Page 17 - An Overview of Penghu

II Area and Population

Area

Penghu Prefecture consists of 63 island/isles (among which 43 are
deserted islands/isles) and has a total land area of 8.23 square ris. The main
island of Penghu, which is 4.17 square ris wide, is the biggest of all, followed
by the Fisherman Island, which is 1.18 square ris wide. Other isles are less
than 1 square ri wide.

The size of towns and villages is as follows: Magong Town: 2.13 square
ris; Huxi Village: 2.24 square ris; Baisha Village: 1.30 square ris; Xiyu
Village: 1.21 square ris; Wangan Village: 1.35 square ris. (Note: 1 square ri
equals 15.1421 km2.)

Population

The number of households stood at 11,181 at the end of 1931, amounting
to 63,997 people, among which 61,459 people from 10,453 families were
Taiwanese people. The rest consisted of 2,477 mainland people (i.e., Japanese
people) from 710 households, one Korean, and 60 Chinese people from 18
families. Populations by village are as follows.

Number of households
Town and
Village Japanese Taiwanese Chinese Total
people people people
Magong Town 642 3,120 17 3,779
Huxi Village 15 2,100 1 2,116
Baisha Village 18 1,722 0 1,740
Xiyu Village 18 1,643 0 1,661
Wangan Village 17 1,868 0 1,885
Total 710 10,453 18 11,181
Number of people
Town and
Village Japanese Taiwanese Chinese Total
people people people
2303 22,229
Magong Town 19,869 57
1 1
Huxi Village 52 12,051 1 12,104
Baisha Village 31 9,837 1 9,869
Xiyu Village 54 8,745 1 8,800
Wangan Village 37 10,957 0 10,994
2,477 63,996
Total 61,459 60
1 1

Note: represents Korean People.

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