Yanpu

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

Yanpu Township 鹽埔鄉
Rural township
Yanpu Township in Pingtung County
Location	Pingtung County, Taiwan
Area
• Total	64 km^2 (25 sq mi)
Population  (February 2024)
• Total	23,878
• Density	370/km^2 (970/sq mi)

Yanpu Township
Traditional Chinese	鹽埔鄉
Hanyu Pinyin	Yánpǔ Xiāng
Wade–Giles	Yen^2-p'u^3 Hsiang^1
Pha̍k-fa-sṳ	Yâm-phû-hiông
Hokkien POJ	Iâm-po͘-hiong

Geography

 

Map including Yanpu (labeled as Empo) (1944)

 

Map including Yanpu (labeled as Yen-pu (Empo) 塩埔) (1951)

• Population: 23,878 (February 2024)
• Area: 64.35 square kilometres (24.85 sq mi)

Administrative divisions

The township comprises 12 villages: Gaolang, Jiuai, Luoyang, Pengcuo, Shirong, Xiner, Xinwei, Yanbei, Yannan, Yanzhong, Yonglong and Zhenxing.

Education

• Tajen University

References

1. 臺灣地區鄉鎮市區級以上行政區域名稱中英對照表 Glossary of Names for Administrative Divisions. (in Chinese) Accessed at Taiwan Geographic Names Information System website (in English). Ministry of the Interior. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2015.

External links

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yanpu Township, Pingtung.

• Yenpu Township Office website (in Chinese)
•   Geographic data related to Yanpu at OpenStreetMap  

22°45′16″N 120°34′21″E / 22.7544°N 120.5724°E / 22.7544; 120.5724