Sandimen

Coordinates: 22°43′N 120°39′E / 22.717°N 120.650°E / 22.717; 120.650
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22°43′N 120°39′E / 22.717°N 120.650°E / 22.717; 120.650

Sandimen Township
三地門鄉
Mountain indigenous township
Sandimen Township in Pingtung County
Sandimen Township in Pingtung County
LocationPingtung County, Taiwan Province, Republic of China
Area
 • Total196 km2 (76 sq mi)
Population
 (February 2024)
 • Total7,717
 • Density39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Sandimen Township
Hanyu Pinyin
Shāndìmén
Southern Min
Hokkien POJSoaⁿ-tē-mn̂g

Sandimen Township[1] is a mountain indigenous township in Pingtung County, Taiwan Province, Republic of China. The population of the township consists mainly of the Paiwan people with a substantial Rukai minority.

Names

Ethnic Chinese settlers

Republic of China in 1945, the area became Sandimeng Township (三地盟鄉; Sāndìméng Xiāng) but the name was changed again in 1947 to Sandi Township (Chinese: 三地鄉; pinyin: Sāndì Xiāng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sam-tē-hiong) but the Taiwanese pronunciation of Soaⁿ-tē-mn̂g continued to be commonly used.[4]
In August 1992, the township assumed its current name.

History

During the Japanese era, Sandimen was grouped with modern-day Majia Township and Wutai Township as "Aboriginal Areas" (蕃地), which was governed under Heitō District (屏東郡) of Takao Prefecture. Following the Kuomintang takeover of Taiwan in 1945, Sandimen was assigned to Kaohsiung County and, on 16 August 1950, it became a part of the newly established Pingtung County.

Geography

  • Population: 7,717 people (February 2024)
  • Area: 196.4 square kilometres (75.8 sq mi)

Administrative divisions

The township comprises 10 villages: Anpo, Dalai, Dashe, Dewen, Jingshan, Jingye, Koushe, Mani, Saijia and Sande.

Tourist attractions

References

  1. ^ 臺灣地區鄉鎮市區級以上行政區域名稱中英對照表 Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine Glossary of Names for Administrative Divisions. (in Chinese) Accessed at Taiwan Geographic Names Information System website Archived 2013-08-16 at the Wayback Machine (in English). Ministry of the Interior. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
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  3. ^ "Entry #40016". 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan]. (in Chinese and Hokkien). Ministry of Education, R.O.C. 2011.
  4. ISBN 9789575963149.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
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