Toucheng
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Toucheng 頭 城鎮 |
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 Toucheng city center |
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 Republic of China (Taiwan)
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| County : | Yilan | ||
| Coordinates : | 24 ° 51 ′ N , 121 ° 49 ′ E | ||
| Area : | 100.8930 km² | ||
| Residents : | 29,187 (July 2018) | ||
| Population density : | 289 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Time zone : | UTC + 8 (Chungyuan time) | ||
| Telephone code : | (+886) (0) 3 | ||
| Postal code : | 261 | ||
| ISO 3166-2 : | TW-ILA | ||
| Community type : | City municipality ( 鎮 , Zhèn ) | ||
| Structure : | 24 districts ( 里 ) | ||
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Toucheng ( Chinese 頭 城鎮 , Pinyin Tóuchéng Zhèn ) is a township ( 鎮 , Zhèn ) on the Pacific in the district of Yilan in the northeast of the Republic of China in Taiwan .
The township on National Road 5 is home to one of the two main submarine cable landing points in Taiwan (the other is in Fangshan on the southern tip of Taiwan). The international submarine cables SEA-ME-WE 3 , APCN, FNAL / RNAL and others are connected here.
Toucheng also includes the offshore volcanic island of Guishan Dao ("Turtle Mountain Island "). Formally, the eight Senkaku Islands (in Taiwanese reading: Diaoyutai Islands) claimed by the Republic of China on Taiwan and administered by Japan, 170 kilometers away, belong to the municipality of Toucheng.
Web links
Commons : Toucheng - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ Toucheng Cable Landing Station. submarinecablenetworks, .com, May 13, 2011, accessed November 19, 2017 .
- ^ Submarine Cable Map: Toucheng, Taiwan. submarinecablemap.com, accessed August 11, 2018 .
