Meaning of Wang'an | Babel Free

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Noun. [B1]

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“My first trip, one of the free, public transportation boats that ply daily between the major islands, was to Wang'an about 13 miles southwest of Magong. This island is 2.5 miles long by 1 mile wide and has an area of approximately 2.5 square miles. There are four villages on the island with a total population of about 3,000. As on all the outer islands, there is an elementary school and a police station; to attend senior high school, students have to go to Magong where they live in dormitories. Fishing and peanut growing are the major occupations of the people of Wang'an.”

“You can fly directly to Chimei or Wang'an from either Kaohsiung or Makung. There is also the odd flight connecting Chimei and Wang'an with each other.”

“On Dec. 23 last year, the Council for Cultural Affairs agreed to list a cluster of old coral-built houses in Chungshe Village (中社) on Penghu’s Wang’an Islet (望安島) as an “important settlement,” after several decades of efforts by local residents to obtain government protection of the centuries-old homes.”

“A local fishing boat has spotted and helped rescue a critically endangered hawksbill sea turtle entangled in a fishing net as it was salvaging the net near Wang'an Island in the Penghu Islands. The captain of the "Happy 168," a fishing boat registered in Wang'an, spotted the turtle Monday as it was gathering the net but rather than try to extricate the small animal from the net it called the Wang'an Coast Guard for help.”

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