Chaozhou Township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. Accessed at Taiwan Geographic Names Information System website . Ministry of the Interior. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2015. (also spelled Chaojhou, Chaochou; )鄉鎮中英對照 is an urban township in western Pingtung County, Taiwan.
Name Chaozhou is named after Chaozhou, a city in eastern Guangdong, China. According to some historians, settlers from that city landed here in 1724, and thus named this area after their hometown.
Geography The township is located in the western side of Pingtung County at the Pingtung Plain. It has an area of and a population of 53,338 people as of February 2024.
Administrative divisions
The township comprises 21 villages: Baye, Chaozhou, Fuchun, Guangchun, Guanghua, Jiukuai, Lundong, Pengcheng, Penglai, Sangong, Sanhe, Sanxing, Shezi, Sichun, Silin, Tongrong, Wukui, Xingmei, Xinrong, Xinsheng and Yongchun.
Education Language Many inhabitants speak the Taiwanese Hokkien language. The original Chaoshan language spoken by the inhabitants has now been completely forgotten due to assimilation.
Senior high schools National Chao-Chou Senior High School Jih Hsin Insdustrial and Commercial Vocational Senior School ()
Junior high schools Pingtung County Chaozhou Junior High School () Pingtung County Guangchun Junior High School ()
Primary schools Chaozhou Primary School () Guangchun Primary School () Silin Primary School () Chaonan Primary School () Chaodong Primary School () Chaosheng Primary School () Guanghua Primary School () Chaohe Primary School ()
Tourist attractions Bada Forest Paradise Chaolin Temple Linhousilin Forest Park Museum of Traditional Theater
Notable natives Ang Lee, film director and screenwriter Chen Bao-ji, Minister of Council of Agriculture (2012–2016)
Transportation
Railway Taiwan Railway Pingtung Line Chaozhou Station
Highway National Freeway 3 Provincial Highway 88 Zhutian System Interchange
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