# Liouciou
## English
### Etymology

From Mandarin 琉球 (Liúqiú) Tongyong Pinyin romanization: Lióucióu.

### Proper noun

Liouciou
* Alternative spelling of Liuqiu (rural township of Taiwan)
** 2012, Chung-Ling Ouyang, “THE ASSESSMENT OF AND ADAPTATION TO DISEASE RISK IN LIOUCIOU TOWNSHIP, TAIWAN”, in Human Geographies – Journal of Studies and Research in Human Geography‎, volume 51, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on March 14, 2024, page 36, column 2:In the case of Liouciou township, most of the residents are engaged in fishing related industries, so their living conditions and background are very similar and thus they usually encounter the same living and health issues such as dieting, drinking and disease management.
** 2014 April 24, “Scenery of Liouciou township in SE China's Taiwan”, in China Internet Information Center‎, archived from the original on April 24, 2014, page 3‎:Photo taken on April 21, 2014 shows mango trees in Liouciou Township in Pingtung County, southeast China's Taiwan. Liouciou township, which locates 8-9 nautical miles away from the Taiwan Island, has an area of 6.8 square meters.
** 2015 April 10, “Garbage piling up on Liouciou Island”, in Focus Taiwan‎, archived from the original on 30 September 2022, Society‎:Liouciou Township in Pingtung County, a small tourist island off Taiwan's southwestern coast, has not been able to dispose of its garbage for four months due to a shortage of funds, officials said Friday.
** 2015 July 6, “Court nullifies town chief's election”, in Focus Taiwan‎, archived from the original on 05 March 2023, Politics‎:The Pingtung District Court on Monday invalidated the election of Chen Lung-chin (陳隆進) as the head of Liouciou Township after finding him guilty of vote buying.
** 2021 August 17, Chen Yen-ting, Jonathan Chin, “COVID-19: Siaoliouciou groups call for exemptions for tourism”, in Taipei Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on March 13, 2024, Taiwan News, page 3‎:The Liouciou Township (琉球) Tourism Association, Liouciou Township Business District Association and the Pingtung County Liouciou Township Environmental Conservation Association were among the groups that cosigned the statement.
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* Alternative spelling of Liuqiu (island of Taiwan)
** 2008, Beijing Review‎, volume 51, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 21, column 3:Third, expand direct marine transporation. At present, marine transportation not included in the "three mini links" has to stop at Liouciou Island, which increases costs.
** 2012, Chung-Ling Ouyang, “THE ASSESSMENT OF AND ADAPTATION TO DISEASE RISK IN LIOUCIOU TOWNSHIP, TAIWAN”, in Human Geographies – Journal of Studies and Research in Human Geography‎, volume 51, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on March 14, 2024, page 34, column 1:Liouciou Island (Figure 1) is only 6.8 km2 and is primarily coral limestone which is dry and barren and not suitable for cultivation.
** 2016 July 27, “小琉球觀光熱潮 垃圾恐破2千公噸 [Visitors leave 2,000 tons of trash in Liouciou]”, in Public Television Service‎, archived from the original on 28 July 2016‎:More tourists are visiting Liouciou during the summer vacation, and so there is more trash. The township office anticipates this year will be a record year for trash dumped on the island: over 2,000 tons of trash, a lot of trash for a small island.
** 2018 October, Connie Ka Yan Ng et al., “Insights into Identifying Habitat Hotspots and Migratory Corridors of Green Turtles in the South China Region”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, volume 28, number 5, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on March 14, 2024, page 16:Operation of gill nets is not allowed in coastal waters of Liouciou Island to avoid entanglement and drowning of foraging green turtles there, but the island is not formally a marine protected area.
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