Pingtung City

"Pingtung" redirects here; for the county of the same name see Pingtung County

Pingtung 屏東
—  County-controlled city  —
Pingtung City · 屏東市
Country	Republic of China
Region	Southern Taiwan
Capital	North West Dist.(西北區)
Government
– Mayor	Ye Shou-Shan (葉壽山)
Area
– Total	60.067 km2 (23.2 sq mi)
Population (May 2007)
– Total	215,975
– Density	3,595.6/km2 (9,312.5/sq mi)
Districts
Website	http://www.ptcg.gov.tw/

Pingtung City
Traditional Chinese	屏東市
Simplified Chinese	屏东市
Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Píngdōng shì - Tongyong Pinyin Píngdōng shìh - Wade–Giles P'ing-tung shih Min - Hokkien POJ Pîn-tong-chhī

Pingtung City is the capital of Pingtung County, Taiwan.

Geography

Pingtung is located in Pingtung County, the southernmost county in Taiwan. It is located east of Kaohsiung and Fengshan, and centered between the western coast and the eastern mountain range. The climate is humid and extremely hot in summer, but fairly cool in the winter. Many residents work in Kaoshiung and commute by train.

Railway

North: Liukuaicuo(六塊厝車站); Pingtung Station(屏東車站)[1]; South: Guilai(歸來車站)

• 28XX or 26XX is Local Train (區間車) (EMU500 [2], 600 [3])
• 1XXX or 20XX is Tzu Chiang (自強號) or City Express Train. (E1000 [4], EMU1200,DR2800~DR3100)
• 17x is Normal Train; 58XX is Local Express Train (區間快車) EMU700 [5]
• 1XX is Fu Hsing Express (復興號); XX is Chu Kuang Express (莒光號)[6]

Heading North:

• 14_06:58 Songshan (松山) via Kaohsiung, Taipei; 1008_07:30 Suong-San; 1010_08:00 Suong-San
• 16_08:25 Songshan; 1012_09:02 Songshan; 20_09:30 Songshan; 34_10:50 Qidu (七堵) via Taipei
• 90_11:40 Kaohsiung; 1022_12:30 Songshan; 114_12:34 Keelung (基隆市) via Taipei
• 92_12:45 Fengyuan (豐原) via Taichung; 1028_13:36 Songshan; 2054_13:50 Kaohsiung
• 1030_14:20 Hualien (花蓮) via Taipei; 2_14:57 Taipei Tourist Tran; 94_16:36 Kaohsiung
• 1040_17:25 Songshan; 2056_18:18 Fengyuan; 2060_19:19 Kaohsiung; 1046_19:25 Songshan
• 82_19:47 Fengyuan; 23B_21:00 Kaohsiung; 1055_21:21 Kaohsiung; 1048_21:26 Kaohsiung

Heading South:

• 91_07:37 Taitung (台東); 2059_08:41 Hualien; 2051_09:32 Taitung
• 81_10:34 Taitung; 2053_12:14 Taitung; 1_13:01 Fangliao (枋寮) Tourist Tran
• 93_15:01 Taitung; 2055_17:02 Hualien; 95_19:17 Taitung
• 97_21:41 Zhiben (知本); 2061_22:41 Dawu (大武)

A detailed time table is available in this website.TRA

Airport/Bus

Pingtung Airport屏東機場
Bus station is nearby the train station.Pingtung County and city bus (屏東客運) Roadmap

• 003 Pingtung-Shepi (社皮)- Donggang (東港) 005 Pingtung-Wandan (萬丹)-Donggang-Hengchun (恆春)
• 102 Pingtung-Chaozhou (潮州) -Laiyi (來義) 104 Pingtung-Chaozhou-Jiangong (建功) 107 Pingtung-Chaozhou-Wutan (武潭)
• 109 Pingtung-Chaozhou-Beishi (北勢) -Donggang 206 Pingtung-Ligang (里港) -Maolin/Duona (茂林/多納) 208 Pingtung-Ligang-Meinong (美濃)
• 212 Pingtung-RoYang (洛陽) -Yanpu (鹽埔) 215 Pingtung-Yanpu-Gaoshu (高樹) 301 Pingtung-Zhenxing (振興) -Sandimen (三地門)
• 302 Pingtung-Sanhe Village (三和村)-Sandimen 305 Pingtung-Longchan (龍泉) -SanDiMen 308 Pingtung-Wutai (霧台)
• 310 Pingtung-Neipu (內埔)-Laiyi 314 Pingtung-Wanluan (萬巒) -Chaozhou 315 Pingtung-Chaozhou-Hengchun
• 501 Pingtung-Qishan (旗山) -Tainan (台南) 502 Pingtung-Tainan (freeway)

Education

• 國立屏東教育大學National PingTung University of Education
• 國立屏東商業技術學院National Pingtung Institute of Commerce
• 國立屏東高中National Pingtung Senior High School
• 國立屏東女中National Pingtung Girls' Senior High School
• 國立屏東高工National Pingtung Industrial Vocational Senior High School
• 縣立大同中學Pingtung County Da Tung Senior High School
• 私立屏榮高中 Private Ping-Rong High School
• 私立陸興中學 Private Lu-Shin High School
• 私立華洲工家職業學校 Private Hua-Chou Senior Industrial & Domestic Science Vocational School
• 私立民生家商職業學校 Private Minsheng Economics & Commercial Vocational High School

Notable natives

• Fu-Te Ni
• Pan Wei-Lun
• Su Tseng-Chang
• Ang Lee (director of Brokeback Mountain, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.)
• Ella Chen (of S.H.E)

External links

• Website of Pingtung City Office

Coordinates: 22°40′34″N 120°29′39″E / 22.67611°N 120.49417°E / 22.67611; 120.49417