Beigan

Beigan Township
北竿鄉
Peikan
Rural Township
Beigan Luoshan Trail
Beigan Luoshan Trail
Beigan Township in Lienchiang County
Beigan Township in Lienchiang County
Coordinates: 26°13′25″N 119°59′21″E / 26.22361°N 119.98917°E / 26.22361; 119.98917
Country Republic of China (Taiwan)
ProvinceFujian (streamlined)
CountyLienchiang County Lienchiang
Rural villages6
Government
 • MayorChen Ju-lan (陳如嵐) (KMT)
Area
[1]
 • Total9.3 km2 (3.6 sq mi)
Population
 (March 2023)[2]
 • Total3,155
 • Density340/km2 (880/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (National Standard Time)
Postal code
210
Area code(0)836
Websiteclient.matsu.idv.tw/tour/beigan-gov/en.htm
Beigan is located in Taiwan
Beigan
Beigan
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Location of Beigan, Lienchiang
Beigan Island (labelled 下竿塘)
Tangqi and Houwo villages from Bishan (Mount Bi)

Beigan Township (Chinese: 北竿鄉; pinyin: Běigān Xiāng; Foochow Romanized: Báe̤k-găng-hiŏng), is an insular rural township in Lienchiang County (the Matsu Islands), Taiwan (ROC).[3] The township is in the East China Sea off the coast of Fujian Province, China near Fuzhou (Foochow). Beigan Island, the main island of the township, is the second largest island in the Matsu Islands. Other smaller islands in the township include Daqiu Island, known for its Formosan sika deer, and Gaodeng Island and Liang Island which are off-limits to the public. The native language many of the inhabitants is Matsu dialect which is one of the statutory languages for public transport announcements in the Matsu Islands.[4]

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  2. ^ 截至106年6月底 馬祖總人口數12716人. Matsu Daily (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 14 July 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2019. 北竿鄉：545戶，2368人，較103年2268人增加94人；男性1314人，女性1048人。
  3. ^ 【馬祖島】. 教育部重編國語辭典修訂本 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 27 August 2019. 字詞 【馬祖島】{...}釋義 島名。位於福建省閩江口東北，屬連江縣。簡稱為「馬祖」。由南竿、北竿、大坵、高登、西引等十九個小島組成，總面積三十四平方公里，控福州對外交通的要衝，扼閩江出入的門戶。{...}
  4. ^ 大眾運輸工具播音語言平等保障法