Chaozhou, Pingtung

Chaozhou Township in Pingtung County

Yanping Road, Chaozhou

Old Chaozhou Town Hall now the Museum of Traditional Theater

Chaozhou Township^[1] (also spelled Chaojhou;^[2] Chinese: 潮州鎮; Hanyu Pinyin: Cháozhōu Zhèn; Tongyong Pinyin: Cháojhou Jhèn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiô-chiu-tìn; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Tshèu-chû-tsṳ́n) is an urban township in western Pingtung County, Taiwan.

Name

Chaozhou is named after Chaozhou, a city in eastern Guangdong, China. According to some historians, settlers from that city landed here in 1724, and thus named this area after their hometown.

Geography

The township is located in the western side of Pingtung County at the Pingtung Plain. It has an area of 42.43 km² and a population of 54,738 people as of 2014.

Administrative divisions

Villages in Chaozhou Township

• Chaozhou Village
• Guanghua Village
• Tongrong Village
• Pengcheng Village
• Sanxing Village
• Sangong Village
• Sanhe Village
• Jiukuai Village
• Xinsheng Village
• Xinrong Village
• Wukui Village
• Penglai Village
• Baye Village
• Yongchun Village
• Fuchun Village
• Guangchun Village
• Xingmei Village
• Shezi Village
• Silin Village
• Sichun Village
• Luntung Village

Education

Language

All inhabitants speak the Taiwanese Hokkien language. The original Chaozhou language spoken by the inhabitants has now been completely forgotten due to assimilation.

Senior high schools

• National Chao-Chou Senior High School (國立潮州高級中學)
• Jih Hsin Insdustrial and Commercial Vocational Senior School (日新高級工商職業學校)

Junior high schools

• Pingtung County Chaozhou Junior High School (屏東縣立潮州國民中學)
• Pingtung Conty Guangchun Junior High School (屏東縣立光春國民中學)

Primary schools

• Chaozhou Primary School (屏東縣潮州鎮潮州國民小學)
• Guangchun Primary School (屏東縣潮州鎮光春國民小學)
• Silin Primary School (屏東縣潮州鎮四林國民小學)
• Chaonan Primary School (屏東縣潮州鎮潮南國民小學)
• Chaodong Primary School (屏東縣潮州鎮潮東國民小學)
• Chaosheng Primary School (屏東縣潮州鎮潮昇國民小學)
• Guanghua Primary School (屏東縣潮州鎮光華國民小學)
• Chaohe Primary School (屏東縣潮州鎮潮和國民小學)

Tourist attractions

• Museum of Traditional Theater

Notable natives

• Chen Bao-ji, Minister of Council of Agriculture (2012-2016)

Transportation

Chaozhou Station

Railway

• Taiwan Railway Administration Pingtung Line
  • Chaozhou Station

Highway

• National Highway No.3
• Provincial Highway No. 88
  • Zhutian System Interchange

See also

• Pingtung County

References

1. 臺灣地區鄉鎮市區級以上行政區域名稱中英對照表 Glossary of Names for Administrative Divisions. (Chinese) Accessed at Taiwan Geographic Names Information System website (English). Ministry of the Interior. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
2. 鄉鎮中英對照

External links

Coordinates: 22°33′N 120°32′E / 22.550°N 120.533°E