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The 'Pescadores' (; Taiwanese POJ: Phêⁿ-ô·-kōan, from Portuguese, "fishermen", pron. ) are an archipelago off the western coast of Taiwan in the Taiwan Strait consisting of 90 small islands covering an area of 141 square kilometers. They are administered as 'Penghu County' (澎湖縣), Taiwan Province, Republic of China.

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History

Sub-county divisions

Miscellaneous facts

See also

External links

History

"P'eng-hu" was first recorded in unofficial historical records and regional logs in 1171 during the Southern Song Dynasty. From the middle of the 17th century to 1895, Formosa (Taiwan) and the Pescadores (Penghu) were ruled by pirates, the colonial Dutch Empire, the Koxinga kingdom, and the Qing Dynasty (Manchu), successively. The French Navy briefly occupied the islands during the Sino-French War
The Qing Dynasty then ceded these islands to Japan in 1895 in the Sino-Japanese Treaty of Shimonoseki along with Taiwan.
In the Cairo Declaration of 1943, the United States, United Kingdom, and China stated it to be their purpose that "all the territories that Japan has stolen from the Chinese, such as Formosa and the Pescadores, shall be restored to the Republic of China."
On July 26, 1945, the three governments issued the Potsdam Declaration, declaring that "the terms of the Cairo Declaration shall be carried out." In the Treaty of San Francisco, Japan renounced sovereignty over Formosa and the Pescadores but left their final disposition unsettled. The archipelago has been administered by the Republic of China as part of its Taiwan Province since 1945.

Sub-county divisions

★ Magong City (馬公市) (Heaven Queen Island)

★ Husi Township (湖西鄉) (Lake West Island)

★ Baisha Township (白沙鄉) (White Sand Island)

★ Siyu Township (西嶼鄉) (Fisherman Island)

★ Cimei Township (七美鄉) (Seven Beauties Island)

★ Wang-an Township (望安鄉) (Hope Island)
Altogether, there are 97 villages.

Miscellaneous facts

The county flower is a chrysanthemum called "The Immortals" (天人菊).

See also

★ Political divisions of the Republic of China

★ Township (Taiwan)

★ List of cities in the Republic of China (Taiwan)

★ Republic of China

External links

★ Penghu County Government Official Website

★ Penghu Tour Official Website

★ Complete list of villages' names (Traditional Chinese)