Guanshan, Taitung

Coordinates: 23°01′05″N 121°11′38″E / 23.01806°N 121.19389°E / 23.01806; 121.19389

Guanshan Township 關山鎮 Kanzan
Urban township
Guanshan Township in Taitung County
Location	Taitung County, Taiwan
Area
• Total	59 km2 (23 sq mi)
Population  (July 2018)
• Total	8,748
• Density	150/km2 (380/sq mi)

Guanshan Township Office

Guanshan Township (Chinese: 關山鎮; pinyin: Guānshān Zhèn; Wade–Giles: Kuan¹-shan¹ Chen⁴) is an urban township in northern Taitung County, Taiwan.

History[]

Map including Guanshan area (1944)

Map including Guanshan area (1951)

Formerly called Lilong, which is from the Amis word meaning "red worms" and rendered in Hokkien as A-lí-lóng (阿里壟). By 1920, the town was called Kanzan Town under Kanzan District, Taitō Prefecture.

Geography[]

It is located in the Huatung Valley South segment. Beinan River flows through. In the east it is bordered by the Hai'an Range and in the west by the Central Mountain Range. Guanshan has a Tropical Monsoon Climate. Annual rainfall is 2,000 mm with an average temperature of 23.7 degrees Celsius.

Covering an area of 58.735 km², Guanshan has a population of 9,111 people (as of December 2014).

Administrative divisions[]

Guanshan Township consists of 7 villages, namely Chungfu, Fengchuan, Hsinfu, Lilong, Tekao, Tienkuan and Yuemei, and 135 neighborhoods.

Economy[]

Rice fields in Guanshan

Rice is the most important crop in the township due to its relatively flat terrain suitable for paddy field.^[1]

Tourist attractions[]

• Guanshan Bike Trail
• Guanshan Hongshi Trail
• Guanshan Waterfront Park^[2]
• Guanshan Tianho Temple
• Nanshan Temple
• Old Guanshan Rail Station

Transportation[]

Guanshan Station

Guanshan Township is accessible from Guanshan Station and Haiduan Station of the Taiwan Railways.

Notable natives[]

• Donna Chiu, singer
• Kong Jaw-sheng, Chairperson of Financial Supervisory Commission (2004-2006)
• Lo Hsien-che, spy
• Tseng Li-cheng, taekwondo athlete

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Guanshan Township, Taitung.

• Guanshan Township Office, Taitung County (in English)