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Image:Taitung County Emblem.png Taitung County 台東縣 Abbreviation(s): Taitung (台東)
Capital	Taitung City
Region	Eastern Taiwan
County Magistrate	K'uang Li-chen (Kuang Lizhen) (鄺麗貞)
Cities	1
Townships	15
Area
- Total	3,515.2526 km² (3 of 25)
- % water	n/a %
Population
- Total	241,676 (2004) (22 of 25)
- Density	69/km²
Symbols
- County flower	Moth orchid (Phalaenopsis)
- County tree	Camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora)
- County bird	n/a
Official websites	[1]

Taitung County (Traditional Chinese: 台東縣; Hanyu Pinyin: Táidōng Xiàn; Tongyong Pinyin: Táidong Siàn; Wade-Giles: T`ai-tung Hsien; POJ: Tâi-tang-kōan) is a county in eastern Taiwan. The name means "Eastern Taiwan". Taitung is officially administered as a county of Taiwan Province, Republic of China.

Due in part to its remote location and isolation by mountains from Taiwan's main population centers, Taitung was the last part of the island to be colonized by Han Chinese immigrants (late 19th century). Throughout the 20th century Taitung remained an economic backwater. Sparsely populated even today, this isolation may have been a blessing in disguise, as Taitung mostly escaped the urbanization and pollution that have come to plague much of the island's lowland areas.

In addition to the area on Taiwan proper, the county includes two major islands, Green Island and Orchid Island(Lanyu). Green Island was home to an infamous penal colony used for political prisoners during the "White Terror" period of Nationalist rule (from 1947 until the end of martial law in 1987). Orchid Island, home of the Tao (also known as Yami) aborigines (closely related to the people of the northern Philippines, has become a major tourist attraction despite the the government-operated Taiwan Power Company's controversial use of part of the island as a nuclear waste dump.

Contents 1 District 1.1 City 1.2 Townships 2 Higher Education 3 Notable natives 4 Travel 5 Culture 6 External links

1. Taitung City(臺東市)

1. Beinan Township (卑南鄉)
2. Changbin Township (長濱鄉)
3. Chenggong Township (成功鎮)
4. Chihshang Township (池上鄉)
5. Daren Township (達仁鄉)
6. Dawu Township (大武鄉)
7. Donghe Township (東河鄉)
8. Guanshan Township (關山鎮)
9. Haiduan Township (海端鄉)
10. Jinfong Township (金峰鄉)
11. Lanyu Township (Orchid Island)(蘭嶼鄉)
12. Lyudao Township (綠島鄉)
13. Luye Township (鹿野鄉)
14. Taimali Township (太麻里鄉)
15. Yanping Township (延平鄉)

National Taitung University,

• Yang Chuan-kwang(楊傳廣), 1960 Summer Olympics decathlon medalist
• Tank (吕建中)

• East Coast National Scenic Area
• East Rift Valley National Scenic Area

• National Museum of Prehistory

v • d • e Administrative divisions of the Republic of China

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