page_title: Donghe, Taitung
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Donghe, Taitung / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Tawian AMS Topographic Maps
context_page_description: Donghe Township is a rural township located in northeastern Taitung County, Taiwan.
  The population is mainly the indigenous Amis people. The major industry is agriculture.
context_section_description: Donghe Township has an old name of Fafukod (馬武窟), which means "fishing by net" in the Ami language. Many of its prehistory artifacts is found at Dulan Site.
  Under Qing dynasty rule, the township was under the jurisdiction of the Pi-lam Subprefecture (卑南廳) and "Taitung direct-controlled state" (臺東直隸州) jurisdiction. 
  In 1920, during the period of Japanese rule, the Toran local office (都蘭區役場) was set up. In 1937, it was changed to Toran Village (都蘭庄), under Shinkō District (新港郡), Taitō Prefecture. The name "Donghe Township" was established after World War II and is currently used.
caption: Map of the region including the southern Donghe area (1951)
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