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Guanshan, Taitung

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

Guanshan Township
關山鎮
Kanzan
Guanshan Township in Taitung County
LocationTaitung County, Taiwan
Area
 • Total59 km2 (23 sq mi)
Population
 (February 2023)
 • Total8,160
 • Density140/km2 (360/sq mi)

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

History edit

 
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 edit

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 8,160 people (as of February 2023).

Administrative divisions edit

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

Economy edit

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

Tourist attractions edit

 
Old Guanshan Rail Station

Transportation edit

 
Guanshan Station

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

Notable natives edit

References edit

  1. ^ "About Taitung".
  2. ^ "花東縱谷國家風景區". 30 December 2021.

External links edit

  • (in English)

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