Chaozhou, Pingtung

Chaozhou Township (also spelled Chaojhou; ) is an urban township in western Pingtung County, Taiwan.

Name
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
The township is located in the western side of Pingtung County at the Pingtung Plain. It has an area of 42.43 km2 and a population of 53,338 people as of February 2024.

Administrative divisions
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.

Language
Many inhabitants speak the Taiwanese Hokkien language. The original Chaoshan language spoken by the inhabitants has now been completely forgotten due to assimilation.

Senior high schools

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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

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

Notable natives

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

Railway

 * Taiwan Railways Administration Pingtung Line
 * Chaozhou Station

Highway

 * TWHW3.svg National Freeway 3
 * TW PHW88.svg Provincial Highway 88
 * Zhutian System Interchange