Wengang
Wengang is a hamlet in Wengang Village, Taixi Township, Taiwan. Wengang is situated nearby to the hamlet Sanxingliao, as well as near Zhonghe.Places of Interest
Highlights include Yongan Temple and Gongfan Temple.
Yongan Temple
Place of worship
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Yong'an Temple at Mailiao Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan is a temple dedicated to the deity Kai Zhang Sheng Wang, who his followers refer to as the "Sacred Duke, Founder of Zhangzhou City". Yongan Temple is situated 3 km northeast of Wengang.
Gongfan Temple
Place of worship
Photo: 雲角, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mailiao Gongfan Temple is a Mazu temple located in Mailiao, Yunlin County, Taiwan. The temple is protected as a national monument, the highest designation for a historical site within Taiwan. Gongfan Temple is situated 3½ km east of Wengang.
Lun-a-ting Tsìn-an Temple
Place of worship
Photo: Suzuki1314, Public domain.
Lun-a-ting Tsìn-an Temple is a place of worship, which is situated 4 km south of Wengang.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mailiao and Taixi.
Mailiao
Town
Photo: 創造未來，迎接康莊, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mailiao Township is a rural township in northwestern Yunlin County, Taiwan. Mailiao is situated 3 km east of Wengang.
Taixi
Town
Taixi Township, is a rural township in Yunlin County, Taiwan, lying to the west of Dongshi, south of Mailiao and north of Sihu, and including a section of coastline on the Taiwan Strait. Taixi is situated 7 km southwest of Wengang.
Dongshi Township
Town
Dongshi Township, also spelled Dongshih Township, is a rural township in Yunlin County, Taiwan. Dongshi Township is situated 9 km south of Wengang.
Wengang
- Type: Hamlet
- Also known as: “Wen-chiang”, “Wen-chiang-ts’un”, “Wen-kang”, and “Wungang”
- Category: locality
- Location: Wengang Village, Taixi Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan, Southern Taiwan, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
23.75528° or 23° 45′ 19″ northLongitude
120.22278° or 120° 13′ 22″ eastElevation
6 metres (20 feet)Open location code
7QM2Q64F+44OpenStreetMap ID
node 4144728935OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
1666000
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In Other Languages
“Wengang” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “蚊港”
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