Penghu islands were mentioned during the Tang dynasty and were inhabited by Chinese people by the Song dynasty, during which it was attached to Jinjiang County.
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12 Facts About Penghu
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In 1171, the poet Lou Yue described a place across the sea from Quanzhou, identified as Penghu, that had thousands of sandbars called "Pinghu" because of the "encircling shape of its inner coastline".
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Penghu became a sub-prefecture of Taiwan Prefecture, Fujian Province, during the Qing period.
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Penghu archipelago was captured by the French in March 1885, in the closing weeks of the Sino-French War, and evacuated four months later.
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Penghu died aboard his flagship Bayard in Makung harbour on 11 June 1885.
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Penghu County was then called the Hoko Prefecture by the Japanese government of Taiwan.
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Penghu County has a dry-winter humid subtropical climate, bordering on a regular humid subtropical climate .
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Penghu is the remnant of a Miocene aged shield volcano, the stratigraphy of the island is dominated by two to four layers of basalt interbedded with sandstone and mudstone deposited in shallow marine conditions.
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Penghu County is divided into one city and five rural townships.
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Education-related matters in Penghu County are administered under the Education Department of the Penghu County Government.
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Penghu is powered by the Chienshan Power Plant, a 140 MW diesel-fired power plant commissioned in 2001, and the Hujing Power Plant on Table Island.
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Penghu is served by Penghu Airport in Magong City and Qimei Airport in Cimei Township.
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