Tai'an, Miaoli
24°25′22″N 121°03′02″E / 24.422769°N 121.050689°E
Tai'an Township
泰安鄉 Taian | |
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 Da'an River | |
 Taian Township Office, Miaoli County | |
 Tai'an Township in Miaoli County | |
| Location | Miaoli County, Taiwan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 615 km2 (237 sq mi) |
| Population (September 2023) | |
| • Total | 5,672 |
| • Density | 9.2/km2 (24/sq mi) |
| Website | www |
Tai'an Township[1][2][3][4][5] (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.[6]
Geography
[edit]Tai'an Township is a mountainous region without convenient transportation both between villages and between Tai'an itself and outside townships. The sources of the Houlong and Da-an rivers are found in the township. More than two thirds of the population consists of the indigenous Atayal people.
- Area: 614.51 square kilometres (237.26 sq mi)
- Population: 5,672 people (September 2023)[7]
Administrative divisions
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The township comprises eight villages: Bagua, Daxing, Jinshui, Meiyuan, Qingan, Shilin, Xiangbi and Zhongxing.[7]
Politics
[edit]The township is part of Miaoli County Constituency II electoral district for Legislative Yuan.
Tourist attractions
[edit]- Guanwu National Forest Recreation Area
- Shei-Pa National Park
- Tai'an Hot Spring
- Xishuikeng Tofu Street
References
[edit]- ^ "Organization". Miaoli County Fire Bureau. Archived from the original on 19 January 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
1.14.7 Taian branch
- ^ "Jurisdiction". Taiwan Miaoli District Prosecutors Office. 2010-06-08. Archived from the original on 2021-10-22. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
Taian Township.
- ^ "Chinese and English Table for police brigades of this department". Retrieved 21 September 2020.
造橋分隊 Zaociao Branch
- ^ 1.7-鄉鎮市區戶口數 [Population for Township and District]. Ministry of the Interior. August 2020. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
泰安鄉 Taian Township 614.5127 1,976 5,795 3,105 2,690 115.43 2.93 9
- ^ Steven Crook (22 November 2019). "Highways and Byways: Railway culture at Taian". Taipei Times. Archived from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
Taian TRA Station isn't in Miaoli County's Taian Township (泰安鄉),
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-07-22. Retrieved 2015-07-18.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b 112年9月份人口統計下載區 [September 2023 Population Statistic Downloads]. mlhr.miaoli.gov.tw (in Chinese). Miaoli County Government Household Registration Service. September 2023. Archived from the original on 2023-10-31. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
External links
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- Official website
(in Chinese)
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