Xiaoliuqiu
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Xiaoliuqiu (Liuqiu) 小琉球 (琉球 鄉) |
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.svg) Location Xiaoliuqius in Pingtung County |
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 Republic of China (Taiwan)
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| County : | Pinging | ||
| Coordinates : | 22 ° 20 ′ N , 120 ° 22 ′ E | ||
| Area : | 6.801 km² | ||
| Residents : | 12,342 (Oct 13, 2017) | ||
| Population density : | 1,815 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Time zone : | UTC + 8 (Chungyuan time) | ||
| Telephone code : | (+886) (0) 8 | ||
| Postal code : | 929 | ||
| ISO 3166-2 : | TW-PIF | ||
| Community type : | Rural community (鄉, Xiāng ) | ||
| Structure : | 8 villages (村, Cun ) | ||
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Xiaoliuqiu ( Chinese 小琉球 , Pinyin Xiǎo Liúqiú , "Little Liuqiu") is a coral island and at the same time under the official name Liuqiu ( 琉球 鄉 , Liúqiú Xiāng ), a municipality in the district of Pingtung in Taiwan ( Republic of China ).
Location and climate
The island is located south of the mouth of the Gaoping River off the coast of Taiwan Island , approximately 8 nautical miles (14.8 km) southwest of Donggang Township and approximately 18 nautical miles (33.3 km) southwest of the city of Kaohsiung . The island covers an area of 6.801 km² and has almost 13,000 residents.
The climate is subtropical and warm and characterized by the monsoons . The rainiest months are May to September 2017.
history
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An older name of the island is Samaji or Lamay . The island was sighted on July 26, 1622 by the Dutch captain Cornelis Reyersen as the first European. A few months later, in October 1622, several sailors from the Dutch ship Goude Leeuw ("Golden Lion") went ashore, but some of them did not return to the ship. It was later revealed that they had been eaten by the islanders who practiced cannibalism . Since then the island has been known under the name Goude Leeuws Eylandt ("Golden Lion Island"). In May 1633, the Dutch colonial administration under Governor Hans Putmans decided, due to the event of 1622, to carry out a punitive expedition to the island and to “devastate and depopulate” it. On November 18, 1633, a small force landed on the island, burned settlements and devastated the island. However, the islanders mostly hid in caves. On April 21, 1636, a second island invasion took place. The islanders were locked in a cave, where they partly died, and partly captured and then deported to the main island of Taiwan. The island was later colonized by Han Chinese from mainland China.
During the Song Dynasty (960 to 1279) and the Yuan Dynasty (1279 to 1368), the island of Taiwan in China was known under the name of Liuqiu . Since the Ming dynasty (1368 to 1644) I only referred this name to the small offshore island, which was also called Xiao Liuqiu ("Little Liuqiu") to distinguish it from the earlier meaning .
Administrative division
Administratively, the island is divided into the following 8 villages (村, Cun ): Benfu (本 福), Zhongfu (中 福), Yufu (漁 福), Dafu (大 福), Shangfu (上 福), Shanfu (杉 福) , Nanfu (南福) and Tianfu (天 福).
| Outline of Xiaoliuqiu |
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Zhongfu
中 福 Yufu
漁 福 Benfu
本 福 Shanfu
杉 福 Shangfu
上 福 Dafu
大 福 Tianfu
天 福 Nanfu
南福 |
economy
Main industries are fishing on the one hand and tourism on the other. There is a fishing port - Dafu - and a port for tourism - Baisha. In earlier times coconut palms were grown in abundance , whereas today mainly sweet potatoes , peanuts , mango trees and, to a lesser extent, papayas , guavas and rose apples are cultivated. The cultivation area is about 140 ha . The former dry rice cultivation has been discontinued since around the 1980s.
There are regular ferry connections between Donggang and Xiaoliuqiu.
Attractions
Many activities are possible on the island: swimming, diving, sailing, hiking, cycling, motorcycling, cave tourism, etc. Several Taoist temple festivals are celebrated on the island .
Biyun temple festival
The vase (花瓶 石), a rock formation on Xiuliuqiu
Sanmin Street in Liuqiu
sunset
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e General Information: History of Liuqiu: Culture: Economy. liuchiu.gov.tw, accessed November 24, 2017 .
- ↑ 月份 屏東 縣 琉球 鄉 各村 鄰 戶數 與 戶籍 動態 登記 統計表 (statistics on Xiaoliuqiu). Pingtung County, October 31, 2017, accessed November 24, 2017 (Chinese).
- ^ Karl Theodor Stöpel: A journey into the interior of the island of Formosa and the first ascent of Niitakayama (Mount Morrison): Christmas 1898 . Companñía Sud-Americana de Billetes de Banco, Buenos Aires 1905 ( online (pdf) ).
- ↑ Chiu Hsin-Hui: The Colonial 'civilizing Process' in Dutch Formosa: 1624 - 1662 . Brill, 2008, ISBN 978-90-04-16507-6 , Chapter 4: Depopulation and Diaspora, pp. 49-64 (English).
- ↑ Scenic Spots. liuchiu.gov.tw, accessed November 24, 2017 .
- ↑ Celebrations: Ying Wang Ceremony in Liuqiu. liuchiu.gov.tw, accessed November 24, 2017 .