Tai'an, Miaoli

Coordinates: 24°25′22″N 121°03′02″E / 24.422769°N 121.050689°E / 24.422769; 121.050689

Tai'an Township
泰安鄉
Mountain indigenous township

Tai'an Township in Miaoli County
Location Miaoli County, Taiwan
Area
 • Total 615 km2 (237 sq mi)
Population (July 2018)
 • Total 6,099
 • Density 9.9/km2 (26/sq mi)

Tai'an Township (Chinese: 泰安鄉; pinyin: Tài'ān Xiāng) is a mountain indigenous township in southeastern Miaoli County, Taiwan. It is the largest township and the only mountain indigenous township in Miaoli County.[1]

Geography

Tai'an Township is a mountainous region without convenient transportation both between villages and between Tai'an itself and outside townships. More than two thirds of the population consists of the Atayal people of the Taiwanese aborigines. The sources of the Houlong and Da-an rivers are found in the township.

  • Area: 614.51 square kilometres (237.26 sq mi)
  • Population: 5,923 people (January 2017)[2]

Administrative divisions

The township comprises eight villages: Bagua, Daxing, Jinshui, Meiyuan, Qingan, Shilin, Xiangbi and Zhongxing.[2]

Tourist attractions

References

  1. ↑ http://taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=108210&ctNode=430
  2. 1 2 106年一月份人口統計下載區 [January 2017 Population Statistic Downloads]. mlhr.miaoli.gov.tw (in Chinese). Miaoli County Government Household Registration Service. January 2017. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
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