Huwei, Yunlin
23°43′12″N 120°26′07″E / 23.719983°N 120.435364°E
Huwei Township
虎尾鎮 Kobi | |
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 Street view in Huwei | |
 Huwei Township in Yunlin County | |
| Location | Yunlin County, Taiwan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 69 km2 (27 sq mi) |
| Population (February 2023) | |
| • Total | 70,300 |
| • Density | 1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi) |
Huwei Township (Chinese: 虎尾鎮; pinyin: Hǔwěi Zhèn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hó͘-bóe-tìn or Hó͘-bé-tìn) is an urban township in Yunlin County, Taiwan. It has a population of about 70,300.
Name[edit]
In the 17th century, during the Dutch era, Favorolang was one of the largest and most powerful aboriginal villages in Taiwan.[1] The name has also been spelled Favorlang, Favorlangh, and Vovorollang.[2] Its location was north of Tirosen (modern-day Chiayi), and the Favorlang river had been called by the Chinese How-boe-khe (Chinese: 吼尾溪) during the reign of the Qing Yongzheng Emperor (ca. 1722 – 1735). The Chinese name for the area (Chinese: 大崙腳庄) was later changed to Go-keng-chhu (Chinese: 五間厝庄; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gō͘ -keng-chhù-chng).[3][4]
The name Favorlang is said to have derived from the ethnonym Babuza,[5] a tribe of the Taiwanese Plains Aborigines.
In 1920, during Taiwan's Japanese era, the town was administered as Kobi Town (Japanese: 虎尾庄), under Kobi District (虎尾郡), Tainan Prefecture. During this era, the town earned the nickname of "Sugar Capital" (糖都).
Government[edit]
Administrative divisions[edit]
There are 29 villages:[6]
- Anqing
- Anxi
- Beixi
- Dexing
- Dingxi
- Dongren
- Dongtun
- Fangcao
- Gong'an
- Huilai
- Jianguo
- Juetou
- Kendi
- Lenei
- Lianshi
- Liren
- Pinghe
- Sanhe
- Xi'an
- Xiaxi
- Xingnan
- Xingzhong
- Xinji
- Xinxing
- Xitun
- Yanping
- Yingchuan
- Zhongshan
- Zhongxi
Local government[edit]
Economy[edit]
Education[edit]
Tourist attractions[edit]
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- Huwei Sugar Factory Iron Bridge
- SL Towel Industrial Tourism and Explore Factory
- Tongxin Park
- Yunlin Hand Puppet Museum
- Yunlin Story House
Transportation[edit]
The township houses the Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) Yunlin Station.
Famous residents[edit]
Sister city relations[edit]
Ōma, Aomori Prefecture, Japan[8]
Notable natives[edit]
- Chen Po-chih, Minister of the Council for Economic Planning and Development (2000–2002)
- Frankie Huang, actor and television host
References[edit]
- ^ Andrade, Tonio (2005). "Chapter 7: The Challenges of a Chinese Frontier". How Taiwan Became Chinese: Dutch, Spanish, and Han Colonization in the Seventeenth Century. Columbia University Press.
- ^ Campbell, William (1903). "Explanatory Notes". Formosa under the Dutch: described from contemporary records, with explanatory notes and a bibliography of the island. London: Kegan Paul. p. 542. OCLC 644323041.
- ^ 楊彥騏 (2003). 虎尾的大代誌 (in Chinese). Yunlin: 雲林縣政府文化局. ISBN 9789570138382.
- ^ "Entry #40044". 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan]. (in Chinese and Hokkien). Ministry of Education, R.O.C. 2011.
- ^ Li, Paul Jen-kuei (2003). "Introduction: Notes on Favorlang, an Extinct Formosan language". In Ogawa, Naoyoshi (ed.). English-Favorlang vocabulary. Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa. pp. 1–13. ISBN 4872978536.
- ^ "Welcome To Huwei". Huwei Township Office. 2010. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22.
- ^ "Taiwan YunLin District Court". uld.judicial.gov.tw. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ "International Exchange". List of Affiliation Partners within Prefectures. Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR). Archived from the original on 21 November 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
External links[edit]
- Huwei Township Office (in English)
