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 / Taian 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]

Tai'an Township 泰安鄉 Taian
Mountain indigenous township
Da'an River
Taian Township Office, Miaoli County
Tai'an Township in Miaoli County
Location	Miaoli County, Taiwan
Area
• Total	615 km^2 (237 sq mi)
Population  (January 2023)
• Total	5,735
• Density	9.3/km^2 (24/sq mi)
Website	www.taian.gov.tw (in Chinese)

Geography

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: 5,735 people (January 2023)^[7]

Administrative divisions

 

Administrative divisions of Tai'an Township

The township comprises eight villages: Bagua, Daxing, Jinshui, Meiyuan, Qingan, Shilin, Xiangbi and Zhongxing.^[7]

Politics

The township is part of Miaoli County Constituency II electoral district for Legislative Yuan.

Tourist attractions

• Guanwu National Forest Recreation Area
• Shei-Pa National Park
• Tai'an Hot Spring
• Xishuikeng Tofu Street

References

1. "Organization". Miaoli County Fire Bureau. Retrieved 21 September 2020. 1.14.7 Taian branch
2. "Jurisdiction". Taiwan Miaoli District Prosecutors Office. 2010-06-08. Retrieved 21 September 2020. Taian Township.
3. "Chinese and English Table for police brigades of this department". Retrieved 21 September 2020. 造橋分隊 Zaociao Branch
4. 1.7-鄉鎮市區戶口數 [Population for Township and District]. Ministry of the Interior. August 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020. 泰安鄉 Taian Township 614.5127 1,976 5,795 3,105 2,690 115.43 2.93 9
5. Steven Crook (22 November 2019). "Highways and Byways: Railway culture at Taian". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 September 2020. Taian TRA Station isn't in Miaoli County's Taian Township (泰安鄉),
6. http://taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=108210&ctNode=430^{[dead link]}
7. 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.

External links

 

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• Official website   (in Chinese)