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23°7′0″N 121°21′0″E / 23.11667°N 121.35000°E / 23.11667; 121.35000
Chenggong Township
成功鎮
Shinkō, Moalaulau
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Chenggong Township in Taitung County
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| Location | Taitung County, Taiwan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 144 km2 (56 sq mi) |
| Population
(February 2023)
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| • Total | 13,193 |
| • Density | 92/km2 (240/sq mi) |
Chenggong TownshiporChengkung Township (Chinese: 成功鎮; pinyin: Chénggōng Zhèn; Wade–Giles: Ch'eng2-kung1 Chen4; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sêng-kong-tìn) is an urban townshipinTaitung County, Taiwan. It is a coastal town facing the Pacific Ocean. Chenggong Fish Harbor is just west of downtown.
Chenggong was originally an Amis settlement from which came the Hokkien name Moalaulau (Chinese: 麻荖漏; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Môa-láu-lāu).[1] During Japanese rule, it was renamed to Shinkō Town (Japanese: 新港街)ofTaitō Prefecture. After 1945, to avoid confusion with Singang TownshipofChiayi County and to distinguish it from Tainan's Sinckan (now called Sinshih), it was changed to Chenggong, which commemorates the eponymous general Koxinga (Cheng Ch'eng-kung) who expelled the Dutch from Taiwan.
The township has 13,193 inhabitants and its total area is 144.9938 km².[2]
Along with the most of the rest of Taitung County, Chenggong has a Tropical rainforest climate.
| Climate data for Chenggong (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1940–present） | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 28.7 (83.7) |
29.5 (85.1) |
32.5 (90.5) |
33.1 (91.6) |
35.8 (96.4) |
35.7 (96.3) |
38.1 (100.6) |
39.1 (102.4) |
37.5 (99.5) |
38.5 (101.3) |
31.5 (88.7) |
30.2 (86.4) |
39.1 (102.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 22.4 (72.3) |
22.9 (73.2) |
24.3 (75.7) |
26.7 (80.1) |
29.0 (84.2) |
30.7 (87.3) |
31.8 (89.2) |
31.6 (88.9) |
30.7 (87.3) |
28.8 (83.8) |
26.4 (79.5) |
23.5 (74.3) |
27.4 (81.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 19.0 (66.2) |
19.4 (66.9) |
20.9 (69.6) |
23.2 (73.8) |
25.4 (77.7) |
27.3 (81.1) |
28.1 (82.6) |
27.9 (82.2) |
27.0 (80.6) |
25.2 (77.4) |
22.9 (73.2) |
20.2 (68.4) |
23.9 (75.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 16.5 (61.7) |
16.9 (62.4) |
18.3 (64.9) |
20.6 (69.1) |
22.8 (73.0) |
24.6 (76.3) |
25.2 (77.4) |
25.0 (77.0) |
24.2 (75.6) |
22.6 (72.7) |
20.4 (68.7) |
17.8 (64.0) |
21.2 (70.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 6.9 (44.4) |
9.9 (49.8) |
9.8 (49.6) |
11.8 (53.2) |
16.3 (61.3) |
17.6 (63.7) |
21.3 (70.3) |
21.4 (70.5) |
17.4 (63.3) |
15.1 (59.2) |
12.0 (53.6) |
9.5 (49.1) |
6.9 (44.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 67.3 (2.65) |
70.1 (2.76) |
70.1 (2.76) |
88.3 (3.48) |
159.8 (6.29) |
170.8 (6.72) |
245.5 (9.67) |
342.2 (13.47) |
329.3 (12.96) |
283.1 (11.15) |
153.3 (6.04) |
87.2 (3.43) |
2,067 (81.38) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 14.6 | 16.9 | 12.1 | 9.8 | 11.8 | 15.2 | 15.6 | 14.5 | 14.1 | 170.1 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 74.7 | 76.5 | 77.7 | 79.5 | 81.5 | 82.2 | 79.7 | 79.8 | 78.5 | 74.3 | 75.2 | 73.9 | 77.8 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 69.4 | 62.2 | 74.8 | 88.3 | 124.4 | 188.1 | 237.3 | 209.8 | 161 | 140.1 | 101.4 | 80.3 | 1,537.1 |
| Source: Central Weather Bureau[3][4][5][6][7] | |||||||||||||
The majority inhabitants of the township are the Amis people which makes up to 53% of the population.[8]
