Sandimen Township

Also known as Tjimur, Sandimen, Santimen, Timur

Sandimen Township is a mountain indigenous township in Pingtung County, Taiwan Province, Republic of China. The population of the township consists mainly of the Paiwan people with a substantial Rukai minority.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Sandimen Township三地門鄉
Settlement.settlement_type: Mountain indigenous township
Settlement.image_skyline: View through trees to Shanchuan Liuli Bridge.jpg
Settlement.image_size: 250px
Settlement.image_map: Sandimen PT.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Sandimen Township in Pingtung County
Settlement.subdivision_type: Location
Settlement.subdivision_name: Pingtung County, Taiwan Province, Republic of China
Settlement.area_total_km2: 196
Settlement.population_as_of: February 2024
Settlement.population_total: 7717
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Chinese.title: Sandimen Township
Chinese.t: 三地門鄉
Chinese.p: Sāndìmén Xiāng
Chinese.w: San1-ti4-men2 Hsiang1
Chinese.poj: Sam-tē-mn̂g-hiong
Chinese.phfs: Sâm-thi-mùn-hiông

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==Names== Ethnic Chinese settlers homophonically translated the original Paiwan name () into Hokkien (; or ). Under Japanese rule the name was . Following the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, the area became Sandimeng Township () but the name was changed again in 1947 to Sandi Township () but the Taiwanese pronunciation of Soaⁿ-tē-mn̂g continued to be commonly used. In August 1992, the township assumed its current name.

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