Sanxing

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Sanxing Township in Yilan County

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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.

Name

Its name means "three stars" and is the same characters as used (when using hanja) to write the name of the company Samsung.

Geography

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

Administrative divisions

Yuanshan Village, Tianshan Village, Tianfu Village, Wande Village, Guilin Village, Wanfu Village, Shuangxian Village, Renhe Village, Yide Village, Jiqing Village, Yuemei Village, Gongzhao Village, Hangjian Village, Dayin Village, Dayi Village, Shangwu Village, Dazhou Village, Weiqian Village.

Education

• St. Mary's Medicine Nursing and Management College

Tourist attractions

• Changpi Lake
• Spring Onion Culture Museum
• 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

See also

• Yilan County, Taiwan

External links

Sanshing Township Office (Chinese)