A century of names and moves.
Gongguan Elementary's roots trace back to 1916, when a branch station was first established to serve Han Taiwanese children in Shalu under Taiwan's Japanese-era public school system. The school formally opened in 1926 and went through several relocations and renamings over the following decades before settling into its present form and campus in 1968.
公館國小的歷史可追溯至1916年設立的分教場，屬日治時期公學校制度下服務沙鹿地區台灣人子弟的教育設施。學校於1926年正式設立，其後歷經多次遷校與更名，直到1968年才確立今日的校名與規模。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🏫 Roots in a 1916 Branch Station
源自1916年分教場
Gongguan Elementary's history stretches back over a century to a 1916 branch station serving local children under Japan's colonial-era school system.
🔄 A Chain of Renamings
多次更名的歷程
The school changed names and locations several times through the 20th century before settling into its current identity in 1968.
📜 A Living Record of the Colonial Era
見證日治公學校制度
Its winding institutional history offers a window into how Taiwan's Japanese-era public school system took root and evolved in rural Shalu.
A trace of the colonial-era school system.
Gongguan Elementary's long chain of relocations and renamings is itself a piece of local history — a living trace of how Taiwan's Japanese-era public school system was built up to serve Han Taiwanese children across Shalu's rural hamlets. See the Taichung county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 1, Sec. 2, Zhonghang Rd., Xishi Vil., Shalu District, Taichung City, Taiwan
臺中市沙鹿區西勢里中航路二段1號
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