Wandan (Pingtung)
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Wandan 萬 丹 鄉 |
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.svg) Location of Wandan in Pingtung County |
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 Republic of China (Taiwan)
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| County : | Pinging | ||
| Coordinates : | 22 ° 35 ' N , 120 ° 29' E | ||
| Area : | 57.4679 km² | ||
| Residents : | 50,512 (Aug 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 879 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Time zone : | UTC + 8 (Chungyuan time) | ||
| Telephone code : | (+886) (0) 8 | ||
| Postal code : | 913 | ||
| ISO 3166-2 : | TW-PIF | ||
| Community type : | Rural community ( 鄉 , Xiāng ) | ||
| Structure : | 30 villages ( 村 , Cūn ) | ||
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Wandan ( Chinese 萬丹鄉 , Pinyin Wandan Xiang ) is a rural municipality in Pingtung County on Taiwan ( Republic of China ).
location
Wandan is located south of the county capital Pingtung, on the western edge of the Pingtung plain . The western boundary is essentially formed by the Gaoping River. On the western side of the river is the Daliao district of Kaohsiung . It borders the Zhutian community to the east and the Xinyuan and Kanding communities to the south .
history
During the Qing - Empire Wandan was administratively part of the county Fengshan ( 鳳山縣 ). at the time of the Japanese rule (1895-1945) several administrative reforms took place and in 1920 Wandan was reorganized as a 'village' ( Z , Chinese. Zhuāng , Japanese. Shō ). After Taiwan's transition to the Republic of China , Wandan became a district ( 區 , Qū ) of the newly established urban district of Pingtung in 1946 . In October 1950 there was another administrative reform, the city of Pingtung was downsized and lost its district freedom again, but became the district capital of the newly established Pingtung district. The again outsourced district of Wandan was reorganized as a rural community ( 鄉 , Xiāng ).
population
About 10 to 20 percent of the population (depending on the underlying definition) belong to the Hakka ethnic group. At the end of 2018, 192 indigenous people lived in Wandan (about 0.4% of the population).
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Administrative division
Wandan is divided into 30 villages ( 村 , Cūn ):
- Sheshang ( 社 上 村 )
- Shezhong ( 社 中 村 )
- Shepi ( 社 皮 村 )
- Zhuanliao ( 磚 寮村 )
- Shekou ( 社 口 村 )
- Jiaxing ( 加 興村 )
- Guang'an ( 廣安 村 )
- Zhulin ( 竹林村 )
- Wan'an ( 萬 安 村 )
- Wansheng ( 萬 生 村 )
- Wanhui ( 萬 惠 村 )
- Wanhou ( 萬 後 村 )
- Wanquan ( 萬 全村 )
- Siwei ( 四維 村 )
- Shang ( 上 村村 )
- Xiabei ( 厦 北 村 )
- Xianan ( 厦 南村 )
- Tiancuo ( 田 厝村 )
- Lunding ( 崙 頂 村 )
- Hou ( 後 村村 )
- Wannei ( 灣 內 村 )
- Xiangshe ( 香 社 村 )
- Baocuo ( 寶 厝村 )
- Shuiquan ( 水 泉村 )
- Xinzhuang ( 新 庄村 )
- Xinzhong ( 新 鐘村 )
- Shuixian ( 水仙 村 )
- Xingquan ( 興 全村 )
- Xing'an ( 興安 村 )
- Gantang ( 甘棠 村 )
traffic
The provincial expressway 88 runs in an arched course essentially in a west-east direction through Wandan. It is crossed in the south of Wandan by the provincial road 27 running in a north-south direction. The district road 189 runs from northwest to southeast through Wandan. The nearest railway connections are in the neighboring town of Zhutian to the east.
Agriculture and fishing
Wandan is used intensively for agriculture. More than 1000 hectares are used for rice cultivation, which means that Wandan has the largest rice-growing area in Pingtung County. Due to the favorable soil conditions and intensive irrigation, two harvests per year are possible (planting times in January and June). Adzuki beans are grown on around 900 hectares. The beans are mainly used for making sweets. Bitter melons are also a local product and are grown on 30 to 50 hectares. There is also dairy farming.
Tourism, sightseeing
The "mud volcano" on the border with the neighboring community of Xinyuan offers a natural spectacle. This is a hot spring from which methane also escapes. During the eruptions, the gas often ignites spontaneously and burns down with a large flame. The eruption sites change and are sometimes in the Xinyuan area and sometimes in the Wandan area. In the village of Wansheng is the Wanhui Temple ( 萬 惠 宮 , Wànhuì gōng , ), a Mazu temple with a history of more than 200 years. The temple has been rebuilt several times in the course of its history. During the Pacific War , Wandan was bombed by the US air fleet. Several bombs did not explode. According to tradition, the sea goddess Mazu held her protective hand over the place. A sculpture with an empty bomb shell in front of the temple reminds of this. The Wanquan Temple ( 萬泉寺 , Wànquán sì , ) in the village of Baocuo is a Daoist - Buddhist Beidi - and Guanyin temple. from the Qing period.
Wandan night market
Wanhui Temple
Bomb sculpture in front of the temple
Wanquan Temple
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 楊文 山 (Yang Wenshan): 全國 客家 人口 基礎 資料 調查 研究 ("Basic data survey on the national Hakka population") . 2004, ISBN 957-01-9320-4 , Appendix: 鄉鎮 市區 臺灣 客家 人口 數 及 比例 (“Number and Proportion of the Taiwanese Hakka Population in Towns and Cities”) - (Chinese (traditional), online ).
- ↑ 原住民 戶數 及 人數 Households and Persons of Indigenous People. (xls) Taiwan Ministry of the Interior, accessed August 4, 2018 (Chinese, English).
- ↑ 交通 環境 ("traffic environment"). Wandan's website, accessed January 25, 2020 (Traditional Chinese).
- ↑ 農 產 特色 ("Agricultural characteristics"). Wandan's website, accessed January 10, 2020 (Traditional Chinese).
- ^ Keoni Everington: Video shows mud volcano erupt in S. Taiwan. Taiwan News, July 10, 2019, accessed January 25, 2020 .
- ↑ Wandan mud dome in Pingtung County erupts. Taipei Times, December 3, 2011, accessed January 25, 2020 .
- ↑ 萬 丹 泥 火山 ("Mud volcano in Wandan"). Wandan's website, accessed January 30, 2020 (Traditional Chinese).
- ↑ 萬 惠 宮 ("Wanhui Temple"). Wandan's website, accessed January 30, 2020 (Traditional Chinese).
- ↑ 萬 惠 宮 萬 丹 藝術 殿堂 (“Wanhui Temple - a work of art in Wandan”).中華 日報 (China Daily News), July 24, 2015, accessed January 30, 2020 (Chinese (traditional)).
- ↑ 萬泉寺 (“Wanquan Temple”).國家 文化 資產 網 (nchdb.boch.gov.tw, National Database of Cultural Heritage), archived from the original on May 9, 2016 ; accessed on January 30, 2020 (Chinese (traditional)).