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The Pescadores Islands (澎湖群島; Wade-Giles P'eng-hu, pinyin: Pénghú) form an archipelago in the Taiwan
Strait. They are administered by the Republic of China (on
Taiwan) as Penghu County of Taiwan Province. The name "Pescadores" came from Portuguese "fishermen".
The county flower is a chrysanthemum called "The Immortals"
(天人菊).
History
"P'eng-hu" was first recorded in unofficial historical records and regional logs in Southern Song Dynasty. From the middle of the 17th century to 1895, Formosa (Taiwan) and the
Pescadores (Penghu) were part of the Chinese Empire.
China then ceded these islands to Japan in 1895 in the Sino-Japanese Treaty of Shimonoseki.
In the Cairo Declaration of 1943, the United States, United
Kingdom, and China stated it to be their purpose that "all the territories that Japan has stolen from the Chinese, such as
Formosa and the Pescadores, shall be restored to the Republic of China."
On July 26, 1945, the three governments issued the Potsdam
Proclamation, declaring that "the terms of the Cairo Declaration shall be carried out," and formally did so in the Treaty of San Francisco.
Sub-county divisions
Penghu County comprises of one city and five townships: (in Tongyong
Pinyin)
- Magong City (馬公市 pinyin: Mǎgōng): 34 municipal villages (里 li)
- Husi Township (湖西鄉 Húxī): 22 town villages (村
ts'un)
- Baisha Township (白沙鄉
Báishā): 15
- Siyu Township (西嶼鄉
Xīyǔ): 11
- Cimei Township (七美鄉
Qīměi): 6
- Wang-an Township
(望安鄉 Wàng'ān): 9
Pescadores Islands from 1896 map
Altogether, there are 97 villages.
See also: Political divisions of
Taiwan
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