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Magong 馬公市 Makō, Makung | |
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.svg) Magong City in Penghu County | |
  Magong Location in the Republic of China | |
| Coordinates:23°34′N119°35′E / 23.567°N 119.583°E /23.567; 119.583 | |
| Country | Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| County | Penghu |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (市長) | Huang Jian-jhong |
| Area | |
• Total | 33.9918 km2 (13.1243 sq mi) |
| Population (March 2023) | |
• Total | 63,745 |
| • Density | 1,875.3/km2 (4,857.0/sq mi) |
| Website | www.mkcity.gov.tw |
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| Traditional Chinese | 馬公市 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Horse Lord(or “Mazu Temple” for the original name) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 媽宮澳 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Port of theMother's Palace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Kanji | 馬公市 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Magong (POJ:Má-keng) is acounty-administered city andseat ofPenghu County,Taiwan. Magong City is located on Penghu's main island.
The settlement'stemple honoring theChinese GoddessMazu, thedeified form of Lin Moniang from medieval Fujian Province, is usually accounted the oldest in all of Taiwan and Penghu.[1] The town was originally namedMakeng (Chinese:媽宮;Pe̍h-ōe-jī:Má-keng;lit. 'Mazu's palace') but was changed toMakō (馬公) duringJapanese rule in 1920,[citation needed] and was the center of theMako Guard District.
After 1945, theWade-Giles romanizationMakung was used. Taiwan officially adoptedTongyong Pinyin in 2002 andHanyu Pinyin in 2009, leading to theromanizationMagong.
The island'sMazu temple was erected in the late 16th or early 17th century. The city Magong'ao began to grow around 1887, during therule of the Qing dynasty.
Under Japanese rule, the settlement was renamed Makō and organized as asubprefecture ofHōko. The area was a major base of theImperial Japanese Navy. It was an embarkation point for theinvasion of the Philippines during theSecond World War.
On 25 December 1981, Makung was upgraded from anurban township to acounty-administered city.
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Magong City contains 33 municipal villages (里;lǐ):[2]
The city is powered by the Hujing Power Plant located on Table Island.
Magong has a very warmhumid subtropical climate under theKöppen system. Due to the maritime influence,diurnal temperature variation is very low, but in spite of being right on the boundary with thetropics and having 15 °C (59 °F) winter lows it falls short of being such a climate. This is courtesy of the influence of the cool Asian landmass and prevailing winds in winter. As a result, the coldest month just falls short of the 18 °C (64 °F) isotherm. In summer, Magong receives monsoonal rainfall with moderated but hot temperatures. While afternoons most often stay in the low 30's Celsius, nights remain above 25 °C (77 °F) for several months. It is drier than many mainland areas of Taiwan, although it still frequently is cloudy.
| Climate data for Magong City (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1897–present） | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 28.6 (83.5) | 29.5 (85.1) | 30.8 (87.4) | 33.0 (91.4) | 34.2 (93.6) | 35.9 (96.6) | 36.7 (98.1) | 35.2 (95.4) | 35.1 (95.2) | 35.3 (95.5) | 31.1 (88.0) | 30.0 (86.0) | 36.7 (98.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 19.4 (66.9) | 20.0 (68.0) | 22.9 (73.2) | 26.3 (79.3) | 29.1 (84.4) | 30.9 (87.6) | 32.2 (90.0) | 31.8 (89.2) | 31.0 (87.8) | 28.2 (82.8) | 25.1 (77.2) | 21.3 (70.3) | 26.5 (79.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 17.1 (62.8) | 17.4 (63.3) | 19.9 (67.8) | 23.2 (73.8) | 25.9 (78.6) | 27.9 (82.2) | 28.9 (84.0) | 28.6 (83.5) | 28.0 (82.4) | 25.5 (77.9) | 22.7 (72.9) | 19.1 (66.4) | 23.7 (74.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 15.5 (59.9) | 15.6 (60.1) | 17.8 (64.0) | 21.1 (70.0) | 24.0 (75.2) | 25.9 (78.6) | 26.7 (80.1) | 26.6 (79.9) | 26.1 (79.0) | 24.0 (75.2) | 21.3 (70.3) | 17.7 (63.9) | 21.9 (71.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 7.7 (45.9) | 7.2 (45.0) | 7.4 (45.3) | 10.5 (50.9) | 16.6 (61.9) | 19.3 (66.7) | 21.8 (71.2) | 21.1 (70.0) | 19.2 (66.6) | 15.0 (59.0) | 9.6 (49.3) | 9.0 (48.2) | 7.2 (45.0) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 20.9 (0.82) | 38.1 (1.50) | 50.7 (2.00) | 77.9 (3.07) | 117.8 (4.64) | 148.0 (5.83) | 163.2 (6.43) | 229.4 (9.03) | 100.3 (3.95) | 30.1 (1.19) | 26.0 (1.02) | 28.1 (1.11) | 1,030.5 (40.59) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 5.2 | 6.2 | 7.6 | 8.7 | 9.3 | 10.2 | 8.1 | 9.4 | 5.6 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 81.1 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 78.7 | 80.7 | 80.0 | 80.9 | 82.8 | 85.2 | 83.6 | 84.4 | 79.6 | 75.2 | 76.8 | 76.8 | 80.4 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 102.9 | 98.7 | 131.1 | 153.1 | 183.6 | 211.2 | 265.3 | 231.4 | 214.9 | 186.4 | 129.2 | 111.4 | 2,019.2 |
| Source: Central Weather Bureau[3][4][5][6][7] | |||||||||||||
Penghu Airport operates domestic flights andMagong Harbor hosts ferry connections toKaohsiung,Tainan,Chiayi andKinmen.
Geographic data related toMagong atOpenStreetMap| Kaohsiung |  | |
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1 Lienchiang County commonly known as Matsu.2Diaoyutai Islands are controlled byJapan, (calledSenkaku Islands).3Seat of the outlying islands' counties | ||
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