Sanxing Township

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

Sanxing Township 三星鄉
Rural township
Sanxing Township in Yilan County
Location	Yilan County, Taiwan
Area
• Total	144.22 km2 (55.68 sq mi)
Population (2014)
• Total	21,503 people

Sanxing Railway Station

Yuzun Temple

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

• Area: 144.22 km²
• Population: 21,503 people (2014)

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]
• Yuzun Temple

Transportation

The nearest train station to reach the township is Erjie Station of the Taiwan Railway Administration, located at Wujie Township.

Notable natives

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

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sansing Township, Yilan.

• Sanshing Township Office (in Chinese)