Nangan, Lienchiang

Nangan
南竿鄉 (Chinese)
Nankan
Nangan Township
Fuxing Village in Nangan Township
Fuxing Village in Nangan Township
Nangan Township in Lienchiang County
Nangan Township in Lienchiang County
Nangan is located in Taiwan
Nangan
Nangan
Location in the Republic of China
Coordinates: 26°09′N 119°56′E / 26.150°N 119.933°E / 26.150; 119.933
Country Republic of China (Taiwan)
ProvinceFujian
CountyLienchiang
Rural villages9
Government
 • MayorChen Chen-ko (陳振國) (KMT)
Area
 • Total
10.64 km2 (4.11 sq mi)
Population
 (March 2023)[2]
 • Total
7,815
 • Density730/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Postal code
209
Area code(0)836
Websitehttp://www.nankan.gov.tw/
Nangan, Lienchiang
Traditional Chinese南竿鄉
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinNángān Xiāng
Wade–GilesNan²-kan¹ Hsiang¹
Tongyong PinyinNángan Siang
Hakka
RomanizationNàm-kôn-hiông
Southern Min
Hokkien POJLâm-kan-hiong
Eastern Min
Fuzhou BUCNàng-găng-hiŏng
Nangan Island in the East China Sea (labelled as MA-TSU (ISLAND) 馬祖) (1954)

Nangan Township (Chinese: 南竿) is a rural township in the Matsu Islands and the county seat of Lienchiang County, Fujian.[3]

There is an airport in Nangan. The highest point is Yuntai Mountain, at 248 m (814 ft) above sea level.

  1. ^ 本鄉簡介. Nangan Township Administration, Matsu (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 8 September 2019. 本鄉(南竿)為馬祖列島第一大島,舊稱「南竿塘」,面積10.64平方公里,實際居住島上的居民約四、五千人。
  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 8 September 2019. 南竿鄉:1607戶,7442人,較103年7288人增加154人;男性4175人、女性3267人。
  3. ^ "Nangan – Matsu National Scenic Area". Matsu-nsa.gov.tw. 2012-08-13. Retrieved 2014-04-23.