Wangan, Penghu

Wangan
望安
Wang-an, Wang'an, Pa Chao
Wangan Township · 望安鄉
Official logo of Wangan
Wangan Township in Penghu County
Wangan Township in Penghu County
Wangan is located in Taiwan
Wangan
Wangan
Location in the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Coordinates: 23°21′25.4″N 119°30′1.2″E / 23.357056°N 119.500333°E / 23.357056; 119.500333
Country Republic of China (Taiwan)
CountyPenghu County Penghu
Rural villages ()9
Government
 • Chief Executive (鄉長)Peng Ya-Hu (彭亞湖)
Area
 • Total13.7824 km2 (5.3214 sq mi)
Population
 (March 2023)[2]
 • Total5,435
 • Density390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (National Standard Time)
Postal code
882
Websitewww.wangan.gov.tw/en (in English)
Wangan Township
Traditional Chinese望安鄉
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWàng-an Xiang
Bopomofoㄨㄤˋ   ㄢ   ㄒㄧㄤ
IPA[wâŋ.án ɕiáŋ]
Southern Min
Hokkien POJBāng-oaⁿ-hiong
Tâi-lôBāng-uann-hiong

Wangan Township[3][4][5][6][7] / Wang-an Township (Chinese: 望安; pinyin: Wàng'ān Xiāng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bāng-oaⁿ-hiong) is a rural township in Penghu County (the Pescadores), Taiwan. It is the second smallest township in Penghu County after Cimei Township. The township is made up of nineteen islands, six of which are inhabited.[1]

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  2. ^ 最新人口統計. 西嶼鄉戶政事務所 Xiyu Township Household Registration Office, Penghu County (in Chinese (Taiwan)). November 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2019. 2017年11月 各里人口數、戶數統計 村里 鄰數 戶數 男 女 人口總數{...}總計 128 2025 2801 2387 5188
  3. ^ "PENGHU From island to island" (PDF). Penghu County Government. 2010s. p. 2. Retrieved 31 October 2019. Hua Islet Mau Islet Cau Islet Nan Yun Wangan Township Manashan [sic] Islet Jiangjyunnao [sic] Islet Chunanfanyu [sic] Reef Toujin Tiejhan [sic] West Islet East Islet Siji Islet Chutou Islet
  4. ^ "Wangan Introduction". Wangan Township Office-Penghu County. Retrieved 31 October 2019. Makung Airport has flights to Taipei, Taichung, Chiayi, Kaohsiung, and the offshore islands of Wangan and Chimei.{...}Dongan Vil., Wangan Township, Penghu County 882, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
  5. ^ Kuo Hsing-i; Chi Jo-yao (25 July 2018). "Penghu's 5th desalination plant to operate by the end of the year". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 31 October 2019. The other two desalination plants in Penghu are in Wangan Township (望安鄉) and Siyu Township (西嶼鄉).
  6. ^ Chia-Chi Wu; Huei-Min Tsai (April 2016). "Capacity building for tourism development in a nested social–ecological system—A case study of the South Penghu Archipelago Marine National Park, Taiwan". Ocean & Coastal Management. 123: 66–73. doi:10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2016.02.001. Four main islands—Xiyuping, Dongyuping, Xiji, and Dongji—and many small islets and wave-swept rocks are present in this region, which is part of the Wangan Township of Penghu County
  7. ^ 1.7-鄉鎮市區戶口數 [Population for Township and District]. Ministry of the Interior. August 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020. 望安鄉 Wangan Township 13.7824 2,076 5,349 2,902 2,447 118.59 2.58 388