Chaozhou Township 潮州鎮 Chōshū, Chaojhou, Chaochow
Urban township
Old Chaozhou Town Hall now the Museum of Traditional Theater
Chaozhou Township in Pingtung County
Location	Pingtung County, Taiwan
Area
• Total	42 km2 (16 sq mi)
Population  (February 2024)
• Total	53,338
• Density	1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi)
Website	www.chaujou.gov.tw (in Chinese)

Chaozhou Township^[1] (also spelled Chaojhou; Chinese: 潮州鎮)^[2] is an urban township in western Pingtung County, Taiwan.

Name[edit]

Chaozhou is named after Chaozhou, a city in eastern Guangdong, China. According to some historians, settlers from that city landed here in 1724, and thus named this area after their hometown.

Geography[edit]

The township is located in the western side of Pingtung County at the Pingtung Plain. It has an area of 42.43 square kilometres (16.38 sq mi) and a population of 53,338 people as of February 2024.

Administrative divisions[edit]

The township comprises 21 villages: Baye, Chaozhou, Fuchun, Guangchun, Guanghua, Jiukuai, Lundong, Pengcheng, Penglai, Sangong, Sanhe, Sanxing, Shezi, Sichun, Silin, Tongrong, Wukui, Xingmei, Xinrong, Xinsheng and Yongchun.

Education[edit]

Language[edit]

Many inhabitants speak the Taiwanese Hokkien language. The original Chaoshan language spoken by the inhabitants has now been completely forgotten due to assimilation.^{[citation needed]}

Senior high schools[edit]

• National Chao-Chou Senior High School
• Jih Hsin Insdustrial and Commercial Vocational Senior School (日新高級工商職業學校)

Junior high schools[edit]

• Pingtung County Chaozhou Junior High School (屏東縣立潮州國民中學)
• Pingtung County Guangchun Junior High School (屏東縣立光春國民中學)

Primary schools[edit]

• Chaozhou Primary School (屏東縣潮州鎮潮州國民小學)
• Guangchun Primary School (屏東縣潮州鎮光春國民小學)
• Silin Primary School (屏東縣潮州鎮四林國民小學)
• Chaonan Primary School (屏東縣潮州鎮潮南國民小學)
• Chaodong Primary School (屏東縣潮州鎮潮東國民小學)
• Chaosheng Primary School (屏東縣潮州鎮潮昇國民小學)
• Guanghua Primary School (屏東縣潮州鎮光華國民小學)
• Chaohe Primary School (屏東縣潮州鎮潮和國民小學)

Tourist attractions[edit]

• Bada Forest Paradise
• Chaolin Temple
• Linhousilin Forest Park
• Museum of Traditional Theater

Notable natives[edit]

• Ang Lee, film director and screenwriter
• Chen Bao-ji, Minister of Council of Agriculture (2012-2016)

Transportation[edit]

Railway[edit]

• Taiwan Railways Administration Pingtung Line
  • Chaozhou Station

Highway[edit]

• National Freeway 3
• Provincial Highway 88
  • Zhutian System Interchange

References[edit]

22°33′N 120°32′E / 22.550°N 120.533°E / 22.550; 120.533