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Taitung County is a county in eastern Taiwan
Taiwan

Taiwan is an island in East Asia. "Taiwan" is also commonly used to refer to the country governed by the Republic of China and to the ROC itself, which governs the island of Taiwan, Orchid Island and Green Island, Taiwan in the Pacific Ocean off the Taiwan coast, the Penghu islands in the Taiwan Strait, and Kinmen and the Matsu Islands...
. The name means "Eastern Taiwan". Taitung is officially administered as a county
County (China)

In the context of Political divisions of China, county is the standard English translation of ? . In the People's Republic of China, counties are found in the Political divisions of China#County level of the administrative hierarchy, a level that is known as "county-level" and also contains autonomous counties, county-level cities, Bann...
 of Taiwan Province
Taiwan Province

Taiwan Province is one of the two Administrative divisions of the Republic of China referred to as province of China and governed by the Republic of China....
, Republic of China
Republic of China

The Republic of China , also known as Nationalist China is a country in East Asia that has evolved from a single-party state with full global recognition into a multi-party democratic state with Political status of Taiwan....
.

Due in part to its remote location and isolation by mountains from Taiwan's main population centers, Taitung was the last part of the island to be colonized by Han Chinese
Han Chinese

Han Chinese are an ethnic group native to China and, by most modern definitions, the largest single ethnic group in the Earth.Han Chinese constitute about 92 percent of the population of the People's Republic of China , 98 percent of the population of the Republic of China , 75 percent of the population of Singapore, and about 19 percent...
 immigrants (late 19th century). Throughout the 20th century Taitung remained an economic backwater.






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Taitung County is a county in eastern Taiwan
Taiwan

Taiwan is an island in East Asia. "Taiwan" is also commonly used to refer to the country governed by the Republic of China and to the ROC itself, which governs the island of Taiwan, Orchid Island and Green Island, Taiwan in the Pacific Ocean off the Taiwan coast, the Penghu islands in the Taiwan Strait, and Kinmen and the Matsu Islands...
. The name means "Eastern Taiwan". Taitung is officially administered as a county
County (China)

In the context of Political divisions of China, county is the standard English translation of ? . In the People's Republic of China, counties are found in the Political divisions of China#County level of the administrative hierarchy, a level that is known as "county-level" and also contains autonomous counties, county-level cities, Bann...
 of Taiwan Province
Taiwan Province

Taiwan Province is one of the two Administrative divisions of the Republic of China referred to as province of China and governed by the Republic of China....
, Republic of China
Republic of China

The Republic of China , also known as Nationalist China is a country in East Asia that has evolved from a single-party state with full global recognition into a multi-party democratic state with Political status of Taiwan....
.

Due in part to its remote location and isolation by mountains from Taiwan's main population centers, Taitung was the last part of the island to be colonized by Han Chinese
Han Chinese

Han Chinese are an ethnic group native to China and, by most modern definitions, the largest single ethnic group in the Earth.Han Chinese constitute about 92 percent of the population of the People's Republic of China , 98 percent of the population of the Republic of China , 75 percent of the population of Singapore, and about 19 percent...
 immigrants (late 19th century). Throughout the 20th century Taitung remained an economic backwater. Sparsely populated even today, this isolation may have been a blessing in disguise, as Taitung mostly escaped the urbanization
Urbanization

Urbanization is the physical growth of rural or natural land into urban areas as a result of population im-migration to an existing urban area....
 and pollution
Pollution

Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into an environment that causes instability, disorder, harm or discomfort to the ecosystem i.e. physical systems or living organisms ....
 that have come to plague much of the island's lowland areas.

In addition to the area on Taiwan proper, the county includes two major islands, Green Island
Green Island

Green Island or Greene Island can refer to:...
 and Orchid Island
Orchid Island

Orchid Island is a 45-km? volcanic island off the southeastern coast of Taiwan island and separated from the Batanes of the Philippines by the Bashi Channel of the Luzon Strait....
. Green Island was home to an infamous penal colony used for political prisoner
Political prisoner

A political prisoner is someone held in prison or otherwise detained, perhaps under house arrest, for his or her involvement in Politics....
s during the "White Terror
White Terror

In general, the term White Terror refers to acts of violence carried out by reactionary groups as part of a counterrevolutionary. In particular, during the 20th century, in several countries the term White Terror was applied to acts of violence against real or suspected socialism and communism....
" period of Chinese Nationalist
Kuomintang

The Kuomintang of China , also often translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party, is the founding and the ruling party of the Republic of China ....
 (KMT) rule (from 1947 until the end of martial law
Martial law

Martial law is the system of rules that takes effect when the military takes control of the normal administration of justice.Martial law is sometimes imposed during wars or occupied territory in the absence of any other civil government....
 in 1987). Orchid Island, home of the Tao people
Tao people

The Tao , commonly known by the misnomer Yami , are a Taiwanese aborigine people, native to tiny outlying Orchid Island in Taiwan. The Tao are an Austronesian people people linguistically and culturally closer to the Ivatan people of the Batanes islands in the Philippines than to other aboriginal peoples on the main island of Taiwan....
 (Taiwanese aborigines
Taiwanese aborigines

Taiwanese aborigines is the term commonly applied in reference to the indigenous peoples of Taiwan. Although Taiwanese indigenous groups hold a variety of creation myth, recent research suggests their ancestors may have been living on the islands for approximately 8000 years before major Han Chinese immigration began in the 17th century ....
 closely related to the people of the northern Philippines
Philippines

The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
), has become a major tourist attraction despite the government-operated Taiwan Power Company's controversial use of part of the island as a nuclear waste
Radioactive waste

Radioactive wastes are waste types containing radioactive decay chemical elements that do not have a practical purpose. They are usually the products of nuclear processes, such as nuclear fission....
 dump.

Administration


City

  1. Taitung City
    Taitung City

    Taitung City is the capital of Taitung County, Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. It lies on the southeast coast of Taiwan facing the Pacific Ocean....
    (???)


Townships
Township (Taiwan)

Along with County-controlled city, the Townships of Taiwan are the administrative subdivisions of Republic of China county. Taiwanese townships can be further classified into urban townships and rural townships ....
 


Urban townships
  1. Chenggong Township
    Chenggong, Taitung

    Chenggong is a township in Taitung County, Taiwan. It is coastal town facing Pacific Ocean. Fishery Harbor is just west of downtown....
  2. Guanshan Township
    Guanshan, Taitung

    Guanshan is an urban township in northern Taitung County, Taiwan. It is located in the Hua-dong Zonggu Plain South segment, there's Beinan River flowing through, East as Coast Mountain, West as Central Mountain Range....


Rural townships
  1. Beinan Township
    Beinan, Taitung

    Beinan is a township in Taitung County, Taiwan....
  2. Changbin Township
    Changbin, Taitung

    Changbin is a township in Taitung County, Taiwan....
  3. Chishang Township
    Chihshang, Taitung

    Chihshang is a township in Taitung County, Taiwan....
  4. Daren Township
    Daren, Taitung

    Daren is a township in Taitung County, Taiwan, taken a 306.4454 km2 as part of earth's surface, inhabiting with 3,726 people.Tai 26 line last 5 kilometers also at here branch out from Tai South-Link Highway also Tai 9....
  5. Dawu Township
    Dawu, Taitung

    Dawu is a township in Taitung County, Taiwan....
  6. Donghe Township
  7. Haiduan Township
    Haiduan, Taitung

    Haiduan is a township in Taitung County, Taiwan....
  8. Jinfeng Township
    Jinfong, Taitung

    Jinfong is a township in Taitung County, Taiwan....
  9. Luye Township
    Luye, Taitung

    Luye is a township in Taitung County, Taiwan, Located in Hua-dong Zonggu Plain....
  10. Lüdao Township (Green Island)
  11. Lanyu Township
    Orchid Island

    Orchid Island is a 45-km? volcanic island off the southeastern coast of Taiwan island and separated from the Batanes of the Philippines by the Bashi Channel of the Luzon Strait....
     (Orchid Island)
  12. Taimali Township
    Taimali, Taitung

    Taimali is a township in Taitung County, Taiwan, has a population of ???? in ???? km2 area.Taimali has a on the coastline of the Pacific Ocean....
  13. Yanping Township
    Yanping, Taitung

    Yanping is a township in Taitung County, Taiwan....


Education

  • National Taitung University


Notable natives

  • Yang Chuan-kwang
    Yang Chuan-Kwang

    Yang Chuan-kwang, or C.K. Yang , was an Olympic decathlete from Taiwan.Known as the "Iron Man of Asia," Yang won the gold medal in the decathlon at the 1954 Asian Games....
    (???), 1960 Summer Olympics
    1960 Summer Olympics

    The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Rome, Italy, in 1960....
     decathlon
    Decathlon

    The decathlon is an athletic event consisting of ten track and field events. Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all....
     medalist
  • Tank
    Tank (Taiwanese singer)

    Tank is the stage name of Taiwanese singer-songwriter Lu Ji?n Zhong. Tank currently signed to HIM International Music, which also manages famous singers and groups like S.H.E, Fahrenheit , and Power Station ....
  • A-mei
    A-Mei

    A-mei , also known by her birth name Zhang Huimei or as Chang Hui-mei , is an Taiwanese aborigines Music of Taiwan pop music singer and occasional songwriter....


Travel



Culture

  • National Museum of Prehistory


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