A small school at Taiwan's energy-versus-ecology frontline.
Datan Elementary is a small coastal school within the Datan Industrial Park catchment, said by third-party sources to date to around 1951, though this has not been independently confirmed on the school's official site. The campus sits on Binhai Road directly in the Datan coastal zone, near the Taipower Datan Gas-Fired Power Plant and the contested Datan algal reef area — one of Taiwan's most publicized environmental flashpoints in recent years.
大潭國小是位於大潭工業區學區內的小型濱海學校，據第三方資料創校約在民國40年（1951年），惟未經校方官網獨立確認。校址位於濱海路的大潭沿海地帶，鄰近台電大潭燃氣電廠與備受爭議的大潭藻礁區域——近年台灣最受矚目的環保爭議地點之一。
What makes this school worth knowing.
⚡ At the Edge of a National Debate
國家能源爭議前線
The school's namesake area, Datan, has been at the center of national debate over liquefied natural gas terminal construction and algal reef preservation, placing this small elementary school at the literal edge of a major environmental controversy.
🌊 A Binhai Road Coastal Campus
濱海路海濱校園
Sitting directly on Binhai Road (濱海路) in the Datan coastal zone, the school serves a small community within the Datan Industrial Park catchment.
Where energy policy meets the coastline.
Datan Elementary sits at the edge of one of Taiwan's most closely watched environmental debates — the balance between the Taipower Datan Gas-Fired Power Plant and the algal reef ecosystem just offshore — making this small coastal school an unlikely neighbor to a story of national significance. See the Taoyuan county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 687, Datan Section, Binhai Rd., Guanyin Dist., Taoyuan City 32841, Taiwan
32841 桃園市觀音區濱海路大潭段687號
School's Official Website (Chinese) ↗
Last updated: July 2026 · Content adapted and condensed from the school's official Chinese-language website by the Taiwan Bilingual Hub team, not yet reviewed by the school. If you're from Datan Elementary School and would like to correct or expand this page, please contact us.