taitung

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1. A county in eastern Taiwan.

   “A thorough reorganization and redivisioning of the island was now necessitated. In former days, Formosa comprised one complete prefecture, four districts and three sub-prefectures. Now the island became a province with four prefectures (Taipeh, Taiwan, Tainan, and Taitung), eleven districts, and three sub-prefectures.”

   “In 1987 and 1988, 12 deaths among prisoners were questioned by Taiwan human rights groups. Incidents occurred in prisons and detention centers under the jurisdiction of both civil and military authorities. In one instance, eight prison guards were convicted in July for torturing to death a Taitung detention center prisoner. They received sentences ranging from 10 months to 4 years.”

   “In 1995, an earthquake demolished a school in Taitung County, but fortunately this occurred at night when no students were inside.”

   “During the 1990s the annual landings of sailfish off Taiwan ranged between 600 and 2000 metric tons, of which approximately 54% came from waters off Taitung (eastern Taiwan).”

   “The gray sand and rock coastline of Taitung county is almost 144 miles long, but few people live there, thanks to its penchant for typhoons and earthquakes. The Chinese did not establish themselves in the region until the late nineteenth century, and even by the 1970s few Mandarin-speaking Nationalist Chinese had made their way south to Taitung.”

2. A city in and the administrative seat of Taitung County, in eastern Taiwan.

   “Early in the morning the group left by train for Taitung, the port of exit from where they would take a boat over the choppy ocean.”

   “The "other cities" of Taiwan have their unique attractions: Hualien and Taitung on the remote east coast, quiet and friendly.”

   “Before the widening of the eastern line, trains from Taipei could only travel as far as Hualien. Passengers going on to Taitung, had to either change trains or take a bus, which meant an additional three and a half hours journey.”

   “As of 11 p.m. local time (11 a.m. Eastern) Thursday, Nepartak was positioned about 225 miles south-southeast of Taipei and was headed northwest at nine miles per hour. The latest forecast information suggests landfall should occur about 5 a.m. local time close to Taitung City, which has a population of just over 100,000.”

   “The Puyuma express train was carrying more than 300 passengers toward Taitung, a city on Taiwan's southeast coast when the accident took place.”