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Magong (POJ: Má-keng) is a county-administered city and seatofPenghu County, Taiwan. Magong City is located on Penghu's main island.
Magong
馬公市
Makō, Makung
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Magong City in Penghu County
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  Magong Location in the Republic of China | |
| Coordinates: 23°34′N 119°35′E / 23.567°N 119.583°E / 23.567; 119.583 | |
| Country | Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| Province | Taiwan Province (streamlined) |
| County | Penghu |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (市長) | Huang Jian-jhong |
| Area | |
| • Total | 33.9918 km2 (13.1243 sq mi) |
| Population
(March 2023)
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| • Total | 63,745 |
| • Density | 1,900/km2 (4,900/sq mi) |
| Website | www.mkcity.gov.tw |
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| Traditional Chinese | 馬公市 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Horse Lord(or “Mazu Temple” for the original name) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 媽宮澳 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Port of the Mother's Palace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Kanji | 馬公市 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The settlement's temple honoring the Chinese Goddess Mazu, the deified form of Lin Moniang from medieval Fujian Province, is usually accounted the oldest in all of Taiwan and Penghu.[1] The town was originally named Makeng (Chinese: 媽宮; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Má-keng; lit. 'Mazu's palace') but was changed to Makō (馬公) during Japanese rule in 1920,[citation needed] and was the center of the Mako Guard District.
After 1945, the Wade-Giles romanization Makung was used. Taiwan officially adopted Tongyong Pinyin in 2002 and Hanyu Pinyin in 2009, leading to the romanization Magong.
The island's Mazu temple was erected in the late 16th or early 17th century. The city Magong'ao began to grow around 1887, during the rule of the Qing dynasty.
Under Japanese rule, the settlement was renamed Makō and organized as a subprefectureofHōko. The area was a major base of the Imperial Japanese Navy. It was an embarkation point for the invasion of the Philippines during the Second World War.
On 25 December 1981, Makung was upgraded from an urban township to a county-administered city.
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Magong City contains 33 municipal villages (里; lǐ):[2]
The city is powered by the Hujing Power Plant located on Table Island.
Magong has a very warm humid subtropical climate under the Köppen system. Due to the maritime influence, diurnal temperature variation is very low, but in spite of being right on the boundary with the tropics and having 15 °C (59 °F) winter lows it falls short of being such a climate. This is courtesy of the influence of the cool Asian landmass and prevailing winds in winter. As a result, the coldest month just falls short of the 18 °C (64 °F) isotherm. In summer, Magong receives monsoonal rainfall with moderated but hot temperatures. While afternoons most often stay in the low 30's Celsius, nights remain above 25 °C (77 °F) for several months. It is drier than many mainland areas of Taiwan, although it still frequently is cloudy.
| Climate data for Magong City (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 25.5 (77.9) |
27.8 (82.0) |
30.1 (86.2) |
35.3 (95.5) |
38.9 (102.0) |
39.5 (103.1) |
40.0 (104.0) |
39.8 (103.6) |
39.2 (102.6) |
37.6 (99.7) |
34.4 (93.9) |
30.0 (86.0) |
40.0 (104.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 19.3 (66.7) |
19.6 (67.3) |
22.4 (72.3) |
26.0 (78.8) |
28.8 (83.8) |
30.6 (87.1) |
32.0 (89.6) |
31.8 (89.2) |
30.7 (87.3) |
28.1 (82.6) |
24.8 (76.6) |
21.1 (70.0) |
26.3 (79.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 16.9 (62.4) |
17.1 (62.8) |
19.5 (67.1) |
23.0 (73.4) |
25.7 (78.3) |
27.6 (81.7) |
28.7 (83.7) |
28.6 (83.5) |
27.8 (82.0) |
25.4 (77.7) |
22.4 (72.3) |
18.9 (66.0) |
23.5 (74.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 15.4 (59.7) |
15.4 (59.7) |
17.4 (63.3) |
20.9 (69.6) |
23.7 (74.7) |
25.6 (78.1) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.5 (79.7) |
25.9 (78.6) |
23.9 (75.0) |
20.9 (69.6) |
17.4 (63.3) |
21.6 (70.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 4.4 (39.9) |
5.3 (41.5) |
8.2 (46.8) |
11.1 (52.0) |
15.4 (59.7) |
20.3 (68.5) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.6 (72.7) |
21.8 (71.2) |
19.6 (67.3) |
14.3 (57.7) |
7.1 (44.8) |
4.4 (39.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 21.9 (0.86) |
50.2 (1.98) |
52.9 (2.08) |
92.4 (3.64) |
123.2 (4.85) |
164.1 (6.46) |
131.6 (5.18) |
170.8 (6.72) |
74.2 (2.92) |
26.1 (1.03) |
20.1 (0.79) |
23.5 (0.93) |
951.0 (37.44) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 80.5 | 82.4 | 83.1 | 83.4 | 84.5 | 86.6 | 85.1 | 85.5 | 81.2 | 78.1 | 78.0 | 78.7 | 82.3 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 112.9 | 96.7 | 124.7 | 157.2 | 172.5 | 199.6 | 260.8 | 240.1 | 225.3 | 183.9 | 131.1 | 117.3 | 2,022.1 |
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Penghu Airport operates domestic flights and Magong Harbor hosts ferry connections to Kaohsiung, Tainan, Chiayi and Kinmen.
Geographic data related to MagongatOpenStreetMap