Chishang
Chihshang Township is a rural township in Taitung County, Taiwan. Chihshang was founded by indigenous Makatao from Pingtung 160 years ago, along with the other immigrants, including Taivoan from Kaohsiung and very few Siraya from Tainan later in the 1950s.- Type: Town with 8,380 residents
- Description: A rural township in Taitung County, Taiwan
- Also known as: “Ch’ih-shang”, “Ch’ih-shang-hsiang”, “chi shong+ hiongˋ”, “Chihshang”, “Chihshang Township”, “Chihshang, Taitung”, “Chrshang”, “ciiˇ song hiongˊ”, “Fanaw”, “Ikegami”, “Shinkaien”, “Sin-khai-hn̂g”, “Ta-pu”, “Tî-siāng”, “Tî-siōng”, “Trì Thượng, Đài Đông”, “Tshṳ̀-song”, and “新開園”
- Neighbors: Donghe and Haiduan
Places of Interest
Highlights: Takeshi Kaneshiro Tree and Dapo Pond.
Takeshi Kaneshiro Tree
Takeshi Kaneshiro Tree is a bishop wood located on Mr.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Haiduan.
Chishang
- Categories: township of Taiwan, Indigenous Area, and locality
- Location: Taitung County, Taiwan, Eastern Taiwan, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
23.1224° or 23° 7′ 21″ north
Longitude
121.2151° or 121° 12′ 55″ east
Population
8,380
Elevation
273 metres (896 feet)
Open location code
7QM346C8+X3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Amis to Yue Chinese—“Chishang” goes by many names.
- Amis: “Chishang”
- Atayal: “Chishang”
- Cebuano: “Chishang Xiang”
- Chinese: “Chíshàng Xiāng”
- Chinese: “池上”
- Chinese: “池上乡”
- Chinese: “池上鄉”
- German: “Chishang”
- Hakka Chinese: “Tshṳ̀-song-hiông”
- Japanese: “池上郷”
- Korean: “츠상향”
- Ladin: “Chishang”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Tî-siōng-hiong”
- Min Nan Chinese: “池上鄉”
- Paiwan: “Chishang”
- Russian: “Чишан”
- Saisiyat: “Chishang”
- Sakizaya: “Chishang”
- Taroko: “Chishang”
- Vietnamese: “Trì Thượng”
- Yue Chinese: “池上鄉”
- “池上鄉”
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