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The island is primarily noted as the place of past and current prisons and penal colonys. Green island first served as an isolated spot and place of exile for political prisoners during the martial law period of History of the Republic of China|Taiwanese history during Kuomintang Single-party state|single-party rule (especially during the White Terror). After their release, many of the prisoners jailed from the late 1940s to the late 1980s during the period of martial law went on to establish the Democratic Progressive Party (including Bo Yang and Shih Ming-teh). The place where most of the political prisoners were held was the Green Island Lodge (Lǜ Dǎo Shānzhuāng), where conditions were horrible. Oasis Village was the main penal colony. The prison was later closed, but its interior is not open to the public. There is a current movement to restore the prison and preserve it as a museum. The Green Island Prison (Lǜ Jiāny?) was also on the island. The island is the natural habitat for deer, goats, chameleons, giant bats, and coconut crabs as well as indigenous and migratory birds. In 1995, less than half of the registered 2,634 residents of the island actually reside on the island. The population is dwindling due to difficulty to find jobs on the island. There are two preschools, one kindergarten, two elementary schools, and one middle school on the island. To pursue any education at or higher than the level of senior high school, the islanders must move to the main island of Taiwan. Public service centres include one seniors' home, one library, and one community centre. It once belonged to the Amis Taiwanese aborigines, under the nae Sanasai. It was called "Fire-Burned Island (火燒島 Huǒshāo Dǎo; or, 火燒嶼 Huoshao Yu) before renamed to Green Island in August 1, 1949 by Huang Shih-hung (黃式鴻), the magistrate of Taitung at the time, who thought that the former name was unrefined. The villages and the settlements (聚落) they administer are:
The following abandoned aboriginal tribal settlements also belong to Gongguan Village:
category: Townships in Taiwan This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Green Island, Taiwan".
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