Checheng

Coordinates: 22°04′47″N 120°44′45″E / 22.079754°N 120.745727°E / 22.079754; 120.745727

Checheng Township 車城鄉 Chai-cheng
Rural township
Checheng Township in Pingtung County
Location	Pingtung County, Taiwan
Area
• Total	50 km2 (20 sq mi)
Population  (July 2018)
• Total	8,671
• Density	170/km2 (450/sq mi)

Checheng Township Office

Checheng Township^[1] is a rural township in Pingtung County, Taiwan.^[2]

History[]

During the Kingdom of Tungning, it was called "Firewood City" (柴城; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhâ-siâⁿ). During Qing Dynasty rule, it was renamed to the current name, meaning "Car City".

Geography[]

Area: 49.85 square kilometres (19.25 sq mi)
Population: 9,121 (2014)

Administrative divisions[]

The township comprises 11 villages: Baoli, Fuan, Fuxing, Haikou, Houwan, Puqi, Sheliao, Tianzhong, Tongpu, Wenquan and Xinjie.

Education[]

• National Pingtung University

Tourist attractions[]

• Checheng Fu'an Temple
• Kenting National Park
• National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium
• Sichongxi Hot Spring
• Dongyuan Forest Recreation Area and Dongyuan Wet Grassland
• Shihmen Ancient battle Field and Mudan Incident Memorial Park
• Syuhai Grassland Recreation Area
• Hsi Chung River Hot Spring
• HaiKou
• Gourmet: Huang's peeled mung bean desert^{[permanent dead link]}

Notable natives[]

• Pan Men-an, Magistrate of Pingtung County

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Checheng Township, Pingtung County.

• Checheng Township Office, Pingtung County Government (in Chinese)

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