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Toucheng

Coordinates: 24°51′N 121°49′E / 24.850°N 121.817°E / 24.850; 121.817
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Toucheng Township
頭あたま城じょう鎮
Tōi
Urban township
Harbor in Toucheng Township
Harbor in Toucheng Township
Toucheng Township in Yilan County
Toucheng Township in Yilan County
CountryRepublic of China
CountyYilan
Urban villages (里さと)25
Government
 • Mayor (鎮長)Tsao Qian-shun (曹乾舜しゅん)
Area
 • Total100.89 km2 (38.95 sq mi)
Population
 (September 2023)
 • Total28,334
 • Density280/km2 (730/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (National Standard Time)
Postal code
261
Websitetoucheng.e-land.gov.tw Edit this at Wikidata (in Chinese)
Toucheng Township Office

Toucheng Township (Chinese: 頭あたま城じょう鎮; pinyin: tóu chéng zhèn[1]; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thâu-siâⁿ-tìn) is an urban township in Yilan County, Taiwan. The township includes Guishan Island and Guiluan Island in the Philippine Sea. The Senkaku Islands, known in Mandarin as the Diaoyu Islands, are claimed as part of the township.[2][3]

History

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Map of Toucheng (labeled as Tōi) and surrounding area (1944)

Toucheng was formerly called Thau-ui (Chinese: 頭あたま圍かこえ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thâu-uî). Toucheng Township (頭あたま城じょう鄉きょう) was established on 9 September 1946. Toucheng Township was upgraded to an urban township (頭あたま城じょう鎮) on 1 January 1948.[4]

Geography

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Map including Toucheng (labeled as T’ou-wei (Tōi) 頭あたま圍かこえ) (1954)
  • Area: 100.89 km2 (39 sq. mi.)
  • Population: 28,334 people (September 2023)

Administrative divisions

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Toucheng includes twenty-five urban villages:[5]

  • Shicheng/Shihcheng[6] (Shih-ch'eng-tzu, Sekijōshi; 石城せきじょう里さと), Dali (Ta-li-chien, Dairikan; 大里おおさと里さと, 大里おおさと簡), Guishan (Kuei-shan, Kīzan; 龜山かめやま里さと), Daxi (Ta-ch'i, Taikei; 大溪おおたに里さと), Hexing (Ho-hsing, Gōkō; 合ごう興きょう里さと), Gengxin (更新こうしん里さと), Waiao (Wai-ao, Gaiō; 外そと澳里), Gangkou (Chiang-k'ou, Kōkō; 港口こうこう里さと), Wuying (武たけ營里), Dakeng (大だい坑あな里さと), Chengtung (城東じょうとう里さと), Chengbei (城北しろきた里さと), Chengxi (城西じょうさい里さと), Chengnan (城じょう南里なんり), Zhuan (竹安たけやす里さと), Xinjian (新建しんたけ里さと), Baya (拔雅里さと), Fucheng (福成ふくなり里さと), Jinmian (Hsiao-chin-mien, Shō-kimmen; 金かね面めん里さと, 小金こがね面めん), Jinying (金きむ盈みつる里さと), Dingpu (頂いただき埔里), Xiapu (下しも埔里), Zhonglun (Chung-lun, Chūron; 中ちゅう崙里) and Ercheng (二に城しろ里さと) Village.

Education

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Infrastructure

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Submarine communication cables

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Toucheng is one of the two cable landing points of Taiwan island (the other one is Fangshan). Four submarine communication cables, including APCN, APCN2, RNAL, and SEA-ME-WE 3, connect here.

Tourist attractions

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Aerial panorama of Wushigang Harbour, including Lanyang Museum

The township has several fresh seafood restaurants and also black sand beach for surfing activities.

Several boat operators offer trips from the Wushish Harbor to Guishan Island and also for whale and dolphin watching.

The Juh-an River Bird sanctuary is another attraction of Toucheng.

Once the economic center of the area, the Ho-Ping street in Toucheng is one of the few unaltered and typical Qing dynasty Taiwanese urban structures.

View from Caoling Historic Trail
View of Guishan Island

Transportation

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Toucheng Station

Toucheng is served by the Yilan Line of Taiwan Railway Administration on Dali Station, Daxi Station, Dingpu Station, Guishan Station, Sicheng Station, Toucheng Station and Wai-ao Station. Toucheng has more rail stations (three) than any other townships in Taiwan. There are seven stations along the route.

The township has recently seen a marked increase in tourism due to the opening of the Freeway 5 linking it with western Taipei. The freeway consists of a series of tunnels dug through the Snow Mountains, the longest of which measures 12.7 km (7.9 mi). The distance between western Taipei and Toucheng is now 30 km (19 mi) and takes roughly thirty minutes of driving, compared to several hours in the past.

Wushi Harbor is located in the township.

Notable natives

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ 教育きょういく部ぶ重じゅう編へん國語こくご辭典じてん修訂しゅうてい本ほん (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 19 October 2019. 字じ詞し 【頭あたま城じょう鎮】 注ちゅう音おと ㄊㄡˊ ㄔㄥˊ ㄓㄣˋ 漢語かんご拼音 tóu chéng zhèn
  2. ^ 宜むべ蘭あららぎ縣けん土地とち段名だんみょう代だい碼表 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Department of Land Administration. 31 October 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2019. 地ち政せい事務所じむしょ名稱めいしょう(代だい碼) 宜むべ蘭らん(GB) 鄉さと鎮市區く名稱めいしょう(代だい碼) 頭あたま城じょう鎮(02){...}段だん 小しょう段だん 代だい碼 備註{...}釣魚台ちょうぎょだい 0568 赤尾嶼せきびしょ 0569 黃尾嶼こうびしょ 0570 北小島きたこじま 0571{...}南小島みなみこじま 0572
  3. ^ 地理ちり位置いち圖ず. 宜むべ蘭あららぎ縣けん頭あたま城じょう鎮公所しょ Toucheng Township Office (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 19 October 2019. 另轄兩りょう小島こじま（龜山かめやま島とう及龜卵たまご嶼）及一群島ぐんとう（釣魚臺ちょうぎょだい列れつ嶼）。
  4. ^ 沿革えんかく. 宜むべ蘭あららぎ縣けん頭あたま城じょう鎮公所しょ Toucheng Township Office (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 19 October 2019. 民みん國こく卅四よん年ねん(1945)臺北たいぺい縣けん下か共ども設しつらえ九きゅう區く，原はら宜むべ蘭あららぎ郡ぐん改あらため為ため宜よろし蘭あららぎ區く，本ほん鎮所轄しょかつ隨ずい之の改あらため為ため臺北たいぺい縣けん宜むべ蘭あららぎ區く頭あたま圍かこえ鄉きょう，管轄かんかつ範圍はんい仍如日び據よりどころ時代じだい之の頭あたま圍かこえ庄しょう；三さん十じゅう五年九月九日易名為頭城鄉，三さん十じゅう七なな年ねん元もと月がつ一いち日にち，升ます格かく為ため頭あたま城じょう鎮迄今いま。
  5. ^ 行政ぎょうせい區域くいき圖ず. 宜むべ蘭あららぎ縣けん頭あたま城じょう鎮公所しょ Toucheng Township Office (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Train". Northeast and Yilan Coast National Scenic Area Tourist Information Website. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019. Station Address{...}Shihcheng No. 230, Sec. 7, Binhai Rd., Shihcheng Village, Toucheng Township, Yilan County
  7. ^ "Window on Yilan". svr2.ilccb.gov.tw. Archived from the original on 24 October 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
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