Magong

English Magong City, Penghu County Alternative forms en Makung Wade-Giles Etymology From en cmn 馬公// Mǎgōng. Pronunciation mä′go͝ong′Makung 1126 1 Makung (mä′go͝ong′), Jap. [Japanese] Mako (mä′kō), formerly Makyu (mä′kyo͞o), en Ma gong en Proper noun en county-administered city county/Penghu c/Taiwan. en 1979 July w:Cornelius C. Kubler Life in the Pescadores The Asia Mail https://archive.org/details/sim_asia-mail_1979-07_3_10/ 12 https://archive.org/details/sim_asia-mail_1979-07_3_10/page/n11/ 2 My first stop upon disembarking from the plane was the Magong Teacher's Hostel in "downtown" Magong. This was to be my home for several weeks during my first and third trips. The city of Magong, the political, economic, and cultural capital of the Pescadores, is a sleepy fishing harbor of about 30,000 residents. In appearance much more like a Mediterranean fishing village than a Chinese city, Magong is the center of the important fishing industry in the Pescadores. en 07/23/2014 Plane crash kills dozens in Magong, Taiwan w:Deutsche Welle https://web.archive.org/web/20150910020137/https://www.dw.com/en/plane-crash-kills-dozens-in-magong-taiwan/a-17802459 https://www.dw.com/en/plane-crash-kills-dozens-in-magong-taiwan/a-17802459 September 10, 2015 Disasters Forty-seven people were killed on Wednesday in a plane crash on the one of the Penghu Islands off Taiwan's coast, officials said, revising downwards an earlier toll of 51.Eleven injured people were taken to hospital, the government said.Taiwan's Central News Agency reported that the plane, a turboprop ATR Model 72, appeared to have crashed after attempting to make an emergency landing in stormy weather in the city of Magong. en JULY 2, 2015 Austin Ramzy TransAsia Pilot Acknowledged Cutting Wrong Engine, Crash Report Says w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20150702152332/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/03/world/asia/transasia-pilot-acknowledged-cutting-wrong-engine-crash-report-says.html 02 July 2015 https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/03/world/asia/transasia-pilot-acknowledged-cutting-wrong-engine-crash-report-says.html 0362-4331 1645522 Asia Pacific Last July, a TransAsia ATR 72 flying to Magong, in the outlying Penghu Islands of Taiwan, crashed as it was attempting to land in rain and wind shortly after a typhoon passed through the area. en June 17, 2022 Sean Chang 'Life goes on' for unfazed Taiwanese on front-line islands https://web.archive.org/web/20220617121358/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/06/17/asia-pacific/taiwan-front-lines-island/ 17 June 2022 w:The Japan Times Asia Pacific https://archive.ph/b8jFh Andy Huang, who runs an ice cream shop in the main town of Magong, has more experience than most in facing Beijing’s belligerence. Translations county-administered city Chinese: Cantonese: yue 馬公 Mandarin: cmn 馬公 Mǎgōng References Further reading Magong, Makung