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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Makung and Wangan.
Makung
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Makung or Magong is a city in the Penghu Islands of Taiwan. It is the only city on the islands. The city has many historical sites tracing back to the Ming Dynasty.
Wangan
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Wangan Township / Wang-an Township is a rural township in Penghu County, Taiwan. 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.
Cimei
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Cimei Township is a rural township in Penghu County, Taiwan. The island is the fifth largest in the Pescadores and the southernmost island in the group. It is the smallest township in Penghu County.
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Huxi
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Huxi Township is a rural township in Penghu County, Taiwan. It is located on the eastern part of the Penghu Main Island and is the largest township in Penghu County.
Baisha
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Baisha Township is a rural township in Penghu County, Taiwan. 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 Asia.
South Penghu Marine National Park
South Penghu Marine National Park is a national park of Taiwan in the south of Penghu Islands. The marine park includes the islands of Dongjiyu, Xijiyu, Dongyupingyu, Xiyupingyu, other smaller islets and surrounding waters.
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: Taiwan Province, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of center
23.5697° or 23° 34′ 11″ northLongitude of center
119.5665° or 119° 33′ 59″ eastPopulation
100,000Elevation
26 metres (85 feet)IATA airport code
MZGUnited Nations Location Code
TW MZGOpenStreetMap ID
node 60655829OpenStreetMap feature
place=county
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Satellite Map
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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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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 “Penghu”. Photo: Chia Chia Kuo, CC BY-SA 3.0.