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Mountain indigenous township in Pingtung County, Taiwan

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Mountain indigenous township

Sandimen Township 三地門鄉 Mountain indigenous township Sandimen Township in Pingtung County Location Pingtung County, Taiwan Province, Republic of China Area • Total 196 km2 (76 sq mi) Population (February 2024) • Total 7,717 • Density 39.4/km2 (102/sq mi)

Sandimen Township Traditional Chinese 三地門鄉 Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Sāndìmén Xiāng Wade–Giles San1-ti4-men2 Hsiang1 Hakka Pha̍k-fa-sṳ Sâm-thi-mùn-hiông Southern Min Hokkien POJ Sam-tē-mn̂g-hiong Alternative Chinese name Traditional Chinese 山地門 Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shāndìmén Southern Min Hokkien POJ Soaⁿ-tē-mn̂g

**Sandimen Township**[1] is a [mountain indigenous township](/source/Township_(Taiwan)) in [Pingtung County](/source/Pingtung_County), [Taiwan Province](/source/Taiwan_(Republic_of_China_province)), [Republic of China](/source/Taiwan). The population of the township consists mainly of the [Paiwan people](/source/Paiwan_people) with a substantial [Rukai](/source/Rukai_people) minority.

## Names

Ethnic Chinese settlers [homophonically translated](/source/Homophonic_translation) the original [Paiwan](/source/Paiwan_language) name ([Paiwan](/source/Paiwan_language): *setjimur*, [lit.](/source/Literal_translation) 'people of Tjimur communinty'[2]) into [Hokkien](/source/Hokkien) ([Chinese](/source/Chinese_language): 山豬毛; [Pe̍h-ōe-jī](/source/Pe%CC%8Dh-%C5%8De-j%C4%AB): *Soaⁿ-ti-mn̂g*; lit. 'wild-boar bristle'; or [山地](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E5%9C%B0)[門](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%96%80); *Soaⁿ-tē-mn̂g*; 'mountains-gate').[3] Under Japanese rule the name was ***Sanchimon*** ([Japanese](/source/Japanese_language): 山地門). Following the [handover of Taiwan from Japan](/source/History_of_Taiwan_since_1945) to the [Republic of China](/source/Republic_of_China) in 1945, the area became **Sandimeng Township** (三地盟鄉; *Sāndìméng Xiāng*) but the name was changed again in 1947 to **Sandi Township** ([Chinese](/source/Chinese_language): 三地鄉; [pinyin](/source/Pinyin): *Sāndì Xiāng*; [Pe̍h-ōe-jī](/source/Pe%CC%8Dh-%C5%8De-j%C4%AB): *Sam-tē-hiong*) but the Taiwanese pronunciation of *Soaⁿ-tē-mn̂g* continued to be commonly used.[4] In August 1992, the township assumed its current name.

## History

During the [Japanese era](/source/Taiwan_under_Japanese_rule), Sandimen was grouped with modern-day [Majia Township](/source/Majia%2C_Pingtung) and [Wutai Township](/source/Wutai%2C_Pingtung) as "Aboriginal Areas" (蕃地), which was governed under Heitō District (屏東郡) of [Takao Prefecture](/source/Takao_Prefecture). Following the [Kuomintang](/source/Kuomintang) takeover of Taiwan in 1945, Sandimen was assigned to [Kaohsiung County](/source/Kaohsiung_County) and, on 16 August 1950, it became a part of the newly established [Pingtung County](/source/Pingtung_County).

## Geography

- Population: 7,717 people (February 2024)

- Area: 196.4 square kilometres (75.8 sq mi)

## Administrative divisions

The township comprises 10 villages: Anpo, Dalai, Dashe, Dewen, Jingshan, Jingye, Koushe, Mani, Saijia and Sande.

## Tourist attractions

- [Guchuan Bridge](/source/Guchuan_Bridge)

- [Maolin National Scenic Area](/source/Maolin_National_Scenic_Area)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [臺灣地區鄉鎮市區級以上行政區域名稱中英對照表](http://placesearch.moi.gov.tw/translate/Admin1000616.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120325205328/http://placesearch.moi.gov.tw/translate/Admin1000616.pdf) 2012-03-25 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) Glossary of Names for Administrative Divisions. (in Chinese) Accessed at [Taiwan Geographic Names Information System website](http://placesearch.moi.gov.tw/index_2.php) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20130816060629/http://placesearch.moi.gov.tw/index_2.php) 2013-08-16 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) (in English). Ministry of the Interior. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Taiwan Sōtokufu Banzoku Chōsakai (臺灣總督府蕃族調查會) (2015). 蕃族調查報告書 第八冊：排灣族 [*An Investigation of the Aborigines in Taiwan. Vol VIII. Paiwan*] (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Translated by Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica. Taipei: Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-986-04-6856-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-986-04-6856-4).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** "Entry #40016". [臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典](http://twblg.dict.edu.tw/holodict_new/result_detail.jsp?n_no=40016&curpage=0&sample=0&radiobutton=0&querytarget=0&limit=0&pagenum=0&rowcount=0) [*[Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan](/source/Dictionary_of_Frequently-Used_Taiwan_Minnan)*]. (in Chinese and Hokkien). [Ministry of Education, R.O.C.](/source/Ministry_of_Education_(Taiwan)) 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** 吳秀麗 (1994). *[Independence Evening Post](/source/Independence_Evening_Post)* 商用台語 (in Chinese). Taipei. p. 145. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9789575963149](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789575963149).{{[cite book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book)}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_location_missing_publisher))

## External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Sandimen Township, Pingtung County](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sandimen_Township,_Pingtung_County).

- [Sandimen Government website](http://www.pthg.gov.tw/sandimen/Index.aspx) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120219072908/http://www.pthg.gov.tw/sandimen/Index.aspx) 2012-02-19 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) (in Chinese)

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