Sanxing, Yilan

This article is about the township in Taiwan. For the settlement in Heilongjiang, see Yilan County, Heilongjiang.

24°40′26″N 121°39′47″E

Sanxing Township 三星鄉 Sansei
Rural township
Fields of spring onion in Sanxing Township
Sanxing Township in Yilan County
Location	Yilan County, Taiwan
Area
• Total	144.22 km2 (55.68 sq mi)
Population  (September 2023)
• Total	21,239
• Density	150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Website	www.sanshing.gov.tw (in Chinese)

The restored station of the decommissioned Luodong Forest Railway in Sanxing Township

Yuzun Temple

Sanxing Township (Chinese: 三星鄉; Hanyu Pinyin: Sānxīng Xiāng; Tongyong Pinyin: Sansing Siang; Wade–Giles: San¹-hsing¹ Hsiang¹), also spelled Sanshing Township, is a rural township in the western part of Yilan County, Taiwan.

Geography

It has an area of 144.22 km² and estimate population of 21,239 people as of September 2023.

Administrative divisions

The township comprises 18 villages: Dayi, Dayin, Dazhou, Gongzhao, Guilin, Hangjian, Jiqing, Renhe, Shangwu, Shuangxian, Tianfu, Tianshan, Wande, Wanfu, Weiqian, Yide, Yuanshan and Yuemei.

Education

• St. Mary's Medicine Nursing and Management College

Tourist attractions

• Changpi Lake
• Spring Onion Culture Museum^[1]
• Sanxing Ganquan Temple
• Yuzun Temple

Transportation

• Highway 7
• County Road 196

Notable natives

• Chen Chu, Mayor of Kaohsiung City (2006–2018)
• John Deng, Minister of Economic Affairs (2014-2016)