Penghu

Penghu, also called the Pescadores is an outlying island archipelago in the Taiwan Straits between Taiwan and China, but much closer to the main island of Taiwan.
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or Magong is a city in the Penghu Islands of . It is the only city on the islands. The city has many historical sites tracing back to the Ming Dynasty.

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Township / Wang-an Township is a rural township in Penghu County, . It is the second smallest township in Penghu County after Cimei Township. The township is made up of nineteen islands, six of which are inhabited.

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Township is a rural township in Penghu County, . The island is the fifth largest in Penghu and the southernmost island in the group. It is the smallest township in Penghu County.

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Township is a rural township in Penghu County, . It is located on the eastern part of the Penghu Main Island and is the largest township in Penghu County.

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Township is a rural township in Penghu County, . It is located to the north of Penghu Main Island and linked to Siyu Island by the Penghu Trans-Oceanic Bridge, which at 2.5 km long is the longest of its kind in east .

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is a national park of in the south of Penghu Islands. The includes the islands of , Xijiyu, Dongyupingyu, Xiyupingyu, other smaller islets and surrounding waters.

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Township is a rural township in Penghu County, .

is a rural township in the Penghu Islands of .

Penghu

  • Type: County with 100,000 residents
  • Description: county of Taiwan
  • Also known as: “Hōko”, “Houko”, “P’eng-hu”, “P’eng-hu Hsien”, “Pecadores Islands”, “Penghu County”, “Penghu Xian”, “Pescadores Islands”, “Phêⁿ-ô͘ County”, “Phênn-ôo County”, “Phîⁿ-ô͘ County”, and “Phînn-ôo County”
  • Categories: county of Taiwan and locality
  • Location: , ,
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Latitude of center
23.5697° or 23° 34′ 11″ north
Longitude of center
119.5665° or 119° 33′ 59″ east
Population
100,000
Elevation
26 metres (85 feet)
IATA airport code
MZG
United Nations Location Code
TW MZG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 60655829
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
1670651
Wiki­data ID
Q198525
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Penghu” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بسكادورز”
  • Asturian: “Islles Pescadores”
  • Basque: “Penghu konderria”
  • Basque: “Penghu Konderria”
  • Catalan: “Comtat de Penghu”
  • Catalan: “illes dels Pescadors”
  • Cebuano: “Penghu (lalawigan sa Republika sa Tsina)”
  • Cebuano: “Penghu”
  • Chinese: “Pénghú Xiàn”
  • Chinese: “Phêⁿ-ô͘-koān”
  • Chinese: “平湖”
  • Chinese: “彭湖”
  • Chinese: “澎湖”
  • Chinese: “澎湖县”
  • Chinese: “澎湖縣”
  • Chinese: “菊島”
  • Czech: “okres Pcheng-chu”
  • Czech: “Okres Pcheng-chu”
  • Danish: “Pescadorerne”
  • Dutch: “Pescadores”
  • Esperanto: “Penghuoj”
  • Finnish: “Peskadorit”
  • French: “comté de Penghu”
  • French: “hsian de Penghu”
  • French: “Penghu”
  • French: “xian de Penghu”
  • German: “Landkreis Penghu”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Phàng-fù-yen”
  • Hebrew: “פנגחו”
  • Icelandic: “Penghu”
  • Indonesian: “Kabupaten Penghu”
  • Indonesian: “Penghu”
  • Italian: “contea di Penghu”
  • Italian: “Contea di Penghu”
  • Italian: “Penghu”
  • Japanese: “澎湖”
  • Japanese: “澎湖県”
  • Korean: “팽호현”
  • Korean: “펑후 현”
  • Korean: “펑후현”
  • Literary Chinese: “澎湖縣”
  • Malay: “Penghu”
  • Malayalam: “പെൻഘു”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Pàng-hù-gâing”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kiok-tó”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kiok-tó͘”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kiok-tóo”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Phêⁿ-ô͘-koān”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Phênn-ôo-koān”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Phênn-ôo-kuān”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Phîⁿ-ô͘ -koān”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Phîⁿ-ô͘-koān”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Phînn-ôo-koān”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Phînn-ôo-kuān”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “澎湖縣”
  • Mongolian: “Пөнхү”
  • Northern Frisian: “Penghu”
  • Persian: “پنگهو”
  • Portuguese: “Penghu”
  • Russian: “Пэнху”
  • Russian: “уезд Пэнху”
  • Russian: “Уезд Пэнху”
  • Sakizaya: “Pung-bu a kuwan”
  • Scots: “Penghu”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Pengu”
  • Spanish: “Islas Pescadores”
  • Swedish: “Penghu (län)”
  • Swedish: “Penghu”
  • Thai: “เผิงหู”
  • Ukrainian: “Пенху”
  • Urdu: “پینگہو”
  • Vietnamese: “Bành Hồ”
  • Welsh: “Sir Penghu”
  • Wu Chinese: “澎湖县”
  • Yoruba: “Penghu”
  • Yue Chinese: “澎湖縣”
  • “澎湖縣”

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