Wangan
望安 Wang-an, Wang'an, Pa Chao | |
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Wangan Township · 望安鄉 | |
![]() Wangan Township in Penghu County | |
Coordinates: 23°21′25.4″N 119°30′1.2″E / 23.357056°N 119.500333°E | |
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Rural villages (村) | 9 |
Government | |
• Chief Executive (鄉長) | Peng Ya-Hu (彭亞湖) |
Area | |
• Total | 13.7824 km2 (5.3214 sq mi) |
Population (March 2023)[2] | |
• Total | 5,435 |
• Density | 390/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (National Standard Time) |
Postal code | 882 |
Website | www |
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Traditional Chinese | 望安鄉 | ||||||||||||||||
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Wangan Township[3][4][5][6][7] / Wang-an Township (Chinese: 望安鄉; pinyin: Wàng'ān Xiāng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bāng-oaⁿ-hiong) is a rural township in Penghu County (the Pescadores), Taiwan. It is the second smallest township in Penghu County after Cimei Township. The township is made up of nineteen islands, six of which are inhabited.[1]
The main island is Wangan Island,[8] originally known as Bazhao / Pa Chao (八罩).[9]
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The township is located in the southern sea of Penghu. Islands in the township include:[3][10][11][12]
The northern side of the main island has a higher average elevation than the southern side. It consists of wave-cut platforms along its coastline.
There are nine villages on six of the nineteen islands, four of which are on the main island:[1][14][15]
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Wang-an Airport offers flights to Kaohsiung. There are also ferries to Magong and other nearby islands from Tanmen Harbor.
There are four schools in Wangan, operated by the county government: