Hengchun Township is a township located on the southern tip of the Hengchun Peninsula in Pingtung County, Taiwan. It is the southernmost township in Taiwan. Hengchun is also the only urban township in the southern part of Pingtung County. Hengchun has a land area of 136.76 km2 (52.80 sq mi) and has a population of 29,702 as of February 2024.
Beach in Kenting
Cape No. 7
Hengchun Township office
South Gate of Hengchun Fortress
Townships are the third-level administrative subdivisions of counties of the Republic of China (Taiwan), along with county-administered cities. After World War II, the townships were established from the following conversions on the Japanese administrative divisions:
Su'ao, an urban township in Yilan County.
Kanding, a rural township in Pingtung County.
Jianshi, a mountain indigenous township in Hsinchu County.