Nangan
Nangan is an island in the Matsu region of Taiwan. It is the primary and governing island for the Matsu Islands. It is also the largest of the islands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 7,380 residents
- Description: A rural township in Lienchiang County, Taiwan
- Also known as: “Nàng-găng”, “Nàng-kang”, “Nangan Township”, “Nangan Xiang”, “Nangan, Lienchiang”, and “Nankan”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nangan Airport and Matsu Folklore Culture Museum.
Nangan Airport
Aerodrome
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Matsu Nangan Airport is one of the airports in Matsu Islands, Lienchiang County, Fukien Province, Taiwan. It is located on the Nangan Island, near the Jieshou Village.
Matsu Folklore Culture Museum
Museum
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The Matsu Folk Culture Museum or Matsu Folk Cultural Artifacts Exhibition Hall is a museum in Nangan Township, Lienchiang County, Fujian Province, Republic of China.
Ching-kuo Memorial Hall
Museum
The Ching-kuo Memorial Hall is a memorial hall dedicated to former President of the Republic of China Chiang Ching-kuo located in Nangan Township, Lienchiang County, Taiwan.
Nangan
- Categories: township of Taiwan and locality
- Location: Matsu, 福建省, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
26.1531° or 26° 9′ 11″ northLongitude
119.9386° or 119° 56′ 19″ eastPopulation
7,380Elevation
74 metres (243 feet)IATA airport code
LZNOpen location code
7PRX5W3Q+6FOpenStreetMap ID
node 60655664OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Nangan” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بلدة نانغان”
- Arabic: “نانغان”
- Chinese: “Lâm-kan-hiong”
- Chinese: “上竿塘”
- Chinese: “南竿”
- Chinese: “南竿塘”
- Chinese: “南竿乡”
- Chinese: “南竿鄉”
- Czech: “Nan-kan”
- Czech: “Nangan”
- Dutch: “Nangan”
- French: “Nangan”
- German: “Nangan”
- Hakka Chinese: “Nàm-kôn-hiông”
- Hebrew: “נאנגאן”
- Italian: “Nangan”
- Japanese: “南竿”
- Japanese: “南竿郷”
- Korean: “난간향”
- Ladin: “Nangan”
- Lithuanian: “Nanganas”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Nàng-găng-hiŏng”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Nàng-kang-hyong”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Lâm-kan-hiong”
- Persian: “نانگان”
- Spanish: “Nangan”
- Swedish: “Nangan”
- Vietnamese: “Nam Can, Mã Tổ”
- Vietnamese: “Nam Can”
- Yue Chinese: “南竿鄉”
- “南竿鄉”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Nangan”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.