Wangan
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.
- Type: Town with 5,130 residents
- Description: A rural township in Penghu County, Taiwan
- Also known as: “Bāng-oaⁿ”, “Bāng-uann”, “Bōan”, “Hattaku”, “Hattō”, “Mōan”, “mong6 on1”, “Ostrov Pachao”, “Peh-táu”, “Tung-an-ts’un”, “Tung-hu-ts’un”, “Vọng An, Bành Hồ”, “Wang-an-she”, “Wangan Township”, “Wangan, Penghu”, “はったく”, “ハット”, “ペー ター”, “ぼうあん”, “八罩山”, “八罩嶼”, “八罩澳”, “挽門嶼”, and “網垵”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Wang-an Airport and Xi’an Reservoir.
Wangan
- Categories: township of Taiwan and locality
- Location: Penghu, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
23.3572° or 23° 21′ 26″ north
Longitude
119.501° or 119° 30′ 4″ east
Population
5,130
Elevation
14 metres (46 feet)
IATA airport code
WOT
Open location code
7PMX9G42+V9
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Wangan” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Wang’an Xiang”
- Chinese: “望安”
- Chinese: “望安乡”
- Chinese: “望安鄉”
- Czech: “Wang-an”
- French: “Wang’an”
- German: “Wang’an”
- Hakka Chinese: “Mong-ôn-hiông”
- Japanese: “望安郷”
- Korean: “왕안향”
- Ladin: “Wang’an”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Bāng-oaⁿ-hiong”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Bāng-uann-hiong”
- Min Nan Chinese: “網垵鄉”
- Persian: “وانگان”
- Polish: “Wang’an”
- Spanish: “Wang-an”
- Vietnamese: “Vọng An”
- Yue Chinese: “望安鄉”
- “望安鄉”
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