujhu

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 路竹 (Lùjhú).

Lu-chu (alternative)
Luchu (alternative)
Luzhu (alternative Hanyu-Pinyin)

A worker checks a panel at a high-concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) solar energy power plant in Lujhu Township of Kaohsiung County, southern Taiwan, January 22, 2010.

2010 January 27, “BlackRock clean fund targets Asian solar stocks”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 2023-09-03, Behind the Scenes:

Protesters from Kaohsiung’s Lujhu (路竹) and Hunei (湖內) districts said the city government failed to promptly publish online that a controversial iron wire and screw factory had passed an environmental review.

2016 September 1, Abraham Gerber, “Kaohsiung mayor ignoring public: protesters”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2016-09-01, Taiwan News, page 3:

“The investment is the largest scale in the history of the park in Kaohsiung’s Lujhu District (路竹), surpassing all capital that has been invested over the past 15 years,” the Kaohsiung Economic Development Bureau said in a statement on Monday.

2018 October 3, Lisa Wang, “Winbond to start fab construction”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-10-02, Business, page 12:

Rural north Kaohsiung could use better medical care facilities. Elderly care is a huge need that could benefit from a few billion. Hiring more inspectors to patrol Lujhu’s industrial areas might keep unscrupulous actors from dumping toxic chemicals into streams or other polluting acts.

2018, Eryk Smith, “OPINION: Extend the HSR to Pingtung? Let’s Talk After the Election”, in The News Lens:

If elected, Chen Chi-mai said, he would establish a one-stop windows for investors to facilitate clusters for semiconductors and smart industries, promote agricultural products in overseas markets, and expand the MRT network to Lujhu and Linyuan districts to close the gap between urban and rural areas in the city.

2018, Shih Hsiu-chuan, “Major Kaohsiung mayoral candidates face off in televised debate”, in Focus Taiwan:


Cimei

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 七美 (Ciměi).

Chimei (alternative)
Ch'i-mei (alternative)
Qimei (alternative Hanyu-Pinyin)

Multi-island ferry tours (NT$550) starting from the South Sea visitor center make Cimei their last port in of call before returning to Magong, usually allowing passengers an insufficient hour and a half to look around.

2007, Stephen Keeling, Brice Minnigh, The Rough Guide to Taiwan (Rough Guides), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 462:

The abundant marine resources of the Taiwan Strait, however, did not really contribute significantly to their economic improvement since the population was so small that the supply of fish always exceeded local demand. The more fish they harvested, the poorer their families became as the price declined. Hence, some Penghuans were forced to be seasonal fishers, oscillating back and forth between Kaohsiung and Penghu every year, while others migrated directly to Kaohsiung. The first wave of Penghuan migrants came mainly from Cimei. They began their migration during the colonial period and in general preferred to settle in Cihou rather than Gushan.

2009, Henry T. Chen, “The Culture and Daily Life of the Kaohsiung Fishing Communities”, in Taiwanese Distant-Water Fisheries in Southeast Asia, 1936-1977, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, published 2017, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 144:

Some traditional fishing methods: [...] bottom left, stacked stones form a weirshaped like a double-heart in Cimei, Penghu archipelago;[...]

2017, Brian R. Moss, Ecology of Freshwaters: Earth's Bloodstream, 5th edition, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 63:

The county Fire Bureau said the dead man was one of four Indonesian crew members on the Cimei Township, Penghu-registered fishing boat, Fajilong 168, which set sail from Cimei at about 9 a.m. Sunday.

2018, Chen Chi-ching, Elizabeth Hsu, “Indonesian fisherman dies after falling overboard”, in Focus Taiwan:

The area where the dredging was discovered is about 30 nautical miles (55.5km) southwest of Cimei Township (七美) and is the habitat and breeding ground for many species vital to Penghu’s fishing industry.

2019, “Chinese detained over dredging near Penghu”, in Taipei Times:

The remote offshore areas set forth in the subparagraph 3 of paragraph 1 include:[…]
2. Cimei Township and Wang-an Township under the jurisdiction of Penghu County, Taiwan Province.

2019 October 17, “Article 10”, in Fee-charging Standards for the Use of State-operated Airport, Navigation Aids and Related Facilities, archived from the original on 2022-03-02, page 6:

The Chinese dredgers and sand transporters were discovered operating about 50 nautical miles west-southwest of Penghu's Cimei Township, which is the southernmost island of the Penghu archipelago in the Taiwan Strait, the coast guard said....
According to Penghu authorities, the coast guard's 600-ton "Taichung"-class patrol vessel was deployed to chase the Chinese boats beyond the 60 nautical mile marker west of Cimei and out of Taiwan's territorial waters.

2020 April 17, “Penghu coast guard chases off illegal Chinese sand dredgers”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2020-06-20:

On July 11, 2003, five Penghu-registered fishing vessels were seized by China Fishery Law Enforcement vessels 103 nautical miles southwest of Penghu’s Cimei Township.

2024 July 5, Jake Chung, “Coast guard drove away 567 Chinese boats in 6 months”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2025-07-04, Taiwan News, page 3:

A rural township in Penghu County, Taiwan.

七美

rural township in southern Penghu (the Pescadores)

Some 58 kilometers south of Makung, or four hours by yacht, lies Chimei island. The name means “seven beauties” in English, and commemorates the virtue of seven virgins in the Ming Dynasty who, according to legend, threw themselves into a well rather than be captured by the invaders.[...]Small airports have also been built on Chimei and Penghu are convenient.[...]Small airports have also jbeen^([sic – meaning been]) built on Chimei and Wangan islands to handle services by light aircraft.

[1982 May 9, “Penghu: Old and new in charming blend”, in Free China Weekly, volume XXII, number 18, Taipei, page 2:

If Penghu’s main island is not quite remote enough, regular flights depart from Makung to tiny Chimei Yu ④ (Isle of Seven Beauties).

[2003, “Taiwan Strait Islands”, in Vivien Kim, editor, Taiwan (Insight Guides), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 225:

Cimei (Qimei) Islet, the southernmost of the Penghu archipelago, is named after seven legendary local beauties who threw themselves down a well rather than have their virtue despoiled by a gang of marauding pirates.

2004, Phil Macdonald, National Geographic Traveler: Taiwan, National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 198:

The pygmy seahorse, known as Hippocampus bargibanti, was discovered 30 nautical miles (55.6km) southwest of Cimei (七美), the southernmost island in the Penghu archipelago, during a research trip, the academy said.

2021 September 25, “Pygmy seahorse spotted for the first time near Penghu”, in Taipei Times, archived from the original on 2021-09-24:

On May 28, there will be a show on Cimei Island; on June 11, there will be a show on Wangan Island, and on June 25, there will be one on Jibei Island.

2022 April 26, Natalie Tso, “Penghu kicks off 20th International Fireworks Festival”, in Radio Taiwan International, archived from the original on 2022-04-26:

An island of Cimei, Penghu County, Taiwan.


高登

/kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tɤŋ⁵⁵/

/kou̯⁵⁵ tɐŋ⁵⁵/

/ko⁵⁵ ⁽ᵗ⁻⁾lɛiŋ⁵⁵/

/kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tɤŋ⁵⁵/

/kou̯⁵⁵ tɐŋ⁵⁵/

/ko⁵⁵ ⁽ᵗ⁻⁾lɛiŋ⁵⁵/

(～島) Gaodeng Island (an island of Beigan, Lienchiang County, Taiwan)


大坵

/tä⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/

/tä⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/

/tʰai̯⁵⁵ kʰi̯u²⁴/

/tʰai̯⁵⁵ kʰi̯u²⁴/

(～村) Daqiu (a rural village in Wuqiu, Kinmen County, Taiwan)

(～島) Daqiu Island (an island of Beigan, Lienchiang County, Taiwan)


小坵

/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/

/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/

(～村) Xiaoqiu (a rural village in Wuqiu, Kinmen County, Taiwan)

(～島) Xiaoqiu Island (an island of Beigan, Lienchiang County, Taiwan)


花嶼

/xu̯ä⁵⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/hue⁴⁴⁻²² su²²/

/hue⁴⁴⁻²² su²²/

/hue⁴⁴⁻³³ su³³/

/hue⁴⁴⁻³³ su³³/

/xu̯ä⁵⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/hue⁴⁴⁻²² su²²/

/hue⁴⁴⁻²² su²²/

/hue⁴⁴⁻³³ su³³/

/hue⁴⁴⁻³³ su³³/

Hua Islet (an islet of Huayu, Wangan, Penghu County, Taiwan)

(～村) Huayu (a rural village in Wangan, Penghu County, Taiwan)


虎井

/xu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/fuː³⁵ t͡sɛːŋ³⁵/

/hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sẽ⁴¹/

/hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ⁵³/

/xu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/fuː³⁵ t͡sɛːŋ³⁵/

/hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sẽ⁴¹/

/hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ⁵³/

(～嶼) Hujing Island (an island of Hujing, Magong, Penghu County, Taiwan)

(～里) Hujing (an urban village in Magong, Penghu County, Taiwan)


中社

/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤ⁵¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤ⁵¹/

(～村) Jhongshe, Zhongshe (a rural village in Wangan, Penghu County, Taiwan)


Wangan

From the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 望安 (Wàng'ān) Wade–Giles romanization: Wang⁴-an¹.

Wang-an (alternative)
Wang'an (alternative)

Living conditions on outer islands are being improved. Trans-short wave telephones were installed in Wangan and Chimei villages in August, 1971. The villages also received electric lights in 1971.

1973, China Yearbook 1972-1973, Taipei: China Publishing Co., page 124:

The centre, about 1km north of Wangan's ferry pier, works to educate visitors about Penghu’s turtle population; it also provides information about other attractions around Wangan Township (www.wangan.gov.tw).

2010, Steven Crook, Taiwan: The Bradt Travel Guide (Bradt Travel Guides), →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 303–304:

The main purpose of this study was to analyze the critical success factors (CSF) small island to develop marine tourism, and elements of tourism development. Qualitative investigation was used, and object as a case study by Wangan Township in Penghu County, Taiwan.

2013 October, Cheng-Lung Wu, Hsiao-Ming Chang, “Island Marine Tourism Development Critical Success Factors - Case by Wangan in Taiwan”, in Journal of Global Business Management, volume 9, number 3, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 126:

The Ou family mansion in Penghu's Wangan Township. It is part of a historic community that was named in 2003 by the New York-based World Monuments Fund as one of the world's "100 Most Endangered Sites."

2016 April 11, “Unique old house”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2023-07-08, Photos of the Day:

Penghu thus had become an important conservation area for sea turtles. Penghu's Wangan Township is Taiwan's first place which established protected hatching areas for green sea turtles.

2016 August 3, Jou-Ting (王柔婷) Wang, 陳顯坤 [Chen Hsien-Kun], “澎湖沙灘綠蠵龜孵化 志工守候記錄 [Green sea turtles hatch in Penghu first time in 12 yrs.]”, in Anthony Lin, transl., Public Television Service, archived from the original on 2016-08-05:

Peng Kuan-chieh (彭冠傑), who fell in love with sea turtles during a childhood visit to the Green Sea Turtle Museum in Penghu County’s Wangan Township (望安), has channeled his passion into making polymer clay models of the creatures, which are being used to encourage conservation efforts and to raise money.

2017, Jake Chung, “Turtle-lover’s polymer clay models prove an online hit”, in Taipei Times:

[2019 October 17, “Article 10”, in Fee-charging Standards for the Use of State-operated Airport, Navigation Aids and Related Facilities, archived from the original on 2022-03-02, page 6:

[…]Wangan Township of Penghu County as the three potential sites on 19 August 2008, which immediately prompted diverse forms of citizen mobilisation to express their views.

2021, Mei-Fang Fan, Deliberative Democracy in Taiwan: A Deliberative Systems Perspective, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page https://books.google.com/books?id=LHX-DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT134:

Wangan Township is located in the south of Penghu Islands and is composed of 18 isles with a total area of 13.7824km2. The population of the Township is approximately 4,500.

(Can we date this quote?), “Wangan Introduction”, in Wangan Township Hall, Penghu County, archived from the original on 2023-04-26:

Small airports have also jbeen^([sic – meaning been]) built on Chimei and Wangan islands to handle services by light aircraft.

1982 May 9, “Penghu: Old and new in charming blend”, in Free China Weekly, volume XXII, number 18, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2:

He distinguishes three main domains in the Penghu archipelago(Fig. 2): (1) in the main northern islands and in central Wangan (Pachao) island, alkali basalts and tholeiites alternate, (2) to the northeast, within a NW-SE trending zone, the alkali basalts contain numerous ultramafic nodules and (3) to the south, on Chimei and the surrounding islands, alkali basalts clearly dominate.
. . .
Four ages may be related to the major alkali-tholeiite basalt flows of the northern group of islands and Wangan (Pachao) island, 12.7, 13.3, 13.5 and 16.2 Ma.

1990, Jacques Angelier, Françoise Bergerat, Hao Tsu Chu, Wen Shing Juang, Chia Yu Lu, “Paleostress analysis as a key to margin extension: The Penghu Islands, South China Sea”, in Tectonophysics, volume 183, →DOI, pages 163, 164:

To the south, Wangan Islet has a population of about 4,000, making it the most populated of the outlying islands.

2004, Phil Macdonald, National Geographic Traveler: Taiwan, National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 196:

In addition, the biggest of the South Sea Islands - Wangan and Cimei - both have airports that host frequent flights from mainland Taiwanese cities.

2007, Stephen Keeling, Brice Minnigh, The Rough Guide to Taiwan (Rough Guides), →ISBN, page 446:

Among the archipelago's ecological attractions are turtles and avians. The green turtles (Chelonia mydas japonica) that lay their eggs on Wangan Island between May and October are an endangered species protected by ROC law.

2014, Steven Crook, Taiwan (Bradt Travel Guides) (Travel), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 310:

This study investigated the potential of achieving energy autonomy in Wangan Island, based on the use of renewable energy....Renewables could replace costly diesel for electricity generation on Wangan, and become a successful condition example of sustainable development. Roadmaps are needed for Wangan to scale up its applications of renewables, whether in the power or transportation sectors.

2018, Jian Hua, Hong-Gwo Shiu, “Sustainable development of renewable energy on Wangan Island, Taiwan”, in Utilities Policy, volume 55:

The majority of tourists, particularly those who visit during the peak summer months of July and August, reach Qimei by boat. Typically they arrive on pleasure craft that sail from Magong around 9 o’clock in the morning, stopping first at Wangan Island.
These ferry excursions are such a finely developed tourist institution that it is usually possible to buy tickets that include the use of a Vespa-type scooter on both Wangan and Qimei, or if you would rather not trouble yourself with matters of parking and navigation, you can purchase tickets that include bus tours around both islands. Those weighing the former option should know there is hardly any traffic on Qimei, the roads are well maintained, and getting lost is pretty difficult.
The tours allow visitors around two hours to explore Wangan and a similar amount of time on Qimei, and are back in Magong for dinner.

2018 July 3, “Sailing to Taiwan’s Island of Seven Beauties”, in American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei, archived from the original on 2020-10-01:

2022 April 26, Natalie Tso, “Penghu kicks off 20th International Fireworks Festival”, in Radio Taiwan International, archived from the original on 2022-04-26:

Penghu never industrialized, and as a result the unspoiled environment is enjoyed by creatures such as turtles and birds. The green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas japonica) that lay their eggs on Wangan Island between May and October are an endangered species protected by Taiwan law.

2023 April 14, Taiwan Tourism Bureau, “A Thousand Points of Light: Penghu International Fireworks Festival”, in Taiwan Business TOPICS, archived from the original on 2023-04-14:

An island of Wangan, Penghu County, Taiwan.


東吉

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/

/taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiɛt̚³²/

/taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiɛt̚³²/

/taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɛt̚³²/

/taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɛt̚³²/

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/

/taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiɛt̚³²/

/taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiɛt̚³²/

/taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɛt̚³²/

/taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɛt̚³²/

(～嶼) Dongji Island (an island of Dongji, Wangan, Penghu County, Taiwan)

(～村) Dongji (a rural village in Wangan, Penghu County, Taiwan)


後寮

/xoʊ̯⁵¹ li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/

/xoʊ̯⁵¹ li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/

(～村) Houliao (a rural village in Baisha, Penghu County, Taiwan)


講美

/t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(～村) Jiangmei (a rural village in Baisha, Penghu County, Taiwan)


鳥嶼

/ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(～村) Niaoyu (a rural village in Baisha, Penghu County, Taiwan)


通梁

/tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ³⁵/

/tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ³⁵/

(～村) Tongliang (a rural village in Baisha, Penghu County, Taiwan)


Baisha

From the Mandarin 白沙 (Báishā, literally “white sand”).

bor

Pai-sha (alternative)
Paisha (alternative)

Until a few years ago, it was necessary to take a ferry to travel from one of the three to another, but the three big islands plus several smaller ones in between are today all interconnected by a vast network of bridges. The longest of these, connecting Baisha with Yuweng, is almost two miles in length and is the longest ocean bridge in the Far East.

1979 July, Cornelius C. Kubler, “Life in the Pescadores”, in The Asia Mail, page 12, column 3:

The magnificent Tongliang Banyan, thought to be more than 200 years old, forms a huge and glorious canopy over the courtyard of Baoan Temple in the village of Tongliang, on Baisha's western tip.

2004, Phil Macdonald, National Geographic Traveler: Taiwan, National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 195:

While recycling plastic and other debris that washes up on beaches and turning them into art has become a trend in the county, the students at Niaoyu Elementary School in Baisha Township’s (白沙) Niaoyu Islet (鳥嶼) are the first to create a musical instrument out of trash.

2019 September 12, Yu-ching Liu, William Hetherington, “Penghu students create musical art from ocean trash”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-09-11, Taiwan News, page 4:

A rural township in Penghu County, Taiwan.

白沙

rural township in northern Penghu (the Pescadores)


港子

/kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(～村) Gangzih, Gangzi (a rural village in Baisha, Penghu County, Taiwan)


岐頭

/t͡ɕʰi³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

(～村) Citou, Qitou (a rural village in Baisha, Penghu County, Taiwan)


小赤

/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹/

/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹/

(～村) Siaochih, Xiaochi (a rural village in Baisha, Penghu County, Taiwan)


員貝

/ɥɛn³⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹/

/ɥɛn³⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹/

(～村) Yuanbei (a rural village in Baisha, Penghu County, Taiwan)


中屯

/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰu̯ən³⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰu̯ən³⁵/

(～村) Jhongtun, Zhongtun (a rural village in Baisha, Penghu County, Taiwan)


Huxi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 湖西 (Húxī).

The aircraft took off from Taiwan’s southern city of Kaohsiung, headed for the island of Makong, but crash-landed in Huxi township of Penghu County, the main island of the chain also known as the Pescadores.

2014 July 23, Faith Hung, “Leaders of Taiwan, China offer condolences for 48 dead in plane crash”, in Robert Birsel, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2023-10-04, Industrials:

There is much to see and do in Magong City and the adjacent township of Huxi, but even those staying on the islands for just one night should make good use of the bridges and causeways that provide access to the islands of Baisha and Xiyu.
Road 203 heads north out of Magong – home to over half of the county’s 104,000 permanent residents as well as serving as the archipelago’s administrative center — and through Huxi before veering westward across Baisha.

2018 June 4, “The Windswept Allure of Penghu”, in Taiwan Business TOPICS, archived from the original on 2020-09-25:

The spill, which took place last June, has only recently come to light. Company executives say they were not notified of the spill until a year after it took place. Seven employees are facing punishment for their role in the incident.
The affected area is more than 0.8 hectares plot of land in Huxi Township, on the offshore islands of Penghu.

2018 July 23, “Oil spill recovery likely to take two years: CPC”, in Radio Taiwan International, archived from the original on 2024-05-04:

Temples across Penghu County have crafted "rice bag turtles" in preparation for the traditional "Ciguei" (乞龜) ceremony held on the islands for Lantern Festival, which falls on Feb. 12 this year.[…]
The largest turtle, located in Huxi Township's Longmen Guanyin Temple, also carries a small turtle on its back and is trailed by three even smaller ones, symbolizing generational inheritance, according to temple director-general Yang Chao-wu (楊昭武).

2025 January 27, Chen Chi-ching, Wu Kuan-hsien, “Rice bag turtles set to bless Penghu for Lantern Festival”, in Focus Taiwan, sourced from Taipei (CNA), archived from the original on 2025-01-27:

湖西

rural township in Penghu (the Pescadores)

A rural village in Huxi, Penghu County, Taiwan.


桶盤

/tʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰän³⁵/

/tʰaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ puã²⁴/

/tʰaŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ puã²⁴/

/tʰaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ puã¹³/

/tʰaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ puã²⁴/

/tʰaŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ puã²³/

/tʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰän³⁵/

/tʰaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ puã²⁴/

/tʰaŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ puã²⁴/

/tʰaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ puã¹³/

/tʰaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ puã²⁴/

/tʰaŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ puã²³/

(～嶼) Tongpan Island (an island of Tongpan, Magong, Penghu County, Taiwan)

(～里) Tongpan (an urban village in Magong, Penghu County, Taiwan)


Cishan

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 旗山 (Císhan).

Ch'i-shan (alternative)
Chishan (alternative)
Qishan (alternative Hanyu-Pinyin)

Taiwan Red Cross members escort rescued residents who were trapped following Typhoon Morakot, to receive medical care in Cishan, Taiwan, 12 August 2009. Taiwan soldiers on 12 August found 70 more survivors from a village buried by a mudslide, bringing to 1,000 the number of people found alive in mountain region affected by landslides in the southern county of Kaohsiung.

2009 August 9, “Typhoon slams Taiwan, China, Japan”, in NBC News, archived from the original on 2021-12-21:

In Cishan, a storm-ravaged town of 41,000, both road bridges had collapsed, smashing houses and taking down cars. Residents jammed a footbridge which remained standing.

2009 August 14, “Taiwan leader says more than 500 dead in typhoon”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 2023-06-28, World News:

The trail runs relatively wide and flat most of the way, skirting the northern slopes of the deep, V-shaped Cishan River (旗山溪) valley.

2014, Robert Kelly, Chung Wah Chow, Taiwan, 9th edition, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 206:

We gathered 500 turmeric buds from Cishan District of Kaohsiung City, Taiwan in February 2008.

2014, KaiHsun Hsieh, Wu YongPei, Lin SuJu, “Investigation of the functional compositions of turmeric collected from Cishan District of Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.”, in Crop, Environment & Bioinformatics, volume 11, number 3, →ISSN, →OCLC:

“Bike to Remember” is a cycling event in Cishan District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan and has been held for 5 times already. The event is created in memory a typhoon that destroyed a great part of this area. Although the area has now been rebuilt the organizers wanted later generations to know about the disaster and they encouraged participants to write a brief ‘feeling’ paragraph on Facebook after the competitive activity had finished.

2015, A Fotiadis, C Vassiliadis, SP Yeh, “Participant’s preferences for small-scale sporting events: a comparative analysis of a Greek and a Taiwanese cycling event”, in EuroMed Journal of Business, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:

Taiwan has confirmed the country's first case of the highly pathogenic H5N5 strain of avian influenza on a duck farm in Cishan District, Kaohsiung, Council of Agriculture (COA) Deputy Minister Huang Chin-cheng (黃金城) said Monday.

2019, Yang Su-min, Evelyn Kao, “Taiwan reports first-ever H5N5 avian influenza case”, in Focus Taiwan:

They now have more sewing machines than technicians, so they plan to allow residents from Cishan and Meinong to use them in training programs.

2019, Chen Ting-fang, “Da-ai Sewing Workshop”, in Hou Ya-ting, transl., Love Kaohsiung 愛·高雄, number 4, page 6:

Tu talked about his connections in the Kaohsiung area, and agreed to recruit people in Taiwan’s armed forces to gain access to confidential military material in exchange for money, prosecutors said.
Tu recruited retired sergeant major Wang Jui-chi (王瑞祺), who was in charge of an ammunition depot in Kaohsiung’s Cishan District (旗山) while he was in the Army Logistics Command, they said.
Tu introduced Wang to the Chinese officials and Dong gave Tu cash to give to Wang, they said.

2020, Jason Pan, “Supreme Court rejects final spying case appeal”, in Taipei Times:

Military points of interest named in the report include the Taiwanese navy's Haifeng Brigade, an ammunition depot in Cishan, located near the southern city of Kaohsiung, Taiwan's Military Police Command headquarters, and the Army Logistics Training Center.

2022 September 2, Tom O'Connor, “If China Moves to Take Taiwan, Report Sees 3,500 Potential Targets”, in Newsweek, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-09-02, World:

Nansheng Community (南勝社區) in Kaohsiung’s Cishan District (旗山) is one of the few places where there’s been an effort to attract bats, each of which may catch 1,200 mosquitoes per night. Around 70 bat houses were installed across a 1-hectare patch of land, resulting in a noticeable reduction in mosquito numbers, Public Television Service (PTS, 公共電視) reported on July 25, 2019.

2025 June 11, Steven Crook, “Environmental Impact Assessment: My enemy’s enemy: biocontrol in the face of climate change”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2025-06-11, Features, page 12:


Ciaotou

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 橋頭 (Ciáotóu).

Ch’iao-t’ou (alternative)
Chiaotou (alternative)
Qiaotou (alternative Hanyu-Pinyin)

The only Special Station public artwork that was commissioned from a Taiwanese artist, Chu Pang-hsiung, is installed at Ciaotou [Kio-A-Thau] Station, near the location of the now-defunct Ciaotou Sugar Refinery.

2011, Anru Lee, Perng-juh Peter Shyong, “Assessing (multi)culturalism through public art practices”, in T.W. Ngo, Hong-zen Wang, editors, Politics of Difference in Taiwan, Routledge, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 194:

Ciaotou Sugar Factory
(橋頭糖廠, Qiáotóu Tángchǎng) Ciaotou consists of a defunct factory (which you can walk into, and explore the old mechanisms and vats) and an old village that retains most of its early-20th-century flavour.

2014, Robert Kelly, Chung Wah Chow, Taiwan, 9th edition, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 256:

The jurisdiction area of Taiwan Ciaotou District Prosecutors Office includes 26 districts in total.

2017 September 30, “Jurisdiction”, in 臺灣橋頭地方檢察署 [Taiwan Ciaotou District Prosecutors Office], archived from the original on 2019-07-24:

He promised to create a point of contact to attract businesses and investments, open a science park in Ciaotou District (橋頭), connect Kaohsiung and Tainan via a “technological corridor,” and bring in more than NT$600 billion (US$19.4 billion) in economic output.

2018 November 20, Ko Yu-hao, Sherry Hsiao, Jonathan Chin, “Kaohsiung mayoral rivals cross swords in debate”, in Taipei Times, archived from the original on 2018-11-19:

Ciaotou Sugar Refinery was built during Japanese colonial rule period and was the first modern sugar refinery in Taiwan. It was established by the Japanese company Mitsui Corporation, with operations commencing in 1902. At the height of its yearly production it contributed 60,000 metric tons of sugar. Ciaotou became a prosperous industrial area because of it. The once flourishing sugar refinery closed in 1999, yet it will always be an important part Ciaotou 's sweet history.

2018, “Ciaotou Sugar Refinery”, in Hou Ya-ting, transl., Love Kaohsiung, number 6, archived from the original on 2020-10-22:

His suggestion was soon realized when Taiwan Sugar began operating its first ‘newstyle’ sugar factory in Kyōshitō (present-day Ciaotou District, Kaohsiung City: see Map 1), in January 1902.

2019, Mariko Iijima, “Sugar Islands in the Pacific in the Early Twentieth Century: Taiwan as a Protégé of Hawai'i”, in Historische Anthropologie, volume 27, number 3, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 369:

The Ciaotou District Prosecutors Office and Kaohsiung police both responded Tuesday that no relevant information has been received so far from the mayor's office.
. . .
Wang Po-tun (王柏敦), an official with the Ciaotou Prosecutors Office, said that if Han was to file a charge on offences against privacy, he would have to do it personally.

2019 August 20, Chen Chi-fong, Wen Kuei-hsiang, Wang Shu-fen, Ko Lin, “Kaohsiung mayor voices frustration, claims car wired with tracker”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2020-10-22:

Tsai says that 10 years ago, when Kaohsiung County became part of the city, an AmCham Kaohsiung white paper suggested that the government create an industry centered on the long-term care of senior citizens to take advantage of Kaohsiung’s warm climate, lower living costs, and convenient transportation. But the city government has preferred to focus on high-tech industry, such as developing a new science park in the Ciaotou district.

2020 April 22, Louise Watt, “Kaohsiung Seeks a Change of Fortune”, in American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei, archived from the original on 2020-04-28:

An investigation into corruption involving CPC's refinery division was launched after the Ministry of Justice's Agency Against Corruption (AAC) received a tip-off from an anonymous whistleblower, accusing Hsu of taking bribes from businesses.
The AAC reported the case to Kaohsiung City's Ciaotou District Prosecutors Office, which set up a special taskforce to look into Hsu.[...]
At 4 a.m. Thursday, the Taiwan Ciaotou District Court issued an order to detain both Hsu and Liu, with the former held incommunicado.

2022 January 27, Meng-yu Tsai, Tseng yi-ning, Tseng Chih-yi, James Lo, “Department head at state-run CPC detained for corruption”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2022-01-27:

The company began construction on a recycled water plant in Kaohsiung Ciaotou District in 2023, which is expected to supply 35,000 tonnes of water daily to TSMC starting next year.

2025 March 14, Carol Yang, “Continental Development Corporation to launch 5 major housing projects in Taiwan”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2025-03-14, Business:


Sinshih

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Sinshìh.

Hsin-shih (alternative)
Hsinshih (alternative)
Xinshi (alternative Hanyu-Pinyin)

The Sinshih Interchange is situated in the southern outskirts of Sinshih Township, where Fwy No. 8 crosses Hwy No. 1 and the west side of the Cross-island Railway.

2005, Shih-Sheng 邱士生 Chiu, 飛閱台灣新動脈:第二高速公路空中攝影專輯(再版) [New Artery From The Air in Taiwan: Aerial Photography of Second Freeway], →ISBN, →OCLC:

Figure 12.3 is a map of the Tainan metropolitan area, which shows that the HSR station is located in a suburban area to the southeast of the downtown core. The science park (not shown on the map) is located in the middle of the Sinshih Township in the northeast.

2010, David Emanuel Andersson, Oliver F. Shyr, edited by M. Bruna Zolin, Current Issues in Economic Integration: Can Asia Inspire the 'West'?, published 2016, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 234:

Tens of residential buildings settled or tilted due to soil liquefaction in the Annan district, Sinshih district, and Guanmiao district which drew considerable attention of Taiwanese people. The embankment of the Freeway #3 in the Shanhua District was sliding failure because of soil liquefaction.

2017, B. R. Wu, M. W. Huang, S. S. Ke, W. S. Lee, “Mesh-based soil liquefaction analysis for emergency response-case study of the Meinong earthquake in Taiwan”, in 16th World Conference on Earthquake, Santiago, Chile, archived from the original on 2021-05-31, page 6:

The company, which makes electronic devices for the fitness, automotive, boating and other markets, recently received approval for registration of a new plant in Tainan’s Sinshih District, the Taipei Times reports. The plant represents an investment of approximately $324 million and will generate annual production value of more than $1.8 billion, according to the publication. The new facility will hire 1,000 initially and its workforce could increase to more than 7,500, according to information from the Tainan City Economic Development Bureau.

2021 October 4, Brian Kaberline, “Garmin's new Taiwan plant could double production”, in American City Business Journals, archived from the original on 2021-10-04:

Property prices in 10 Taiwan districts where TSMC has factories have surged by over 20% since 2020, with Baoshan Township in Hsinchu and Sinshih District in Tainan leading the growth.[…]
Among the 10 districts hosting TSMC factories, Sinshih in Tainan has seen the most remarkable rise in property prices. The growth of the Tainan Science Park has attracted a significant number of high-income tech workers to Sinshih, leading to a surge in property prices.

2024 October 19, Charlotte Lee, “TSMC factory expansions fuel Taiwan property values”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2024-11-08, Business:


Longci

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 龍崎 (Lóngcí).

Lung-ch'i (alternative)
Lungchi (alternative)
Longqi (alternative Hanyu-Pinyin)

The bamboo forests of Longci produce large amounts of bamboo shoots

2005, 台灣鄉鎮之美 [Taiwan Town and Country], 遠流出版事業股份有現公司, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 148:

The continuous GPS data show that the coseismic deformation in the Longci district (west side of Guanmiao district) had the largest vertical displacement of 100 mm and west horizontal displacement of 50 mm.

2018, Chih-Heng Lu, Chuen-Fa Ni, Chung-Pai Chang, Jiun-Yee Yen, Ray Y. Chuang, “Coherence Difference Analysis of Sentinel-1 SAR Interferogram to Identify Earthquake-Induced Disasters in Urban Areas”, in Remote Sensing, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4:

The firewood consists of bamboo charcoal produced in Tainan's Longci District, while the rice is championship quality from Houbi and Liujia districts.

2019 November 15, Chang Jung-hsiang, Elizabeth Hsu, “Tainan to give top model 12 products as wedding gifts”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2019-11-15:

Yung-Wang Chang, bamboo weaving artisan from Longci, recounts the stories of the once prosperous bamboo weaving industry and how he continues to create and pass on the skills.

2020 February, 美印臺南 [Made in Tainan], number 50, page 01:

The event, which cost the special municipality NT$7 million (US$232,357), was aimed at boosting tourism in the region between Longci and Yanshuei (鹽水) townships over the Lunar New Year and Lantern Festival periods, the city said.

2020 February 10, Wu Chun-feng, Yan Hung-chun, William Hetherington, “Light festival draws 190,000 to Longci in its opening year”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-02-10, Taiwan News, page 2:

Two light festivals taking place in Tainan City’s Longci and Yanshuei districts are making nights in the city more scenic until Feb. 28 next year.

2021 December 27, George Liao, “Two light festivals make nights in Taiwan’s Tainan more scenic”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2021-12-27, Travel & Cuisine:


Lioujiao

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 六腳 (Liòujiǎo).

Liuchiao (alternative)
Liujiao (alternative Hanyu-Pinyin)

Located along the Pozih Creek between Tongshih and Lioujiao, Boat Harbor is a small village in Tongshih Township.

2004, 關懷社區營造: 台灣心故鄉. II [Community Development in Taiwan: Building New Hometowns with Heart], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 40:

Second, a case study with in-deep interview to the old people of "An Young Town" in Lioujiao Township is presented.

2008, 社區發展季刊 [She qu fa zhan ji kan], 中華民國社區發展硏究訓練中心, →OCLC, page 177:

Approximately 11 sites in the Lioujiao Township with (scores less than 2.0) had the worst conditions for habitats (Figure 3e).

2017, Juang Shin-Ruoh et al., “An Expert-Based Assessment Model for Evaluating Habitat Suitability of Pond-Breeding Amphibians”, in Sustainability, volume 9, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 14:

Cheng also wishes to pass on his skills and has taught people how to make tatami at community centers in Lioujiao Township’s (六腳) Wanbei Village (灣北) and Puzi City’s Shuntian Village (順天).

2017 December 13, Cheng Nai-chiang, Sherry Hsiao, “Handmade tatamis a rare Chiayi County craft”, in Taipei Times, archived from the original on 2017-12-12:

The 10th Tai Zi Culture Festival will take place at Suan-Tou Elementary school in Lioujiao Township, Chiayi County from the afternoon of Dec. 8, CNA reported on Sunday (Dec. 1).

2019 December 1, George Liao, “2019 Tai Zi Culture Festival in SW Taiwan to feature colorful subculture on Dec. 8”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2019-12-02:

A rural township in Chiayi County, Taiwan.


Gueiren

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 歸仁 (Gueirén).

Kueijen (alternative)
Kuei-jen (alternative)
Guiren (alternative Hanyu-Pinyin)

All the assessments of Green Buildings depend on the evidences of scientific experiment. Therefore the National Building Performance Laboratory located in Gueiren, Tainan was set up by Architecture and Building Research Institute, Ministry of the Interior for the vernacular scientific experiments and practices of Green Buildings.

2006, 有綠建築真好 [Good to be Green: Green Building Promotion Policy in Taiwan], Taipei: Architecture & Building Research Institute Ministry of the Interior, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 101:

Two died in Tainan's Gueiren District, including a woman who was hit by a fallen^([sic – meaning falling]) water tower.

2016 February 5, Jillian Sederholm, Phil Helsel, “Taiwan Earthquake: More Than 150 Missing After Deadly 6.4-Magnitude Temblor”, in NBC News, archived from the original on 2016-02-07:

In this study, we discuss about rainfall in Gueiren District, one of the satellite towns of Tainan City and a rural-urban fringe of Tainan City. The purpose of this study is mainly to discuss the development and settlement factors and land use in Gueiren District from Japanese colonial period to the present day and the change of lifestyle of residents due to the influence of urban expansion in Gueiren District after World War II.

2017, Chao-Hua (王昭驊) Wang, “臺南市歸仁區的聚落變遷與發展（1895-2016） [The Development of Settlement in Gueiren District, Tainan City(1895-2016)]”, in Bulletin of the Geographical Society of China 中國地理學會會刊, volume 59, →DOI:

The new Cyber Security and Smart Technology R&D building is part of Shalun Smart Green Energy Science City, an industrial park in Gueiren District, Tainan.
“Few people wanted to move for work to Gueiren five years ago, but the hub in the district is expected to become the cradle of Asia’s most advanced cybersecurity technology, featuring innovative startups,” quipped Minister of Science and Technology Wu Tsung-tsong during the new building’s opening ceremony.

2022 January 5, Rebecca Oi, “Taiwan ramps up smart technology initiatives”, in Tech Wire Asia, archived from the original on 2022-01-05:


學甲

→ English: Hsuehchia, Syuejia, Xuejia

/ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/hɔːk̚² kaːp̚³/

/hak̚⁴⁻³² kaʔ³²/

/hak̚²⁴⁻² kaʔ⁵/

/hak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kaʔ³²/

/hak̚⁴⁻³² kaʔ³²/

/hak̚⁴⁻³² kaʔ³²/

/ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/hɔːk̚² kaːp̚³/

/hak̚⁴⁻³² kaʔ³²/

/hak̚²⁴⁻² kaʔ⁵/

/hak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kaʔ³²/

/hak̚⁴⁻³² kaʔ³²/

/hak̚⁴⁻³² kaʔ³²/

Over the past year, almost 30 black-faced spoonbills have remained in Taiwan, instead of returning north. Six of these spoonbills have been living in Cigu’s Tingshan area and the wetland of Syuejia District, Tainan.

24 October 2018, Over 1,000 spoonbills arrive in Tainan for winter, to delight of bird watchers 台南棲地黑面琵鷺突破千隻 親子賞鳥驚呼, Taipei Times Lin Lee-kai, trans.

Qùnián zhìjīn yǒu jiāngjìn sānshí zhī hēi miàn pílù liú zài Táiwān méiyǒu běi fǎn, qízhōng liù zhī yīzhí zài Qīgǔ dǐngshān qīxí chù jí Xuéjiǎ shīdì qīxí, xiǎnshì Qīgǔ dǐngshān shīdì shēngtài fēngfù, shì huánjìng jiàoyù yōuliáng chǎngzhǐ.

去年至今有將近三十隻黑面琵鷺留在台灣沒有北返，其中六隻一直在七股頂山棲息處及學甲濕地棲息，顯示七股頂山濕地生態豐富，是環境教育優良場址。

去年至今有将近三十只黑面琵鹭留在台湾没有北返，其中六只一直在七股顶山栖息处及学甲湿地栖息，显示七股顶山湿地生态丰富，是环境教育优良场址。

(～區) Syuejia, Hsuehchia, Xuejia (a district of Tainan, Taiwan)


Syuejia

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 學甲 (Syuéjiǎ).

Hsuehchia (alternative)
Hsüeh-chia (alternative)
Xuejia (alternative Hanyu-Pinyin)

Performing groups, including stilt walkers and musical bands, draw crowds to one of the most elaborate processions in Taiwan, held in Syuejia 學甲, Tainan County 台南縣, in honor of the tenth century healer, Wu Pen 吳本.

2003, Taiwan Yearbook, Government Information Office, →OCLC, page 598:

Yeh Wang (1826-1889), a master craftsman born in Chiayi, founded the Taiwanese branch of the industry, and though his work is rare these days, you can still see some of his original figures in Ciji Temple in Syuejia near Tainan (see p.333).

2007, Stephen Keeling, Brice Minnigh, “Central Taiwan”, in The Rough Guide to Taiwan (Rough Guides), Penguin, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 287:

The Taiwanese milkfish industry has faced troubles in recent years, and in 2011 a state-owned PRC firm placed an order for the fish from the town of Syuejia (Xuejia) in Tainan County.

2016, Scott L. Kastner, Margaret M. Pearson, “Winning Hearts and Minds?: On the Sources and Efficacy of Economic Engagement Policies in US-China and China-Taiwan Relations”, in Steven E. Lobell, Norrin M Ripsman, editors, The Political Economy of Regional Peacemaking, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 159–160:

Golden Grande, a maker of personal protective equipment — such as masks, protective eyewear, earmuffs and industrial helmets — plans to invest NT$400 million to install smart production lines and advanced manufacturing equipment at its facilities in Tainan’s Syuejia District (學甲), the ministry said.

2022 January 24, Cheng-hui Chen, “Wind energy project to cost NT$3bn”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-01-23, Business, page 12:

After an investigation following Huang’s death on Friday, police officers identified several witnesses and potential suspects in the case, making 10 arrests over 24 hours. The primary suspect evaded police but was found and arrested on Sunday morning in Tainan’s Syuejia District, reported UDN.

2023 December 3, Duncan DeAeth, “Suspect in shooting death of 43-year-old man arrested in south Taiwan”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2023-12-08, Society:

Prosecutors later suspected that Wang, chairman of Ciji Temple in Tainan's Syuejia District, was the mastermind behind the shootings, but the court acquitted him of the charge because of insufficient evidence.

2025 March 14, Hsieh Hsin-en, Ko Lin, “Supreme Court upholds verdicts in 2022 Tainan shooting case”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2025-03-14, Society:


Lioujia

Translingual: Amynthas lioujia

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 六甲 (Liòujiǎ).

Liuchia (alternative)
Liu-chia (alternative)
Liujia (alternative Hanyu-Pinyin)

It then crosses Route 165 again and connects with a 1,500-meter radius reversed curve, passing around Guoyi Village, and proceeds through a set of three elements (composed of radii of 2,000, 2,400 and 3000 meters, respectively) into Lioujia Township.

2005, Shih-Sheng 邱士生 Chiu, 飛閱台灣新動脈:第二高速公路空中攝影專輯(再版) [New Artery From The Air in Taiwan: Aerial Photography of Second Freeway], →ISBN, →OCLC:

Tai-Shang Folk Arts Troupe from Lioujia in Tainan put on a performance in the "bull-fight" format, symbolic of Taiwan's early rural life, where those who acted as the peasants were more than 50 years old.

2006, Chiung-Hui 張瓊慧 Chang, 2006亞太傳統藝術節成果專輯 [The 2006 Asia-Pacific Traditional Arts Festival], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 46:

The research is also to explore and analyze the variation of behavioral intentions through the service quality and personal characteristics of a recent management model. Take a case study of Nan Yoan Garden Resort Farm at Lioujia area, Tainan City. The study uses open-ended questionnaire, purposive sampling and convenience sampling to collect date from visitors at Nan Yoan Garden Resort Farm and does an empirical study.

2011, Chung-Ping (張忠平) Chang, 服務品質、顧客滿意與顧客忠誠關係之研究 ─以南元休閒農場為例 [Relationship Among Service Quality, Customer Satisfaction, and Customer Loyalty ─Nan Yuan Garden Resort Farm as an Example], →DOI:

In August 2006 THSRC invited expressions of interest for the provision of a fleet of five diesel shunters. They are being used at the Zuoying, Wurih and Lioujia depots.

2017, “Taiwan Railway Administration High-Speed Network”, in Railway Technology, archived from the original on 2020-09-20:

The firewood consists of bamboo charcoal produced in Tainan’s Longci District (龍崎), while the rice is of championship quality from the Houbi (後壁) and Lioujia (六甲) districts.

2019 November 16, “Tainan to present 12 dowry gifts to Lin Chi-ling, groom”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-08-09, Taiwan News, page 2:

More moderate earthquakes are likely in Lioujia District in Tainan next week, following a spate of temblors reported in the area on Wednesday, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) said that day.

2020 August 19, Hsiao-han Yu, Lee Hsin-Yin, “More moderate earthquakes expected next week in Tainan: CWB”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2020-08-20:

According to legend, the name of Lioujia originated over three hundred sixty years ago. Near the end of the Ming Dynasty, Chen Yonghua, one of Jheng Cheng-gong’s (Koxinga) chief counselors, was stationed here, and proceeded to cultivate the wastelands and turn them into farmland. The cultivated areas varied in size and hence the names Erjia, Lioujia, and Cijia. Eventually Erjia, Lioujia and Cijia were combined together into one township, and it was renamed Lioujia Township since Lioujia was the central point.

2020 November 6, “History”, in Lioujia District Office, archived from the original on 2022-02-15:

The technology was recognized this year at the US-based R&D 100 Awards, the institute told a news conference at an innovation forum at its Southern Region Campus in Tainan’s Lioujia District (六甲).

2021 December 17, Jonathan Chin, “ITRI touts graphite technology to draw water from the air”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-12-16, Taiwan News, page 2:


柳營

→ English: Liouying, Liuying

/li̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ iŋ³⁵/

/lɐu̯¹³ jɪŋ²¹/

/liu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iã²⁴/

/liu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iã²⁴/

/liu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iã¹³/

/liu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iã²⁴/

/liu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iã²³/

/li̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ iŋ³⁵/

/lɐu̯¹³ jɪŋ²¹/

/liu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iã²⁴/

/liu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iã²⁴/

/liu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iã¹³/

/liu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iã²⁴/

/liu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iã²³/

(～區) Liouying (a district of Tainan, Taiwan)


Yanshuei

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鹽水 (Yánshuěi).

Yen-shui (alternative)
Yenshui (alternative)
Yanshui (alternative Hanyu-Pinyin)

In Yanshuei Township 鹽水鎮, Tainan County, for example, huge numbers of beehive rockets are set off in gratitude to the 3rd century general Guandi 關帝 whose spirit is believed to have protected local people from a[...]

2006, Taiwan Yearbook, Government Information Office, →OCLC, page 314:

In some smaller towns in Taiwan, the Lantern Festival has taken uniquely local forms, including the gentle floating sky lanterns of Pingsin, Taipei County, and the high-intensity beehive rocket displays at Yanshuei in Tainan County.

2009, Taiwan Business Topics, volume 39, American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 65:

January/February Lantern Festival. Nationwide celebration marking the end of the Chinese New Year festivities that varies from area to area but reliably includes fireworks, paper lanterns, lion and dragon dances. It is especially picturesque in Pingsi, where paper lanterns are launched into the sky and in Yanshuei near Chiayi where huge fireworks the size of trucks are part of the fun.

2010, Lesley Reader, Lucy Ridout, First-Time Asia (Rough Guides), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 321:

The Yanshuei Beehive Fireworks Festival in the south of Taiwan is the third largest folk celebration in the world. A parade of palanquins circling the city, setting off thousands of rockets that create a deafening bee-like buzzing sound. This ‘baptism of fireworks’ is supposed to ward off troubles and bring good fortune for the year.

2016, “FESTIVALS YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS!”, in Travel Weekly:

Taiwan’s southwestern city of Tainan has decorated six old streets and alleys in the historic town of Yanshuei with works of art lit at night, to extend the brand benefit of the annual Yuejin Lantern Festival, according to a CNA report on Sunday (Nov. 24).

2019 November 24, George Liao, “Street exhibition lights up old Yanshuei in S. Taiwan”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2021-01-29, Travel & Cuisine:

Like Taiwan’s other old settlements, Yanshuei used to be a walled town. The defensive barrier is long gone, but there’s a reminder of the gates through which humans, horses and bullock carts entered and left in the form of street names.

2022 January 21, Steven Crook, “Highways & Byways: Charming antiquity: Tainan’s Yanshuei District”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-01-20, Features, page 13:

The Yanshuei District, Tainan, is once more in the public limelight because to tales and fantasies about the moon. The post-epidemic period is illuminated by sound and light art.

2023 January 19, Tim Wu, “The Lunar New Year Attractions to See at Once, Lantern Festivals and Markets in Taiwan”, in National Immigration Agency, archived from the original on 2023-05-28:

A century-old, two-day fireworks event kicks off tomorrow in Tainan’s Yanshuei District, drawing thousands of local and international visitors for a unique religious celebration hosted by the Yanshui Wu Temple.

2025 February 10, “Yanshuei Beehive Fireworks Festival Ignites Tainan with Over a Century of Tradition and Spectacular Celebrations”, in Travel And Tour World, archived from the original on 2025-06-13, Taiwan Travel News:


西港

→ English: Hsi-kang, Sigang, Xigang

/ɕi⁵⁵ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sɐi̯⁵⁵ kɔːŋ³⁵/

/sai⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁵³/

/sai⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁵³/

/sai⁴⁴⁻³³ kaŋ⁵³/

/sai⁴⁴⁻³³ kaŋ⁴¹/

/ɕi⁵⁵ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sɐi̯⁵⁵ kɔːŋ³⁵/

/sai⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁵³/

/sai⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁵³/

/sai⁴⁴⁻³³ kaŋ⁵³/

/sai⁴⁴⁻³³ kaŋ⁴¹/

The "kuah hsiunn" (刈香) ceremonies, held by Qingan Temple in Tainan’s Sigang District this year, concluded on Monday with the sending off of the wangye by burning the King Boat.

9 June 2018, Tainan Sigang Qingan Temple: The burning of the King Boat 慶安宮香科醮典 送王船圓滿落幕, Taipei Times, 楊金城, Chang Ho-ming 章厚明, trans.

Táinán Xīgǎng Qìng'ān Gōng jīnnián de yìxiāng huódòng, yú zhōuyī jǔxíng yāzhóu de “sòng wáng” shāowángchuán yíshì, xuāngào jiào diǎn yuánmǎn wánchéng.

台南西港慶安宮今年的刈香活動，於週一舉行壓軸的「送王」燒王船儀式，宣告醮典圓滿完成。

台南西港庆安宫今年的刈香活动，于周一举行压轴的「送王」烧王船仪式，宣告醮典圆满完成。

Sinji Interchange 1998 02 Located at Sinji Village in Anding Township, the Sinji Interchange primarily serves Anding and Sigang townships and the Annan District of Tainan City.

2005, New Artery From The Air in Taiwan: Aerial Photography of Second Freeway 飛閱台灣新動脈:第二高速公路空中攝影專輯(再版), Chiu Shih-Sheng 邱士生, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 261

Xīnjí Jiāoliúdào 87 02 Xīnjí Jiāoliúdào, wèiyú Āndìng Xiāng Xīnjí Cūn, zhǔyào fúwù Āndìng Xiāng, Xīgǎng Xiāng jí Táinán Shì Ānnán Qū.

新吉交流道8702新吉交流道，位於安定鄉新吉村，主要服務安定鄉、西港鄉及台南市安南區。

新吉交流道8702新吉交流道，位于安定乡新吉村，主要服务安定乡、西港乡及台南市安南区。

(～區) Sigang (a district of Tainan, Taiwan)


Nansi

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 楠西 (Nánsi, literally “west of Nanzihsian River”).

Nanhsi (alternative)
Nan-hsi (alternative)
Nanxi (alternative Hanyu-Pinyin)

The vulnerability of Annan, North, West Central, Rende, and Nansi is ranked as secondary high, and the vulnerability of Baihe, Danei, Yujing, and South is intermediate.

2012, Yu-Chen Lin, Tzong-Yeang Lee, Hung-Chih Shih, “Assessment of the Vulnerability and Risk of Climate Change on Water Supply and Demand in Taijiang Area”, in International Journal of Environmental and Ecological Engineering, volume 6, number 7, →DOI, →OCLC, page 400:

Samples from Jhongpu, Fanlu, Nansi and Yuzing show an average tritium concentration of 1.33 TU (Table 4), which is marginally lower than the precipitation of Central Taiwan (1.6 TU)reported by Peng et al. (2007).

2014, S. Sengupta et al., “Spatial variation of groundwater arsenic distribution in the Chianan Plain, SW Taiwan: Role of local hydrogeological factors and geothermal sources”, in Journal of Hydrology, volume 518, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 401:

It's 25km of rolling pitch from the start of the 175 to Nansi.

2014, Robert Kelly, Chung Wah Chow, Taiwan, 9th edition, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 253:

The bold attacks launched by armed insurgents against police stations incurred the wrath of the Japanese authorities and escalated into large-scale conflicts spanning the districts of Nanhua, Nansi, Yujing and Zuozhen.

2015 June 9, “Tapani Incident centennial marked by Tainan City”, in Taiwan Today, archived from the original on 2020-11-11:

The Nansi District was formerly known as the "Jiaba Community", and was one of the early territories of the Taivoan, as well as where the Zou resided. Later, due to the invasion of the Siraya tribe, the community members later migrated out to regions such as Gongguan, Paoziliao (Kaohsiung County), and Daciouyuan. During the time of the Japanese occupation, because of its location at the west of the "Nanzihsian River", it was therefore renamed Nansi ("si" meaning "west"). A village and village hall were established here, under the governance of Sinhua District of Tainan Province. After the war in 1945, it was renamed Nansi Township, and was changed to Nansi District after the merging of Tainan City and County on December 25th, 2010.

2018 August 6, “Brief Introduction of Nansi”, in Nansi District Office, Tainan City, archived from the original on 2022-02-16:

City government data showed that some districts were inundated with more than 600mm of rain over 24 hours, with Nansi District (楠西) receiving 700mm.

2018 August 25, “Floods displace more than 1,000”, in Taipei Times, archived from the original on 2018-08-24:

Department of History student Yun-Pei Lien, who had gone to Nansi Junior High School, admitted that she had previously known nothing about Nansi District.

2019 December 13, “Exhibition of Achievements of [NCKU BOOKS-ONE CITY] Mobile Library”, in National Cheng Kung University, archived from the original on 2020-08-05:

Nineteen of the aftershocks — which were concentrated in Tainan’s Nansi (楠西) and Nanhua (南化) districts — exceeded magnitude 4 on the Richter scale, it said.[…]
The Tainan City Government said that the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation had visited Nansi District and provided breakfast for people who have been displaced by the main earthquake.

2025 January 23, Jake Chung, “More than 70 aftershocks rock Chiayi County and Tainan”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2025-01-23, Front Page, page 1:


Sigang

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 西港 (Sigǎng).

Hsi-kang (alternative)
Hsikang (alternative)
Xigang (alternative Hanyu-Pinyin)

Six symptomatic leaf samples of three different tomato plants from each infected field were collected in Liouying (LY3, 7, and 8) and Sigang (SG9, 13, and 18) townships in Tainan County.

2007 October, F.-J. Jan, S. K. Green, S. L. Shih, L. M. Lee, H. Ito, J. Kimbara, K. Hosoi, W. S. Tsai, “First Report of Tomato yellow leaf curl Thailand virus in Taiwan”, in Plant Disease, volume 91, number 10, American Phytopathological Society, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC:

A questionnaire was conducted to understand the minimum font sizes that the elderly need to see information at bus stops and in transportation information brochures clearly. Sigang Township in Tainan County has been chosen as the study area.

2009, Wan-Hui Chen, Sheng-Hsiung Chang, Wan-I Lin, Kui-Chuan Kao, Szu-Yu Lin, “Design and Evaluation of Bus Information at Bus Stops and Printed Information Brochures for the Elderly”, in Trans. Planning Journal, volume 38, number 4, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-12-14:

Tainan City located in south Taiwan, was the first city in Taiwan to build “an eldercare center”.[...]There are 24,797 people in Sigang District, and the geographically centralized location is good for the elderly living there, and the percentage of population of the elderly there is 18.22% (Ministry of Interior of Taiwan, 2011), which met the standard of an aged society (14%).

2012, Tzu-yu Lin, Seiichi Sakuno, “Successful aging and leisure environment: a comparative study of urban and rural areas in Taiwan”, in Waseda J. Sport Sci, volume 9, →ISSN, archived from the original on 2018-11-03, page 3:

A LAND APPROPRIATION case would be presently unfolding in Tainan, with plans by the city government to expand a highway in Sigang District protested by local residents. Highway expansion plans will destroy not only farmland, but also historic sugar railway originally constructed during the Japanese colonial period to transport sugar from the fields to sugar mills and trees with historic value.

2017, 丘琦欣 [Brian Hioe], “TWO-DAY ARTS FESTIVAL ORGANIZED TO CALL FOR PRESERVATION OF SIGANG FARMLAND IN TAINAN”, in New Bloom, archived from the original on 2020-08-09:

The gifts also include sesame oil from Shanhua (善化) and Sigang (西港) districts, salt from Cigu (七股), Dongcheng soy sauce and Chengkung soy sauce from Sinhua (新化), plum vinegar from Nansi (楠西) and white gourd tea bricks from the West Central District (中西區).
In addition, the gifts include a set of silk bedsheets and pillowcases, which represent a wish for the newlyweds to sleep well at night, dried longans and longan honey produced in Dongshan District (東山) that signify a wish for the birth of a son, Puli-produced lappa and soft rush products from Sigang District (西港), which are to be given to Akira’s parents.

2019, “Tainan to present 12 dowry gifts to Lin Chi-ling, groom”, in Taipei Times, archived from the original on 2020-08-09:

Sigang District is located in southwest Jianan plain, north of the Zengwun River.

2021 May 28, “Geographical location, natural environment, and industry overview”, in Sigang District Office, Tainan City, archived from the original on 2022-02-16:

Some of the trees have suffered prolonged mistreatment. According to the profile of tree no. 150, a Chinese banyan (榕, Ficus microcarpa) just west of Jinsha Elementary School (金砂國小) in Sigang District (西港), it has been repeatedly hacked at so it doesn’t interfere with utility lines.

2022 May 6, Steven Crook, “Highways & Byways: Hugging Tainan’s trees”, in Taipei Times, archived from the original on 2022-05-05:


七股

→ English: Cigu, Qigu

/t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ kuː³⁵/

/t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ kɔ⁵³/

/t͡sʰit̚⁵⁻²⁴ kɔ⁵⁵⁴/

/t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁵ kɔ⁵³/

/t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ kɔ⁵³/

/t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ kɔ⁴¹/

/t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ kuː³⁵/

/t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ kɔ⁵³/

/t͡sʰit̚⁵⁻²⁴ kɔ⁵⁵⁴/

/t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁵ kɔ⁵³/

/t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ kɔ⁵³/

/t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ kɔ⁴¹/

(～區) Cigu (a district of Tainan, Taiwan)


Cigu

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 七股 (Cigǔ).

Ch'i-ku (alternative)
Chiku (alternative)
Qigu (alternative Hanyu-Pinyin)

The proposed route starts at the scenic six-story-high salt hill in Cigu County ^([sic – meaning District]). It then leads to Beimen, a place famous for its vibrant pre-wedding photo-shooting industry, where "churches" and dozens of other romantic landmarks are built for that purpose.

2017, Maggie Hiufu Wong, “A new sex park for Taiwan?”, in CNN:

Although Taiwan is one of the major habitats in the EAAF for migratory birds, especially waterbirds, long-term bird population data and knowledge about population trends are lacking, except for certain flagship species such as the black-faced spoonbill. Therefore, the members of Taiwan Black-faced Spoonbill Conservation Association voluntarily initiated the Long-Term Bird Census in Cigu (LTBCC) project in 2004. The aims of the LTBCC were to monitor the structure and composition of the avian community, as well as to build the population trends of the flagship and the common species to provide the necessary information for decision-making on the management of the Black-faced Spoonbill Refuge in Cigu District, Tainan City, Taiwan.

2019, 吳世鴻 [Shih-Hung Wu], 陳建誠 [Jian-Cheng Chen], “七股地區長期鳥類調查資料集 2004-2017 [Dataset of long-term bird census in Cigu, 2004–2017]”, in 台灣生物多樣性研究 (TW J. of Biodivers.), volume 21, number 1, Endemic Species Research Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-12-20, page 18:

Hsu said the new solar energy facility is planned on the salt flats of Cigu District, which have become a popular site for solar energy developers.

2019, Chang Jung-hsiang, Frances Huang, “Taipower to build nation's largest solar power facility in Tainan”, in Focus Taiwan:

The gifts also include sesame oil from Shanhua (善化) and Sigang (西港) districts, salt from Cigu (七股), Dongcheng soy sauce and Chengkung soy sauce from Sinhua (新化), plum vinegar from Nansi (楠西) and white gourd tea bricks from the West Central District (中西區).

2019 November 16, “Tainan to present 12 dowry gifts to Lin Chi-ling, groom”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-11-15, Taiwan News, page 2:

After nearly two decades of campaigning, political wrangling, and public debate, Taijiang eventually became Taiwan's eighth national park, extending from as far north as the salt pans at Cigu to the southern wetlands at Sicao.

2020, Jessica J. Lee, Two Trees Make a Forest: In Search of My Family's Past Among Taiwan's Mountains and Coasts, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC:

At the end of the contest, all of the contested pigs will be slaughtered and the meat distributed to everyone in attendance as a form of symbolic blessing from Qing Shui Zu Shi Gong. The attendants of this contest in recent years are mostly people from the various Taiwanese clans from the Cigu District 七股.

2020, Joey Yap, Legendary Chinese Festivals, →ISBN:

Taiwan’s largest ground-level solar farm, a 181-megawatt (MW) project in Tainan’s Cigu District (七股), joined the nation’s electricity grid at the end of last month, state-run Taiwan Sugar Co (Taisugar, 台糖) said yesterday.

2021 July 2, Angelica Oung, “Cigu solar farm joins nation’s electricity gird”, in Taipei Times, archived from the original on 2021-07-01:


Liouying

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 柳營 (Liǒuyíng).

Liu-ying (alternative)
Liuying (alternative)

The program, which was originally limited to land in industrial zones developed by the Industrial Development Bureau, will be expanded to include the first phase development area of the Liouying Industrial Park developed by the Tainan[...]

Chi Mei Medical Center, Liouying campus is a 900-bed regional hospital located in southern Taiwan with a 16-bed medical ICU.

2014, Wei-Lun Liu, Hsueh-Wen Liang, Mei-Feng Lee, Hsin-Lan Lin, Yu-Hsiu Lin, Chi-Chung Chen, Ping-Chin Chang, Chih-Cheng Lai, Yin-Ching Chuang, Hung-Jen Tang, “The Impact of Inadequate Terminal Disinfection on an Outbreak of Imipenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in an Intensive Care Unit”, in PLOS One, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-10-01:

The incident took place at a karaoke lounge in Liouying District (柳營) on June 14 last year, with Mei carrying a modified handgun in a backpack, which he used to shoot Liu at close range.

2020 May 6, Jason Pan, “Police detective killer gets life in High Court ruling”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-05-13, Taiwan News, page 3:

The Tainan City Fire Department dispatched five vehicles and 11 personnel to the scene of the accident. Paramedics found Liao slightly injured, and Ho was extracted from his vehicle at around 5:00 pm having lost vital signs.
Both drivers were rushed to Chi Mei Hospital, Liouying. Ho was declared dead shortly after arrival.

2021 October 20, Phillip Charlier, “Man drives wrong way in freeway fast-lane: 1 dead, 1 injured”, in Taiwan English News, archived from the original on 2021-10-20:


新化

→ English: Hsin-hua, Sinhua, Xinhua

/ɕin⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹/

/sɐn⁵⁵ faː³³/

/ɕin⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹/

/sɐn⁵⁵ faː³³/

(～區) Sinhua (a district of Tainan, Taiwan)


Sinhua

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 新化 (Sinhuà).

Hsin-hua (alternative)
Hsinhua (alternative)
Xinhua (alternative Hanyu-Pinyin)

On September 9, when a solitary Japanese patrolman tried to curtail the work of five Taiwanese who were cutting trees from a windbreak (in Anting settlement, Sinhua district), the accused responded "Taiwan is not Japan's land. Why are you stopping us?"

2006, Ping-hui Liao, David Der-wei Wang, Taiwan Under Japanese Colonial Rule, 1895–1945, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page https://books.google.com/books?id=pHlwcjwt7fEC&pg=PT391:

In the morning of October 9, 2005, they organized a BBQ event at Hu-Tou Pei, Sinhua Township, Tainan County, in the name of having a celebration for their political party.

2006, 廉政工作年報, 法務部調查局廉政處, →OCLC, page 291:

If you take a right turn, you can go in the direction of Sinhua, or Tainan. Carrying on in this direction, you can get to Second Southern Freeway or to No. 8 Expressway, going in the east-west direction, which also connects with Sun Yat-sen Freeway.

2018 November 9, “Development Plan for Land Management”, in Mingde Minimum-Security Prison, Agency of Corrections, Ministry of Justice, archived from the original on 2020-12-04:

2019, “Tainan to present 12 dowry gifts to Lin Chi-ling, groom”, in Taipei Times, archived from the original on 2019-11-15:

The 2019 Tainan May Jam will take place at Hutoupi Scenic Area (虎頭埤風景區) in Sinhua (新化), Tainan City from 12 p.m. to 10 p.m. on May 4 – 5, and there will be 30 bands performing in the concert this year, Tainan’s Tourism Bureau said on Tuesday.

2019, George Liao, “2019 Tainan May Jam to take place at Hutoupi in SW Taiwan on May 4 - 5”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2019-05-05:

The current market in Sinhua District has become outdated and cannot meet the increasing trade volume, city government officials said...A fruit and vegetable market in Sinhua District (新化), expected to open in September, is to feature an open structure with a terraced green roof accessible from its eastern corner, where terraces would take shoppers down to the ground level, the Tainan Agriculture Bureau has said....The new market would replace an existing one in Sinhua that has been the city’s largest agricultural trade hub since it integrated four smaller markets in neighboring districts in 2012, bureau officials said.

2021 February 22, “Tainan City Government turning old food market into park-like leisure area”, in Taipei Times, archived from the original on 2021-02-21:

The Sinhua Forest Park is located in the Sinhua District of Tainan, which is close to the downtown area of Tainan with only a 10-min drive.

2021 June 18, Wan-Yu Liu, Yo-Zheng Lin, Chi-Ming Hsieh, “Assessing the Ecological Value of an Urban Forest Park: A Case Study of Sinhua Forest Park in Taiwan”, in Forests, volume 12, number 6, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:


赤山

/ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵/

(～村) Chishan (a village in Wanluan, Pingtung County, Taiwan)


田墘

/tʰi̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/

/t͡sʰɛŋ¹³⁻¹¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋiŋ¹³/

/t͡sʰɛŋ²⁴⁻²¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋiŋ²⁴/

/t͡sʰan²⁴⁻²² kĩ²⁴/

/t͡sʰan²⁴⁻²² kĩ²⁴/

/t͡sʰan¹³⁻²² kĩ¹³/

/t͡sʰan²⁴⁻¹¹ kĩ²⁴/

/t͡sʰan²³⁻³³ kĩ²³/

/tʰi̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/

/t͡sʰɛŋ¹³⁻¹¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋiŋ¹³/

/t͡sʰɛŋ²⁴⁻²¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋiŋ²⁴/

/t͡sʰan²⁴⁻²² kĩ²⁴/

/t͡sʰan²⁴⁻²² kĩ²⁴/

/t͡sʰan¹³⁻²² kĩ¹³/

/t͡sʰan²⁴⁻¹¹ kĩ²⁴/

/t͡sʰan²³⁻³³ kĩ²³/

(～厝) a village in Linbian, Pingtung County, Taiwan


Beigan

Late 20th century, from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 北竿 (Běigān), reinforced by Tongyong Pinyin.
With respect to the township specifically, likely: 2000s, from Mandarin 北竿 (Běigān) Tongyong Pinyin romanization: Běigan, reinforced by Hanyu Pinyin.

Pei-kan (alternative)
Peikan (alternative)

PEIKAN TOWNSHIP
(běigān xiāng) 北竿鄉
Peikan Township consists of three groups of islands, of which Peikan (běigān) is the largest and the only one open to visitors.

[1998, Robert Storey, “Islands of the Taiwan Straits”, in Taiwan (Lonely Planet), 4th edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 318, column 1:

This birding area, located in the southwestern corner of Beigan Township, is the township's flattest and largest stretch of farmland.[…]
This area is in the eastern part of Beigan Township. The several hundred-meter Tanghou Trail connects the two villages of Tangci and Houwo, and along this trail, you can see shorebirds, herons, and egrets.

2005, “Matsu”, in Birdwatching in Taiwan, Taipei: Wild Bird Society of Taipei, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 334, 335:

To provide an experience of Matsu's traditional fishing methods, water activities in Beigan Township were carried out and arrangements were made for tourists to participate in net-pulling, night fishing, and set-net fishing[…]

2006, 觀光年報, Tourism Bureau, →OCLC, page 75:

The Lienchiang County government (which administers Matsu’s 36 islands and islets) estimates that — excluding facilities still in use by Taiwan’s military — some 256 underground fortifications, tunnels, air raid shelters, and other related structures were constructed in Matsu’s four townships: Nangan, Beigan, Juguang, and Dongyin.

2017 February 22, Guy Plopsky, Taiwan’s Cold War Fortresses, The Diplomat, archived from the original on 2017-02-22:

The Ministry of Culture said Tuesday that it has designated four ancient areas of Liang Island in the Matsu archipelago as the Taiwan's 11th national archaeological site. Liang, a 0.35 square kilometer island in the Matsu archipelago off the east coast of China, is part of Beigan Township in Lienchiang County.

2021 June 29, Ching-yu Chao, Evelyn Kao, “Part of Matsu's Liang Island designated national archaeological site”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2021-06-29, Culture:

Liang Island is the northeastern-most island in Beigan Township (北竿), and the site includes four locations known as Daowei I, Daowei II, Daowei III and Daowei IV, the ministry said.

2021 June 30, Sherry Hsiao, “Lienchiang site handed archeological designation”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-06-29, Taiwan News, page 3:

A Matsu website reported Friday (May 20) that two speedboats had recently appeared near Gaodeng Island, part of Matsu’s Beigan Township, with individuals on board wearing helmets and showing no intention of fishing.

2022 May 21, Matthew Strong, “Taiwan coast guard doubts PLA piloted speedboats near outlying island”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2022-05-21, Politics:

For Matsu, Jyuguang Township (莒光) includes two major islands, Dongjyu (東莒) and Sijyu (西莒), as well as smaller islets.
When I was doing education and promotional work across Taiwan in the Young Women’s Working Brigade, I visited Matsu four times, visiting Beigan (北竿), Nangan (南竿) and Dongyin (東引) townships, as well Dongjyu and Sijyu, along with other islands such as Liang (亮島) and Gaodeng (高登), with each tour lasting three months.

2023 March 9, Ling-ling (張玲玲) Chang, “Soldiers should keep complaints off Internet”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-09, Editorials, page 8:

A rural township in Lienchiang County, Taiwan, in the Matsu Islands.

After the incident, the boat sought medical treatment but was rejected by the defense troops firing their guns. Fifteen minutes later, the boat sailed to Mazu's Beigan to moor at (Huaikaicun) pier, and was again fired at by the defense troops.

1994 March 28 [1994 March 18], Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS), quotee, “ARATS Writes SEF on Fishing Boat Shooting Incident”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, numbers 94-059, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 83, column 1:

When the transaction was being carried out on the afternoon of 23 April in the waters between Matzu's Daxiaoqiu and Beigan, the garrisoned troops in Matzu suddenly opened fire at them.

1995 May 2 [1995 April 28], Zhou Xiang (0719 5046), “Matzu Troops Fire at Fishermen, Killing One”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, numbers 95-084, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 88, column 2:

A paved road leads east from the main settlement of Tangci (Tangqi) Village to Tanghoudao Beach, a spit of sand connecting Beigan's two mountainous island sections.

2004, Phil Macdonald, National Geographic Traveler: Taiwan, National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 203:

Flights to the two main islands, Beigan and Nangan, are now regular, though often cancelled by fog.

2013, “The Taiwan Strait Islands”, in Sarah Sweeney, editor, Taiwan (Insight Guides), 5th edition, Apa Publications, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 233, column 1:

“A lot of tourists would cancel their booking because there’s no internet. Nowadays, the internet plays a very large role in people’s lives,” said Chen, who lives in Beigan, one of Matsu’s main residential islands.

2023 March 8, Huizhong Wu, Johnson Lai, “Taiwan suspects Chinese ships cut islands’ internet cables”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-11, Business; republished as Chinese ships cut internet of Taiwan’s outlying islands, AP News, 2023 March 8, archived from the original on 2023-03-08:

An island of Beigan, Lienchiang County, Taiwan, the main island of the township.


Lieyu

From pinyin romanization of Mandarin 烈嶼 (Lièyǔ).

Lieh-yü (alternative)
Liehyu (alternative)

Lieyu Township, encompassing what is known as Lesser Kinmen Island, is not controlled by the People’s Republic of China, nor is the much larger Kinmen Island nearby, even though both sit on the approaches to one of the mainland’s busiest ports.

2016 June 7, Michael Forsythe, “Caught Between China and Taiwan, and Leaning Toward China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2016-06-07, Asia Pacific:

The flag of Taiwan is seen painted on Shihyu Islet in front of Xiamen, a coastal city in China, in Lieyu Township, Kinmen, Taiwan, October 19, 2021.

2022 March 9, Ben Blanchard, Yew Lun Tian, “Taiwan says China is too busy with party congress to raise tensions now”, in Clarence Fernandez, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2022-03-09, World:

A rural township in Kinmen County, Taiwan.

烈嶼 /烈屿

rural township in Kinmen (Quemoy), Taiwan (ROC) named for its main island

Japanese blue jackets, who occuipied the Liehyu Islet "to the west. of the Quemoy Island on October 28, have been withdrawn, but those who landed on the Quemoy Island, numbering more than 1,000, and all belonging to Manchoukuo and Formosan armies, are still there.

[1937 November 10 [1937 November 1], “JAPANESE WARSHIPS OFF AMOY”, in North-China Herald and Supreme Court & Consular Gazette, volume CCV, number 3666, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 211, column 1:

Liehyu Island is another one of those 'Koxinga Slept Here' attractions. Koxinga's Well (guó xìng jǐng) is where the great warrior took a drink, and has since become a favourite pilgrimage spot for Taiwanese tour groups.

[1998, Robert Storey, “Islands of the Taiwan Straits”, in Taiwan (Lonely Planet), 4th edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 317, column 2:

From the pier at Sijhai (Xizhai) Village on Lieyu, you pass through Victory Gate—celebrating Nationalist troop heroics against the mainland Communists—and throuh to the Bada Memorial, which honors local soldiers who died in 1933 fighting in the Sino-Japanese War.

2004, Phil Macdonald, National Geographic Traveler: Taiwan, National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 206:

Cold War-era steel barricades on the shores of Taiwan’s Lieyu Island. The Chinese city of Xiamen is just over three miles away.

According to the report, a total of 20 Vietnamese refugees were shot dead by Taiwanese soldiers from the Army's 158th Division that was responsible for the defense of Kinmen at that time, either immediately after coming ashore on the county's Lieyu Island or later on a boat stranded off the island.

2022 July 29, “Watchdog urges reinvestigation of 1987 killing of Vietnamese refugees”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2022-07-29:

An island of Lieyu, Kinmen County, Taiwan.


Cihtong

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 莿桐 (Cìhtóng).

Tzutung (alternative)
Tz’u-t’ung (alternative)
Citong (alternative Hanyu-Pinyin)

Furthermore, everyone knows that the crops grown at Chou-Shui River are of high quality, like the rice of Siluo Township, watermelons of Erlun Township, garlic of Cihtong Township, flowers of Shijo Township, guava of Shetou Township, and so on.

2010, Rajib Shaw, Danai Thaitakoo, Water Communities, Emerald Books, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 252:

The Ministry of Culture of Executive Yuan today (the 11th) visits Garlic Township - Mayuan community of Cihtong Township in Yunlin County to review the achievement of the community building.

2013, “Garlic township-Mayuan community of Cihtong Township welcomes everyone by showing off “Driving the plow” performance art and to show the results of community building”, in Yunlin County Government:

The developed tray-discharging system was installed in a rice seedling nursery, Cihtong, in Yun-Lin county, Taiwan and connected to the existed transport gantry.

2013, Chiu Yi-Chich et al., “Development of an Automatic Tray-Discharging System for Rice Seedlings”, in Engineering in Agriculture, Environment and Food, volume 6, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 32:

The Yunlin County Government is inviting the public to a flower festival that will be held in Cihtong Township’s (莿桐) 50 hectare flower field — which is roughly the size of 1,145 basketball courts.

2013, Cheng Shu-kai, Jake Chung, “Yunlin welcomes the public with 50 hectares of flowers”, in Taipei Times:

The garlic (Allium sativum) was cultivated in Cihtong Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan and provided by Ajins Biomedical Corporation.

2020 January, Chieh-Hsiu Lee et al., “Exploring epigallocatechin gallate impregnation to inhibit 5-hydroxymethylfurfural formation and the effect on antioxidant ability of black garlic”, in LWT, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC:

From the back of a blue truck, the kind of vehicle that’s as common as chopsticks in rural Taiwan, the man and his friend were dealing in garlic from Cihtong (莿桐), a township a few kilometers north of Douliu. The unwashed bulbs looked as if they’d just been pulled from the ground.

2021 September 3, Steven Crook, “Highways & Byways: Tripping through Douliu”, in Taipei Times, archived from the original on 2021-09-02:

A rural township in Yunlin County, Taiwan.


Sanyi

From the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 三義 (Sānyì).

The airliner was flying at 22,000 feet, bound for the southern port of Kaohiung, when it exploded and crashed near the small town of Sanyi, 94 miles southwest of Taipei.

1981 August 24, “Around the World; One Body Still Missing In Taiwan Air Disaster”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-05-24, Section A, page 5:

Two Boeing experts, Thurman Jones, air accident investigation coordinator and K.H. Hommel, a structural engineer, also arrived at the site of the accident between Yuanli, Tunglo and Shuanhu Villages near Sanyi township in Miaoli county, central Taiwan.

1981 August 30, “Gov't. to find causes of air disaster”, in Free China Weekly, volume XXII, number 34, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 3:

A worker checks a vehicle for radiation at a Nissan warehouse in Sanyi, Miaoli March 31, 2011.

2011 July 27, Helen Massy-Beresford, Chang-Ran Kim, Gilles Guillaume, “Peugeot, Nissan smarting after Japan quake”, in Will Waterman, Chris Wickham, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 2023-08-13, QUARTERLY EARNINGS:

The festival will take place at a campground about 23 kilometers south of Miaoli City in Sanyi Township. Campers can either bring their own tent or rent one for NT$1,300 per night. Cabins are available for rent as well.

2022 May 20, Micah McCartney, “Earthfest returning to Taiwan in July”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2022-05-20, Sports & Entertainment:

A rural township in Miaoli County, Taiwan.


圓山仔

/ĩ²⁴⁻²² suã⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/

/ĩ²⁴⁻²² suã³³ a⁵⁵⁴/

/ĩ¹³⁻²² suã⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/

/ĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ suã⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/

/ĩ²³⁻³³ suã⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹/

/ĩ²⁴⁻²² suã⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/

/ĩ²⁴⁻²² suã³³ a⁵⁵⁴/

/ĩ¹³⁻²² suã⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/

/ĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ suã⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/

/ĩ²³⁻³³ suã⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹/

(Hokkien) Yuanshan (an urban village in Zhongshan district, Taipei, Taiwan)


Puzi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 朴子 (Pǔzǐ).

Young people in the country are welcome to come to Puzi to enjoy the event, Chen said. The Santaizi-inspired Electric Techno Neon Gods originated from Puzi, and has been one of the most distinct elements of religious culture in Chiayi County, he added.

2022 October 19, George Liao, “Tai Zi Culture Festival in Taiwan’s Chiayi caters to youths”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2022-10-20, Travel & Cuisine:

Of those, a receipt for a NT$10 million Special Prize was issued at the PX Mart branch in Chiayi's Puzi City, to a customer who spent NT$339 on a cake, soy milk, and other snacks, the MOF said.

2024 September 25, Tseng Chih-yi, Matthew Mazzetta, “Winning numbers for July-August uniform invoice lottery released”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2024-09-25, Business:

A county-administered city in Chiayi County, Taiwan.


東沙島

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ saː⁵⁵ tou̯³⁵/

/taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sua⁴⁴⁻³³ tɤ⁴¹/

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ saː⁵⁵ tou̯³⁵/

/taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sua⁴⁴⁻³³ tɤ⁴¹/

Republic of China
Republic of China#English

Pratas Island, Tungsha Island (an island among the Pratas Islands in the South China Sea, currently controlled by the Republic of China)


三角湧

/sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sã⁴⁴⁻³³ kak̚³²⁻⁴ iɪŋ⁴¹/

/sã⁴⁴⁻³³ kak̚³²⁻⁴ iɪŋ⁵³/

/sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sã⁴⁴⁻³³ kak̚³²⁻⁴ iɪŋ⁴¹/

/sã⁴⁴⁻³³ kak̚³²⁻⁴ iɪŋ⁵³/

Old name for 三峽／三峡 (Sānxiá, “Sanxia (a district of New Taipei City, Taiwan)”).


貓里

/mɑʊ̯⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ba²³⁻³³ li⁴¹/

/ba²⁴⁻¹¹ li⁵³/

/ba²⁴⁻¹¹ li²⁴/

/ba²³⁻³³ li²³/

/mɑʊ̯⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ba²³⁻³³ li⁴¹/

/ba²⁴⁻¹¹ li⁵³/

/ba²⁴⁻¹¹ li²⁴/

/ba²³⁻³³ li²³/

(historical) a former name of Miaoli, Taiwan


三重埔

/sän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵ pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sã⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ pɔ⁴⁴/

/sã⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɪŋ²³⁻³³ pɔ⁴⁴/

/sän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵ pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sã⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ pɔ⁴⁴/

/sã⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɪŋ²³⁻³³ pɔ⁴⁴/

(dated or Hokkien) (～區, formerly ～市, ～鎮) Sanchong (a district of New Taipei City, Taiwan)


彭佳嶼

/pʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pʰaːŋ²¹ kaːi̯⁵⁵ t͡sɵy̯²²/

/pʰẽ²³⁻³³ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ su³³/

/pʰĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ su³³/

/pʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pʰaːŋ²¹ kaːi̯⁵⁵ t͡sɵy̯²²/

/pʰẽ²³⁻³³ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ su³³/

/pʰĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ su³³/

Pengjia Islet (an island of Zhongzheng district, Keelung, Taiwan)


Lanyu

From Mandarin 蘭嶼 (Lányǔ) Wade–Giles romanization: Lan²-yü³.

Chile's Easter Island and Lanyu Township in Taitung County forged sisterhood relations Friday through the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in Lanyu Friday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Saturday.

2018 August 4, “Easter Island, Lanyu Township forge sisterhood ties: MOFA”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2025-02-01:

Lanyu Township is the only place in Taitung County that hasn't started receiving applications of the financial relief subsidy program, leading to complaints from residents about being second-class citizens.[…]
At present, the only township in the county that hasn't begun processing applications is Lanyu Township, much to the dismay of residents.

2020 May 8, C. Chuang, “Lanyu Township to Begin Accepting Grant Applications After Delay [未受理紓困方案 蘭嶼民眾質疑是二等公民]”, in Public Television Service, archived from the original on 2023-09-14:

未受理紓困方案 蘭嶼民眾質疑是二等公民

A rural township of Taitung County, Taiwan, primarily made up of Orchid Island (Lanyu).


Pengjia

From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 彭佳 (Péngjiā).

Pengchia (alternative)
P'eng-chia (alternative)

At exactly 9:00 a.m. on May 5, 1989, 220 fishermen in nineteen boats sailed out from Su-ao Harbor in I-lan County on Taiwan's east coast; officially, they were going to fish the waters off P'eng-chia, an island seventy nautical miles north of Taiwan.

[1996, Vivian-Lee Nyitray, “The Sea Goddess and the Goddess of Democracy”, in The Annual Review of Women in World Religions, volume IV, State University of New York Press, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, →OL, page 164:

In the QPE study area, we observed initially that there was a high degree of small-scale salinity and temperature features likely associated with the typhoon-enhanced river runoff (Figure 1). In addition, there was substantial cooling in the area (up to 6 degrees C. as measured at Pengjia Island) after the typhoon passed by.

2009, High-Resolution Hydrographic Surveys near the Shelfbreak in the East China Sea: Joint Studies with National Taiwan University as Part of the Quantifying, Predicting, and Exploiting Uncertainty DRI, page 2:

At the noon hour on April 9, President Ma Ying-jeou flew by helicopter to Pengjia Islet, where he unveiled a monument inscribed with an eight-character Chinese phrase meaning "peace in the South China Sea and our national territory secure forever." While there, the president delivered a speech in which he explained the geographic and historical relationship between the Diaoyutai Islands and Taiwan's "three northern islets" (Pengjia Islet, Mianhua Islet, and Huaping Islet), and reiterated the government's firm resolve to pursue regional peace and create "Peace in the Three Seas."

2016 April 9, “President Ma visits Pengjia Islet”, in Office of the President Republic of China (Taiwan), archived from the original on 2021-01-17:

Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou points a map of the "Taiwan-Japan Fisheries Agreement" during a monument unveiling event at Pengjia Islet, the northern most islands controlled by Taiwan, April 9, 2016.

2016 June 13, “Taiwan opposition slams former leader's travel ban to Hong Kong”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 2016-06-14, World:

The Chinese Wild Bird Federation (CWBF) is also conducting a feasibility study on a project to attract Short-tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) to an island in their former range, Pengjia Island, north of Taiwan proper. As there are already populations on the nearby Diaoyutai Islands, the use of decoys and vocalizations are being explored to get the globally threatened species to return to previous breeding colonies. In the 1950's Pengjia Island used to be home to millions of breeding albatross every year.

2018, “ASIA & OCEANIA”, in Luke Einoder, editor, Pacific Seabirds, volume 45, number 2, page 75:

An islet of Zhongzheng district, Keelung, Taiwan.


Suao

To build a railroad between Suao and Hualien is not easy. The distance, only 81 kilometers (49 miles), is not long, but the terrain poses forbiddingly difficult problems.

1973 June 3, “Railroad of Prosperity”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly], volume XIV, number 21, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 2:

The Suao harbor is being built to accommodate industry and commerce in the northeast and to complement Keelung.

1978, Kung-Ping Wang, E. Chin, Mineral Economics and Basic Industries in Asia, Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 310:

Suao has a large harbour with an entrance surrounded by fences and a police checkpoint.

1994 July, Robert Storey, “North Taiwan”, in Taiwan - A Travel Survival Kit, 3rd edition, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 196, column 2:

On to Suao
A quarter-hour south of Ilan lies the international seaport of Suao 17, though by no means on the same scale as Keelung or Kaohsiung. It’s worth a stop for two reasons: its famous cold springs and the nearby fishing port of Nanfang Ao.

2003, Vivien Kim, editor, Taiwan (Insight Guides), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 175:

The port town of Suao in Ilan County is the gateway to the east coast of Taiwan.

2004, Phil Macdonald, National Geographic Traveler: Taiwan, National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 128:

Heavy waves endangered ports at Hualien and Suao, about 70 kilometers (44 miles) to the north, and flooding threatened low-lying areas along the coast.

2005 July 18, “Typhoon Haitang lashes northeastern Taiwan”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-07-19, ASIA PACIFIC:

Tsai boarded the Kee Lung destroyer to supervise as troops practised defending against an attack on the northeastern port of Suao.

2018 April 13, “Taiwan president watches naval drill as China tensions grow”, in France 24, archived from the original on 2020-11-09:

Speaking in the eastern port city of Suao for the launch of the Ta Chiang, the first mass production ship of the Tuo Chiang-class, Tsai said the vessel and the new minelayer would deter attacks and showcased Taiwan's research and development ability.

2020 December 15, Ann Wang, “Taiwan sees role as arms supplier for West as launches new warship”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 2022-04-02:

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, third from right, takes group photo with officers during the commissioning ceremony of the domestically made Ta Jiang warship at the Suao naval base in Yilan county, Taiwan, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021.

2021 September 9, Johnson Lai, “Taiwan’s president commissions domestic-made naval warship”, in AP News, archived from the original on 2021-09-09:

The NHRC conducted onsite inspections of Chienchen and Suao Fishing Harbors and held numerous seminars with industry, government, and academia representatives.

2022 May, “2021 Annual Report of the Control Yuan”, in Control Yuan, →ISBN, archived from the original on 2022-06-29, page 41:

Suao is a strategic port designed to keep Taiwan’s access to maritime supply chains open in times of war, so Koh said it would also be priority targets of the PLA missiles.

2022 May 12, Minnie Chan, “Satellite images ‘suggest China is practising missile strikes on targets in Taiwan and Guam’”, in South China Morning Post, archived from the original on 2022-05-12:

An urban township in Yilan County, Taiwan.


Zuoying

From Mandarin 左營 (Zuǒyíng, literally “left barracks”).

Tsoying (alternative)
Tso-ying (alternative)
Tso Ying (alternative)

In the suburb of Tsoying (zuǒyíng) are two magnificent temples within a 10-minute walk of each other. Both are on the shore of a lake. The Spring Autumn Temple (chūn qiū gé) has a unique design and includes two pagodas that extend into the lake.

[1994 July, Robert Storey, “South-West Taiwan”, in Taiwan - A Travel Survival Kit, 3rd edition, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 241:

In their senior year, Zhang Zewei had been sent back from the military outpost on Jinmen and reassigned to serve in Zuoying, a more comfortable posting in a small town in the south.

2001, He An, “Andante”, in Patricia Sieber, transl., edited by Patricia Sieber, Red is Not the Only Color: Contemporary Chinese Fiction on Love and Sex between Women, Collected Stories, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 178:

In the Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung a category killer may have a store in the northern part of town in the district called Nanzih and the management would name its outlet after the district: Nanzih Store. In this case the problem would be that many target customers living just 7 or 8 minutes away would not shop there, for reasons in large part psychological and first-degree. Because they live in Zuoying district, for example, they will feel that if the store is in another district, it is probably cumbersome to go all the way.

2011, Laurent Sausset, “What Location Means in Asian Markets”, in Shopping Behavior in Asia, Paramount Market Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 72:

During a visit to the navy’s main base in Tsoying, also spelled Zuoying, Tsai oversaw the signing of a memorandum of understanding on the construction of submarines.

2017 March 21, “Taiwan announces plan to build own submarines”, in AP News, archived from the original on 2022-10-08:

Set in Zuoying District, in the northeast of Kaohsiung, the largest city of Taiwan Island lays adjacent to Zuoying Harbor to the west and north of Nanzi District. With approximately 59 Taiwanese Veterans' Villages near Kaohsiung (Chen 2006, p. 1),² 23 find themselves in Zuoying.³

2018, “Cultural Memory in Mainland Immigrants' Settlement of Taiwan: A Case Study of Zuoying Naval Veteran's Villages”, in Dynamics of Community Formation: Developing Identity and Notions of Home, →DOI, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 63:

In a verdict issued Thursday, the High Court said that at the time of the crime, Yang was living in Kaohsiung's Zuoying District and the sole caregiver of 1-year-old and 5-month-old daughters.

2022 October 20, Yi-ning Tseng, Matthew Mazzetta, “Mother receives 7.5 year sentence for death of infant left home alone”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2022-10-20, Society:


Pingxi

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 平溪 (Píngxī).

Pinghsi (alternative)
Pingsi (alternative)

People release sky lanterns to celebrate the traditional Chinese Lantern Festival in Pingxi, Xinbei city, northern Taiwan, January 28, 2012. Believers gathered to release sky lanterns as a form of prayer for good luck and blessings. The tradition of releasing lanterns began during the Ching Dynasty when bands of outlaws frequently raided villages, forcing local residents to seek refuge in the mountains.

2012 January 28, Pichi Huang, Reuters, archived from the original on 2024-02-11:

The annual sky lantern festival in northern Taiwan's Pingxi District was named by the world's largest publisher of travel guides as one of the world's 14 festivals a person must attend in their lifetime.

2013 December 7, “Pingxi sky lantern festival chosen as a 'must-see before death'”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2023-08-21, Society:

In this photo by Chiang Ying-ying, hundreds of people release lanterns into the air in hopes of good fortune and prosperity at the traditional lantern festival during the Lunar New Year in the Pingxi district of New Taipei City, Taiwan. The lantern festival starts 15 days after the Chinese New Year and falls on Feb. 22 this year.

2016 February 22, “Image of Asia: Lanterns released in hopes of good fortune”, in AP News, sourced from Associated Press, archived from the original on 2024-12-06: