Sanxing, Yilan

Coordinates: 24°40′26″N 121°39′47″E / 24.67389°N 121.66306°E / 24.67389; 121.66306

Sanxing Township 三星鄉 Sansei
Rural township
Fields of spring onion in Sanxing Township
Sanxing Township in Yilan County
Location	Yilan County, Taiwan
Area
• Total	144.22 km2 (55.68 sq mi)
Population  (2014)
• Total	21,503
• Density	150/km2 (390/sq mi)
Website	www.sanshing.gov.tw (in Chinese)

The restored station of the decommissioned Luodong Forest Railway in Sanxing Township

Yuzun Temple

Sanxing Township (Chinese: 三星鄉; Hanyu Pinyin: Sānxīng Xiāng; Tongyong Pinyin: Sansing Siang; Wade–Giles: San¹-hsing¹ Hsiang¹), also spelled Sanshing Township, is a rural township in the western part of Yilan County, Taiwan.

Geography[]

It has an area of 144.22 km² and estimate population of 21, 503 people as of 2014.

Administrative divisions[]

The township comprises 18 villages: Dayi, Dayin, Dazhou, Gongzhao, Guilin, Hangjian, Jiqing, Renhe, Shangwu, Shuangxian, Tianfu, Tianshan, Wande, Wanfu, Weiqian, Yide, Yuanshan and Yuemei.

Education[]

Tourist attractions[]

• Changpi Lake
• Spring Onion Culture Museum^[1]
• Sanxing Ganquan Temple

Transportation[]

• Highway 7
• County Road 196

Notable natives[]

• Chen Chu, Mayor of Kaohsiung City (2006–2018)
• John Deng, Minister of Economic Affairs (2014-2016)

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sansing Township, Yilan.

• Official website (in Chinese)

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