Toucheng Township 頭城鎮 Tōi | |
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.jpg) Harbor in Toucheng Township | |
 Toucheng Township in Yilan County | |
| Country | Republic of China |
| County | Yilan |
| Urban villages (里) | 25 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (鎮長) | Tsao Qian-shun (曹乾舜) |
| Area | |
• Total | 100.89 km2 (38.95 sq mi) |
| Population (September 2023) | |
• Total | 28,334 |
| • Density | 280.84/km2 (727.37/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (National Standard Time) |
| Postal code | 261 |
| Website | toucheng (in Chinese) |
Toucheng Township (Chinese:頭城鎮;pinyin:tóu chéng zhèn[1];Pe̍h-ōe-jī:Thâu-siâⁿ-tìn) is an urbantownship inYilan County,Taiwan. The township includesGuishan Island andGuiluan Island in thePhilippine Sea. TheSenkaku Islands, known in Mandarin as theDiaoyu Islands, are claimed as part of the township.[2][3]
Toucheng was formerly calledThau-ui (Chinese:頭圍;Pe̍h-ōe-jī:Thâu-uî). Toucheng Township (頭城鄉) was established on 9 September 1946. Toucheng Township was upgraded to anurban township (頭城鎮) on 1 January 1948.[4]
Toucheng includes twenty-fiveurban villages:[5]
Toucheng is one of the twocable landing points of Taiwan island (the other one isFangshan). Four submarine communication cables, includingAPCN,APCN2,RNAL, andSEA-ME-WE 3, connect here.
The township has several fresh seafood restaurants and also black sand beach for surfing activities.
Several boat operators offer trips from the Wushi Harbour toGuishan Island and also for whale and dolphin watching.
The Juh-an River Bird sanctuary is another attraction of Toucheng.
Once the economic center of the area, the Ho-Ping street in Toucheng is one of the few unaltered and typicalQing dynasty Taiwanese urban structures.
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Taiwanese indie rock band Accusefive (告五人) filmed a music video for their hit single 愛人錯過 at the Wushi Harbour North Jetty. The music video was released on 7 Aug 2019.[8]
Toucheng is served by theYilan Line ofTaiwan Railway Administration onDali Station,Daxi Station,Dingpu Station,Guishan Station,Sicheng Station,Toucheng Station andWai-ao Station. Toucheng has more rail stations (three) than any other townships inTaiwan. There are seven stations along the route.
The township has recently seen a marked increase in tourism due to the opening of theFreeway 5 linking it with western Taipei. The freeway consists of a series oftunnels dug through the Snow Mountains, the longest of which measures 12.7 km (7.9 mi). The distance between western Taipei and Toucheng is now 30 km (19 mi) and takes roughly thirty minutes of driving, compared to several hours in the past.
Wushi Harbor is located in the township.
字詞 【頭城鎮】 注音 ㄊㄡˊ ㄔㄥˊ ㄓㄣˋ 漢語拼音 tóu chéng zhèn
地政事務所名稱(代碼) 宜蘭(GB) 鄉鎮市區名稱(代碼) 頭城鎮(02){...}段 小段 代碼 備註{...}釣魚台 0568 赤尾嶼 0569 黃尾嶼 0570 北小島 0571{...}南小島 0572
另轄兩小島（龜山島及龜卵嶼）及一群島（釣魚臺列嶼）。
民國卅四年(1945)臺北縣下共設九區，原宜蘭郡改為宜蘭區，本鎮所轄隨之改為臺北縣宜蘭區頭圍鄉，管轄範圍仍如日據時代之頭圍庄；三十五年九月九日易名為頭城鄉，三十七年元月一日，升格為頭城鎮迄今。
Station Address{...}Shihcheng No. 230, Sec. 7, Binhai Rd., Shihcheng Village, Toucheng Township, Yilan County
(in Chinese)Cities and townships ofYilan County | ||
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| Cities |  | |
| Urban townships | ||
| Rural townships | ||
| Mountain indigenous townships | ||
| Kaohsiung |  | |
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| Kinmen | ||
| Lienchiang1 | ||
| Penghu | ||
| Pingtung | ||
| Taitung | ||
| Yilan | ||
1 Lienchiang County commonly known as Matsu.2Diaoyutai Islands are controlled byJapan, (calledSenkaku Islands).3Seat of the outlying islands' counties | ||