Pintofng Chi

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Pintofng Chi (屏東 Pingtung City)

Some history

  • originally a village of the Taiwanese Plains Aborigines which they called "Akau", meaning "forest"
  • After the expulsion of the Dutch, the village grew into a Chinese market-town called Akaau (阿猴).
  • This name was then transferred into the 1901 Japanese-era administrative region called Akō Chō (阿猴廳) and then the 1909 Akō Chō (阿緱廳, modified Kanji).
  • Beginning in 1920, the name was changed to Heitō Town (Jidguo屏東街 Heitō-gai)

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