Rural township · Taiwan

Manzhou Township 滿州鄉

Manzhou Township (滿州鄉), at Taiwan’s southeastern end, faces the Pacific Ocean (太平洋). Low mountains and a central basin shape its landscape, while Hokkien, Hakka (客家) and Paiwan (排灣族) communities have contributed to its local culture.

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Wooden welcome sign and rolled hay bales with hills behind, Manzhou Township
Entrance sign for Yongjing Village, with hay bales, in Manzhou Township · 满州乡永靖社区标志与稻草卷 Source-recorded photograph date: 2015-07-24. · WEI, WAN-CHEN · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Administrative area
Rural township · 鄉
Part of
Pingtung County
Chinese name
滿州鄉
Local areas
Rural township guide

Area & population

Area in the source
142.00 km²

Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.

A home for folk songs

The Manzhou Folk Song Hall (滿州民謠館) occupies part of the former township library. It gives visitors an introduction to local songs and provides a place where established singers and apprentices can practise and pass them on. A bust of scholar Zhong Mingkun (鍾明昆) stands at the entrance. Having grown up hearing his mother sing Niumuban (牛母伴), he later collected, recorded and helped revive the township’s folk songs.

Grass and seasonal winds

Fields of pangola grass (盤古拉牧草) line County Road 200A (200甲縣道). Around the transition from autumn to winter, the northeast monsoon and local terrain produce the Hengchun Peninsula’s (恆春半島) characteristic luoshan wind (落山風).

Sources for this guide

滿州鄉 · Pingtung County Government

滿州民謠館 · Pingtung County Government

Original English written from the listed sources and checked sentence by sentence against quoted extracts by a separate reviewer. Updated 2026-09-27.

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Sources & geographic information

Administrative names and parent areas: Official geographic directory · Reference date 2026-09-06.

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