Magong

Magong 馬公市
County-controlled city
View of Siying Rainbow Bridge and Penghu area in Magong
Seal
Magong Location in the Republic of China
Coordinates:
Country	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Province	Taiwan Province (streamlined)
County	Penghu County
Area
• Total	33.9918 km2 (13.1243 sq mi)
Population (December 2014)
• Total	60,335
• Density	1,800/km2 (4,600/sq mi)
Website	www.mkcity.gov.tw

Magong
Traditional Chinese	馬公市
Simplified Chinese	马公市
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Mǎgōng Shì Tongyong Pinyin Mǎgong Shìh Wade–Giles Ma³-kung¹ Shih⁴ Southern Min Hokkien POJ Má-keng-chhī

Penghu County Hall

Magong City (Chinese: 馬公市) is the county seat of Penghu County, Republic of China (Taiwan). Magong is on the western part of the main Penghu Island.

Name

The earliest temple in the country to the goddess Matsu is found on Magong. Magong is therefore also known as "Magong Ao" (馬宮澳 or originally, 媽宮澳), or "Matsu Palace Seaport". The first character of the name was changed from "mother" (媽, mā) to "horse" (馬, mǎ) in 1920 under Japanese rule. Known as Makō in Japanese, the area was a major base for the Imperial Japanese Navy and embarkation point for the invasion of the Philippines.

History

Qing Dynasty

The erection of the city began around 1887, during the reign of the Guangxu Emperor under Qing Dynasty rule.

Republic of China

On 25 December 1981, Makung was upgraded from an urban township to be a county-controlled city. In January 2009, Taiwan adopted the usage of Hanyu Pinyin to replace Tongyong Pinyin, hence the use of "Magong".

Administration

Old Traditional area in Magong

Tianhou Temple (in the Mazu style)

Magong City contains 33 municipal villages (里 li):

(Romanizations are in Hanyu Pinyin)

• Fuxing (復興里)
• Chang'an (長安里)
• Zhongyang (中央里)
• Qiming (啟明里)
• Chongqing (重慶里)
• Zhongxing (中興里)
• Guangfu (光復里)
• Guangming (光明里)
• Guangrong (光榮里)
• Chaoyang (朝陽里)
• Yangming (陽明里)
• Chongguang (重光里)
• Xiwei (西衛里)
• Xiwen (西文里)
• Dongwen (東文里)
• Anshan (案山里)
• Guanghua (光華里)
• Qianliao (前寮里)
• Shiquan (石泉里)
• Caiyuan (菜園里)
• Dongwei (東衛里)
• Anzhe (安宅里)
• Xingren (興仁里)
• Wukan (烏崁里)
• Tiexian (鐵線里)
• Suogang (鎖港里)
• Shanshui (山水里)
• Wude (五德里)
• Jing'an (井垵里)
• Shili (時里奇)
• Fenggui (風櫃里)
• Hujing (虎井里)
• Tongpan (桶盤里)

Government institutions

• Penghu County Council

Education

• National Penghu University of Science and Technology

Climate

Climate data for Magong City（1981 to 2010）
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	25.5 (77.9)	27.8 (82)	30.1 (86.2)	35.3 (95.5)	38.9 (102)	39.5 (103.1)	40.0 (104)	39.8 (103.6)	39.2 (102.6)	37.6 (99.7)	34.4 (93.9)	30.0 (86)	40 (104)
Average high °C (°F)	19.3 (66.7)	19.6 (67.3)	22.4 (72.3)	26.0 (78.8)	28.8 (83.8)	30.6 (87.1)	32.0 (89.6)	31.8 (89.2)	30.7 (87.3)	28.1 (82.6)	24.8 (76.6)	21.1 (70)	26.27 (79.28)
Average low °C (°F)	15.4 (59.7)	15.4 (59.7)	17.4 (63.3)	20.9 (69.6)	23.7 (74.7)	25.6 (78.1)	26.6 (79.9)	26.5 (79.7)	25.9 (78.6)	23.9 (75)	20.9 (69.6)	17.4 (63.3)	21.63 (70.93)
Record low °C (°F)	4.4 (39.9)	5.3 (41.5)	8.2 (46.8)	11.1 (52)	15.4 (59.7)	20.3 (68.5)	22.7 (72.9)	22.6 (72.7)	21.8 (71.2)	19.6 (67.3)	14.3 (57.7)	7.1 (44.8)	4.4 (39.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	21.9 (0.862)	50.2 (1.976)	52.9 (2.083)	92.4 (3.638)	123.2 (4.85)	164.1 (6.461)	131.6 (5.181)	170.8 (6.724)	74.2 (2.921)	26.1 (1.028)	20.1 (0.791)	23.5 (0.925)	951 (37.44)
Average relative humidity (%)	80.5	82.4	83.1	83.4	84.5	86.6	85.1	85.5	81.2	78.1	78.0	78.7	82.26
Mean monthly sunshine hours	112.9	96.7	124.7	157.2	172.5	199.6	260.8	240.1	225.3	183.9	131.1	117.3	2,022.1
Source: 中央氣象局

Tourist attractions

• Central Street
• Chang Yu-sheng Memorial Museum
• First Guesthouse
• Ocean Resources Museum
• Penghu Living Museum

Transportation

It contains the domestic Magong Airport and Magong Harbor.

Notable natives

• Chang Yu-sheng, former singer, composer and producer

See also

• Penghu

External links

• Magong City Office, Penghu County (English)
• Magong Airport WebSite (English)