Sanxing, Yilan

24°40′26″N 121°39′47″E / 24.67389°N 121.66306°E / 24.67389; 121.66306

Sanxing Township 三星鄉 Sansei
Rural township
Fields of spring onion in Sanxing Township
Sanxing Township in Yilan County
Location	Yilan County, Taiwan
Area
• Total	144.22 km2 (55.68 sq mi)
Population  (September 2023)
• Total	21,239
• Density	150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Website	www.sanshing.gov.tw (in Chinese)

Sanxing Township (Chinese: 三星鄉; Hanyu Pinyin: Sānxīng Xiāng; Tongyong Pinyin: Sansing Siang; Wade–Giles: San¹-hsing¹ Hsiang¹), also spelled Sanshing Township, is a rural township in the western part of Yilan County, Taiwan.

Geography

It has an area of 144.22 km² and estimate population of 21,239 people as of September 2023.

Administrative divisions

The township comprises 18 villages: Dayi, Dayin, Dazhou, Gongzhao, Guilin, Hangjian, Jiqing, Renhe, Shangwu, Shuangxian, Tianfu, Tianshan, Wande, Wanfu, Weiqian, Yide, Yuanshan and Yuemei.

Education

• St. Mary's Medicine Nursing and Management College

Tourist attractions

• Changpi Lake
• Spring Onion Culture Museum^[1]
• Sanxing Ganquan Temple
• Yuzun Temple

Transportation

• Highway 7
• County Road 196

Notable natives

• Chen Chu, Mayor of Kaohsiung City (2006–2018)
• John Deng, Minister of Economic Affairs (2014-2016)

References

External links

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This page was last edited on 31 October 2023, at 14:14