Hengchun
Hengchun
恆春 Kōshun | |
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Southern Taiwan | |
Government | |
• Mayor | Lu Yu-tung (盧玉棟) |
Area | |
• Total | 136.7630 km2 (52.8045 sq mi) |
Population (February 2024) | |
• Total | 29,702 |
• Density | 220/km2 (560/sq mi) |
Households | 10568 |
Divisions | 17 villages, 272 neighborhoods |
Postal code | 946 |
Website | www.hengchuen.gov.tw (in Chinese) |
Hengchun | |
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Chinese name | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Héngchūn |
Wade–Giles | Hêng-ch‘un |
Tongyong Pinyin | Héngchun |
Hakka | |
Pha̍k-fa-sṳ | Hèn-chhûn |
Southern Min | |
Hokkien POJ | Hêng-chhun |
Transcriptions | |
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Romanization | Kōshun |
Alternate name: Longkiau | |
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Hanyu Pinyin | Lángqiáo,Lángjiào |
Wade–Giles | Lang-chiao |
Southern Min | |
Hokkien POJ | Lông-kiau |
Transcriptions |
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Hengchun Township is a township located on the southern tip of the Hengchun Peninsula in Pingtung County, Taiwan. It is the southernmost township in Taiwan. Hengchun is also the only urban township in the southern part of Pingtung County. Hengchun has a land area of 136.76 km2 (52.80 sq mi) and has a population of 29,702 as of February 2024.
The city of Hengchun is the entryway to
The 2008 Taiwanese film Cape No. 7, the top-grossing film in Taiwan's film history, features Hengchun.
Names
The area of the modern township was known to the Dutch as Lonkjouw,[1] alternatively spelled Liangkiau,[2] Long-kiau,[3] Longkiau, Loncjou, Lonckjau, Lonckiau, Lonkiauw, Lonckjouw, and Lonckquiouw in early records.[4] The name was borrowed from the Paiwan language of the Paiwan people who lived in the area before the Han Chinese's colonization during 18th century.
The Qing viceroy
History
Early history
The village of Longkiau was the southernmost town that was
Qing dynasty
After the
In response to the 1871
Now aware of the danger of foreign interference and colonization posed by the Qing Empire's refusal to take responsibility for the actions of Taiwan's aborigines, the viceroy of Liangjiang Shen Baozhen toured Taiwan in 1875 in preparation for reform of the island's administration. He ordered attacks against the still restive tribes and began a building program in the southern half of the island which included the fortified lighthouse at Eluanbi. He memorialized on behalf of building a new city in Longkiau (which he gave the more propitious Chinese name "Hengchun") to accommodate and protect foreign sailors. This request was granted: the portion of Fengshan County south of Fangliao's river became the new Hengchun County[9] and its officials fortified a village south of the old Longkiau as their new county seat. The old location continued to be known as Longkiau.[3]
Japanese rule
Under Japanese rule, the town was known as Kōshun. It received a local office (町, chō) in November 1901[10] and became the seat of its own district in Takao Prefecture in 1920. Commercial whaling began in the area from 1913 to 1915, and was revived from 1920 to 1943.[11]
Post-war
The
On December 26, 2006, a
Geography
This section needs additional citations for verification. (July 2021) |
Hengchun is the southernmost administrative division of the island. It is bordered to the northwest by
Climate
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Hengchun is well known for its tropical monsoon climate with warm temperatures year round, as befits its name. It usually has neither a cool winter nor an extremely hot summer, with average monthly mean temperatures ranging between 21 and 28 degrees Celsius. The climate is generally divided into two seasons, the cooler and drier season and the warmer and wetter season. During the cool and dry season from early December to late March of the following year, precipitation are relatively low with temperatures ranging from 18 to 26 degrees Celsius, occasional cold fronts can drop both the day and the night time temperatures by around 2–4 °C, while temperatures during a clear sunny day can reach as high as 28–30 °C. During the warm and wet season temperature range from 24 to 32 degrees Celsius with a relatively abundant rainfall especially from May–October, when Taiwan is affected by the Pacific typhoon season.
Hengchun's spring-like climate is very much dictated by its location surrounded by the ocean, resulting in a noticeably smaller difference between the day and night temperatures than most other townships of Pingtung. Hengchun is usually cooler than other townships in the county during daytime and warmer than others during the night, especially during the winter months, when daily lows usually hovers around 18–20 degrees Celsius at Hengchun and around 15–18 at Pingtung city, while daily highs usually hovers around 24–26 degrees Celsius at the township and 25–28 at Pingtung City. Temperatures dips below 15 degrees Celsius on average once every 3 years, mostly on early mornings of January when Taiwan is affected by a cold front.
The climate is also supportive of
The Hengchun Peninsula experiences strong katabatic winds.[14]
Climate data for Hengchun (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1897–present) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 32.2 (90.0) |
32.4 (90.3) |
34.2 (93.6) |
35.8 (96.4) |
37.1 (98.8) |
36.4 (97.5) |
35.6 (96.1) |
35.3 (95.5) |
36.0 (96.8) |
34.1 (93.4) |
33.8 (92.8) |
32.5 (90.5) |
37.1 (98.8) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 24.4 (75.9) |
25.5 (77.9) |
27.3 (81.1) |
29.5 (85.1) |
31.2 (88.2) |
31.8 (89.2) |
32.1 (89.8) |
31.8 (89.2) |
31.3 (88.3) |
29.7 (85.5) |
27.8 (82.0) |
25.1 (77.2) |
29.0 (84.1) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 21.1 (70.0) |
21.7 (71.1) |
23.3 (73.9) |
25.4 (77.7) |
27.3 (81.1) |
28.4 (83.1) |
28.7 (83.7) |
28.3 (82.9) |
27.8 (82.0) |
26.5 (79.7) |
24.7 (76.5) |
22.2 (72.0) |
25.5 (77.8) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 18.6 (65.5) |
19.0 (66.2) |
20.5 (68.9) |
22.6 (72.7) |
24.5 (76.1) |
25.8 (78.4) |
26.0 (78.8) |
25.6 (78.1) |
25.1 (77.2) |
24.1 (75.4) |
22.5 (72.5) |
20.0 (68.0) |
22.9 (73.1) |
Record low °C (°F) | 8.4 (47.1) |
9.8 (49.6) |
10.4 (50.7) |
14.7 (58.5) |
17.1 (62.8) |
18.6 (65.5) |
19.4 (66.9) |
19.5 (67.1) |
18.7 (65.7) |
16.0 (60.8) |
12.7 (54.9) |
9.5 (49.1) |
8.4 (47.1) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 21.8 (0.86) |
23.2 (0.91) |
16.0 (0.63) |
35.2 (1.39) |
146.6 (5.77) |
350.7 (13.81) |
391.3 (15.41) |
533.4 (21.00) |
320.3 (12.61) |
125.3 (4.93) |
58.3 (2.30) |
29.0 (1.14) |
2,051.1 (80.76) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 5.1 | 5.0 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 9.4 | 15.0 | 15.8 | 17.5 | 13.5 | 8.6 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 106.1 |
Average relative humidity (%)
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70.8 | 72 | 71.8 | 73.4 | 76.1 | 81.1 | 80.5 | 82.2 | 77.7 | 71.4 | 70.5 | 69.2 | 74.7 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 163.7 | 161.3 | 194.3 | 189.8 | 193.1 | 193.2 | 210.3 | 182.1 | 180.1 | 196.3 | 174.6 | 157.7 | 2,196.5 |
Source: Central Weather Bureau[15][16][17][18][19] |
Administrative divisions
The township comprises 17 villages: Chengbei, Chengnan, Chengxi, Daguang, Dehe, Eluan, Jiahu, Kending, Longshui, Nanwan, Renshou, Shanhai, Shanjiao, Shuiquan, Sigou, Tougou and Wangsha.
Education
Vocational High School
Middle School
Elementary Schools
- Hengchun Elementary School 屏東縣恆春鎮恆春國民小學
- Hengchun Elementary School – Nanwan Branch 屏東縣恆春鎮恆春國民小學南灣分校
- Chau Yon Elementary School 屏東縣恆春鎮僑勇國民小學
- Da Guang Elementary School 屏東縣恆春鎮大光國民小學
- Shan Hai Elementary School 屏東縣恆春鎮山海國民小學
- Swey Chuen Elementary School 屏東縣恆春鎮水泉國民小學
- Lung Chuen Elementary School 屏東縣恆春鎮龍泉國民小學
- Da Ping Elementary School 屏東縣恆春鎮大平國民小學
- Kenting Elementary School 屏東縣立墾丁國民小學 Archived 2018-08-25 at the Wayback Machine
Tourist attractions
Hengchun is located within Kenting National Park and is the gateway to the tropical beach resorts and night markets of Kenting, therefore it is one of the most well known tourist towns in Taiwan.
The "
The peak season of tourism in Hengchun usually lasts from April to late October when daytime temperatures are usually hot, while the off season lasts from November to March of the following year, with the exception of the week of the Chinese New Year holiday which usually takes place during late January or February, when large amount of tourist from around the whole country, mostly from Northern Taiwan travels to Hengchun and Kenting for the peninsula's warm weather.
Festivals
Transportation
The township was served by
Notable natives
- Chang Hsiu-ching, singer
- Chu Ting-shun, folk musician
See also
References
Citations
- ^ Andrade, Tonio (2005). "Chapter 1: Taiwan on the Eve of Colonization". How Taiwan Became Chinese: Dutch, Spanish, and Han Colonization in the Seventeenth Century. Columbia University Press. Note 40.
The main villages of Lonkjouw were in the area of present-day Hengchun.
- ^ a b Davidson (1903), p. 23.
- ^ a b Campbell (1896), map.
- OCLC 644323041.
- OCLC 25747241.
- ^ Davidson (1903), p. 118.
- ^ Davidson (1903), p. 118-9.
- ^ Davidson (1903), p. 126.
- ^ Davidson (1903), p. 209.
- ^ Davidson (1903), p. 597.
- ^ a b Han Cheung (26 February 2023). "Taiwan in Time: From whaling to whale watching". Taipei Times. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ 恆春古城 城倒15座[permanent dead link], UDN, Taiwan, 2006-12-27 (in Chinese)
- ^ 2 KILLED IN STRONGEST EARTHQUAKE IN HENGCHUN IN 100 YEARS Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, Central News Agency, Taiwan, 2006-12-27
- ^ Shan, Shelley (21 July 2021). "Sea alert for In-Fa could be issued today, CWB says". www.taipeitimes.com. Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- Central Weather Bureau. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ "氣象站各月份最高氣溫統計" (PDF) (in Chinese). Central Weather Bureau. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ "氣象站各月份最高氣溫統計(續)" (PDF) (in Chinese). Central Weather Bureau. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ "氣象站各月份最低氣溫統計" (PDF) (in Chinese). Central Weather Bureau. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ "氣象站各月份最低氣溫統計(續)" (PDF) (in Chinese). Central Weather Bureau. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ "RICE ART – Taipei Times". www.taipeitimes.com. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
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Bibliography
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External links
- Government website Archived 2017-09-18 at the Wayback Machine