Chaozhou, Pingtung

Chaozhou Township 潮州鎮 Chōshū, Chaojhou, Chaochow
Urban township
Old Chaozhou Town Hall now the Museum of Traditional Theater
Chaozhou Township in Pingtung County
Location	Pingtung County, Taiwan
Area
• Total	42 km2 (16 sq mi)
Population  (July 2018)
• Total	53,969
• Density	1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi)
Website	www.chaujou.gov.tw (in Chinese)

Chaozhou Township^[1] (also spelled Chaojhou; Chinese: 潮州鎮)^[2] 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 square kilometres (16.38 sq mi) and a population of 54,738 people as of 2014.

Administrative divisions[]

Villages in Chaozhou Township: 1 Chaozhou, 2 Tongrong, 3 Xinrong, 4 Xinsheng, 5 Sanhe, 6 Wukui, 7 Penglai, 8 Yongchun, 9 Fuchun, 10 Guanghua, 11 Sangong, 12 Sanxing, 13 Pengcheng, 14 Baye, 15 Guangchun, 16 Xingmei, 17 Shezi, 18 Jiukuai, 19 Lundong, 20 Silin, 21 Sichun

The township comprises 21 villages: Baye, Chaozhou, Fuchun, Guangchun, Guanghua, Jiukuai, Lundong, Pengcheng, Penglai, Sangong, Sanhe, Sanxing, Shezi, Sichun, Silin, Tongrong, Wukui, Xingmei, Xinrong, Xinsheng and Yongchun.

Education[]

Language[]

Many inhabitants speak the Taiwanese Hokkien language. The original Chaozhou language spoken by the inhabitants has now been completely forgotten due to assimilation.^{[citation needed]}

Senior high schools[]

• National Chao-Chou Senior High School
• (日新高級工商職業學校)

Junior high schools[]

• (屏東縣立潮州國民中學)
• (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[]

• Bada Forest Paradise
• Chaolin Temple
• Linhousilin Forest Park
• Museum of Traditional Theater

Notable natives[]

• Ang Lee, film director and screenwriter
• Chen Bao-ji, Minister of Council of Agriculture (2012-2016)

Transportation[]

Chaozhou Station

Railway[]

• Taiwan Railways Administration Pingtung Line
  • Chaozhou Station

Highway[]

• National Freeway 3
• Provincial Highway 88
  • Zhutian System Interchange

References[]

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