From a sugar-refinery branch school to "three villages."
Sancun Elementary began in 1920 under Japanese rule as a branch school known as "Sankandian Branch School" (三崁店分校), tied to the old Sankandian sugar-refinery settlement in the area. It became an independent school in 1941. The postwar name "三村" — literally "three villages" — reflects the three communities that make up the school's catchment area today. The school's cafeteria uses only domestically-sourced pork and beef.
三村國小創校於1920年日治時期，初名「三崁店分校」，與當地早年的三崁店糖廠聚落淵源深厚，1941年獨立設校。戰後校名「三村」意指學區涵蓋的三個聚落。學校營養午餐使用的豬肉、牛肉均為國產食材。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🏭 Sugar-Refinery Roots
三崁店糖廠淵源
Originally named "Sankandian Branch School" after the nearby Sankandian sugar-refinery settlement, the school's 1920 founding is directly tied to Yongkang's Japanese-era sugar industry.
🏘️ A Name Meaning "Three Villages"
校名由來「三村」
The school's postwar name, 三村 ("three villages"), reflects the three communities that its catchment area covers today.
🥩 Domestically-Sourced Cafeteria Meat
午餐使用國產豬牛肉
The school's cafeteria commits to using only domestically-sourced pork and beef in its meals.
Echoes of Yongkang's sugar-industry past.
The school's Sankandian origin ties it directly to Yongkang's sugar-industry past — the nearby Sankandian sugar factory, a Japanese-era Meiji Sugar Co. facility, was one of the district's earliest industrial anchors. See the Tainan county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 2, Yanxing Rd., Yongkang District, Tainan City 710, Taiwan
臺南市永康區鹽行路2號
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