Sandimen Township臺灣地區鄉鎮市區級以上行政區域名稱中英對照表 Glossary of Names for Administrative Divisions. Accessed at Taiwan Geographic Names Information System website . Ministry of the Interior. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2015. is a mountain indigenous township in Pingtung County, Taiwan Province, Republic of China. The population of the township consists mainly of the Paiwan people with a substantial Rukai minority.
Names Ethnic Chinese settlers homophonically translated the original Paiwan name () into Hokkien (; or ). Under Japanese rule the name was . Following the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, the area became Sandimeng Township () but the name was changed again in 1947 to Sandi Township () but the Taiwanese pronunciation of Soaⁿ-tē-mn̂g continued to be commonly used. In August 1992, the township assumed its current name.
History During the Japanese era, Sandimen was grouped with modern-day Majia Township and Wutai Township as , which was governed under of Takao Prefecture. Following the Kuomintang takeover of Taiwan in 1945, Sandimen was assigned to Kaohsiung County and, on 16 August 1950, it became a part of the newly established Pingtung County.
Geography Population: 7,717 people (February 2024) Area:
Administrative divisions The township comprises 10 villages: Anpo, Dalai, Dashe, Dewen, Jingshan, Jingye, Koushe, Mani, Saijia and Sande.
Tourist attractions Guchuan Bridge Maolin National Scenic Area
References
External links
Sandimen Government website