Pescadores Islands
 Penghu County emblem |
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Abbreviation: Penghu(澎湖) County nickname: Gaillardia Island(菊島) | |
| Capital | Magong City |
| Region | Taiwan Strait |
| County magistrate | Lai Feng-wei (賴峰偉) |
| Area | Ranked 22 of 25 |
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- Total - % water |
126.8641 km² 0% |
| Population | Ranked 23 of 25 |
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- Total (May 2004) - Density |
91,840 724/km² |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Townships: | 5 |
| County flower: | Firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella) |
| County tree: | Chinese Banyan (Ficus microcarpa) |
| County bird: | Small Skylark (Alauda gulgula) |
| County fish: | Spotted Grouper (Epinephelus megachir) |
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The Pescadores Islands (澎湖群島; Wade-Giles P'eng-hu, pinyin: Pénghú) form an archipelago in the Taiwan Strait. They are administered by the Republic of China (on Taiwan) as Penghu County of Taiwan Province. The name "Pescadores" came from Portuguese "fishermen".
The county flower is a chrysanthemum called "The Immortalss" (天人菊).
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"P'eng-hu" was first recorded in unofficial historical records and regional logs in Southern Song Dynasty. From the middle of the 17th century to 1895, Formosa (Taiwan) and the Pescadores (Penghu) were part of the Chinese Empire.
China then ceded these islands to Japan in 1895 in the Sino-Japanese Treaty of Shimonoseki.
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 Proclamation, declaring that "the terms of the Cairo Declaration shall be carried out," and formally did so in the Treaty of San Francisco.
Penghu County comprises of one city and five townships: (in Tongyong Pinyin)
Pescadores Islands from 1896 map
Altogether, there are 97 villages.
See also: Political divisions of Taiwan
History
Sub-county divisions
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