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Penghu County
澎湖縣

Penghu County emblem

Abbreviation: Penghu(澎湖)
County nickname: Gaillardia Island(菊島)

Capital Magong City
Region Taiwan Strait
County magistrate Lai Feng-wei (賴峰偉)

Area

Ranked 22 of 25

 - Total
 - % water

126.8641 km²
0%

Population Ranked 23 of 25

 - Total ( May 2004)
 - Density

91,840
724/km²

Cities: 1
Townships:5
County flower:Firewheel ( Gaillardia pulchella)
County tree: Chinese Banyan (Ficus microcarpa)
County birdFor other meanings of bird see bird (disambiguation). Many see text Birds are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrates characterized primarily by feathers, forelimbs modified as wings, and hollow bones. There are almost 9000 known species of birds in: Small Skylark (Alauda gulgula)
County fishAtlantic herring, Clupea harengus one of the most abundant species in the world Photo A fish is a poikilothermic (cold-blooded) water-dwelling vertebrate with gills. There are over 27,000 species of fish, making them the most diverse group of vertebrates.:Spotted GrouperGroupers : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Perciformes : Serranidae subfamily Epiphelinae Genera Alphestes ''Anyperidon ''Cephalopholis ''Cromileptes ''Dermatolepis ''Epinephelus ''Gonioplectrus ''Gracila ''Mycteroperca ''Niphon ''Paranthias ''Plec (Epinephelus megachir)


The Pescadores Islands (澎湖群島; Wade-GilesWade-Giles sometimes abbreviated Wade is a Romanization (phonetic notation and transliteration) system for the Chinese language based on Mandarin. It developed from a system produced by Thomas Wade in the mid- 19th century, and reached settled form with H P'eng-hu, pinyinPinyin (, pinyin) literally means "join together sounds" (a less literal translation being "phoneticize", "spell" or "transcription") in Chinese and usually refers to Hany pinyin (, literal meaning: " Han language pinyin"), which is a system of romanizati: Pénghú) form an archipelagoAn archipelago is a landform which consists of a chain or cluster of islands. Archipelagoes usually occur in the open sea; less commonly a large land mass may neighbour them. Archipelagos are often volcanic, forming along ocean ridges or hot spots, but th in the Taiwan Strait. They are administered by the Republic of ChinaThe Republic of China ( Traditional Chinese: , Simplified Chinese: ; Wade-Giles: Chung-hua Min-kuo, Tongyong Pinyin: JhongHua MinGuo, Hanyu Pinyin: Zhonghua Minguo) is a de facto sovereign state that currently administers the island groups of Taiwan, Peng (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).





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