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Transcriptions. Hengchun Township is a township located on the southern tip of the Hengchun Peninsula in Pingtung County, Taiwan. It is the southernmost township in Taiwan. Hengchun is also the only urban township in the southern part of Pingtung County. Hengchun has a land area of 136.76 km 2 (52.80 sq mi) and has a population of 29,702 as of ...
Hengchun Peninsula（Traditional Chinese：恆春半島） is located in Pingtung County, Taiwan, and is named after Hengchun Township. It is the southernmost part of Taiwan [4] . The Hengchun Peninsula is surrounded by the sea on three sides [5] : the Taiwan Strait to the west [6] , the Bashi Channel to the south [7] , and the Pacific Ocean to ...
Hengchun Old City Wall ( traditional Chinese: 恆春縣城; simplified Chinese: 恒春县城; pinyin: Héngchūn Xiànchéng) refers to the historic castle town of Hengchun, Pingtung, Taiwan. The town is known for its well-preserved city walls that surround the city, and is the only castle town in Taiwan where all of the original gates remain ...
Hengchun Airport (Chinese: 恆春機場; pinyin: Héngchūn Jīchǎng) (IATA: HCN, ICAO: RCKW) is an airport in Renshou Village, Hengchun Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan. The airport is near Kenting National Park and is the southernmost airport in Taiwan. Due to its location, the airport frequently experiences strong katabatic winds and is ...
The 2006 Hengchun earthquakes occurred on December 26 at 20:26 and 20:34 local time off the southwest coast of Taiwan in the Luzon Strait, which connects the South China Sea with the Philippine Sea. The International Seismological Centre measured the shocks at 7.0 and 6.9 on the moment magnitude scale. The earthquakes not only caused casualties ...
Kenting National Park (Chinese: 墾丁國家公園; pinyin: Kěndīng Gúojiā Gōngyuán), commonly known as Kenting (Chinese: 墾丁; pinyin: Kěndīng), is a national park located on the Hengchun Peninsula of Pingtung County, Taiwan, covering Hengchun, Checheng, and Manzhou Townships. Established on 1 January 1984, [1] it is Taiwan's oldest ...
1,000 tropical plants. Kenting National Forest Recreation Area ( traditional Chinese: 墾丁國家森林遊樂區; simplified Chinese: 垦丁国家森林游乐区; pinyin: Kěndīng Guójiā Sēnlín Yóulè Qū) is a forest in Hengchun Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan. It is park of Kenting National Park. [1]
The 1959 Hengchun earthquake (Chinese: 1959年恆春地震; pinyin: 1959 nián Héngchūn dìzhèn) struck the southern tip of Taiwan on August 15. With a Richter magnitude of 7.1, it was the tenth deadliest earthquake in twentieth century Taiwan, killing 16 or 17 people.