Sandimen

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Sandimen Township in Pingtung County

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Sandimen Township

Sandimen Township (Chinese: 三地門鄉; pinyin: Sāndìmén Xiāng; Wade–Giles: San¹-ti⁴-men² Hsiang¹; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Soaⁿ-tē-mn̂g-hiong [山地門鄉]; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sâm-thi-mùn-hiông) is a mountain indigenous township in Pingtung County, Taiwan.

Names

Ethnic Chinese settlers rendered the original Paiwan name as Soaⁿ-ti-mn̂g (山豬毛, lit. "wild-boar bristle") or Soaⁿ-tē-mn̂g (山地門). Under Japanese rule the name was Santimon (Japanese: 山地門 or Japanese: サンティモン in katakana; pronounced Soaⁿ-tē-mn̂g in Taiwanese). Following Taiwan's handover to China in 1945, the area became Sandimeng Township (三地盟鄉 pinyin: Sāndìméng Xiāng) but the name was changed again in 1947 to Sandi Township (三地鄉 pinyin: Sāndì Xiāng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sam-tē-hiong) but the Taiwanese pronunciation of Soaⁿ-tē-mn̂g (山地門) continued to be commonly used. In August 1992, the township assumed its current name.

History

During the Japanese era, Sandimen was grouped with modern-day Majia Township and Wutai Township as "Savage Land" (Hoan-tē 蕃地), which was governed under Heitō District (屏東郡) of Takao Prefecture. Following the Kuomintang takeover of Taiwan in 1945, Sandimen was assigned to Kaohsiung County and, on 16 August 1950, it became a part of the newly established Pingtung County.

Geography

• Population: 7,784 people (December 2014)
• Area: 196.3965 km²

Administrative divisions

• Dashe Village
• Dewen Village
• Dalai Village
• Sande Village
• Saijia Village
• Koushe Village
• Mani Village
• Anpo Village
• Jingshan Village
• Jingye Village

See also

• Pingtung County

External links

• Sandimen Government website (Chinese)