Nantou county

Nantou County 南投 縣
From left to right and top to bottom: River in Shuili, Yushan Mountains, History Museum in Nantou, Sun Moon Lake - as seen from Xuanzang Temple in Yuchi, Qingjing Farm in Ren'ai, Xitou Nature Education Park in Lugu , Hehuanshan
emblem
State :	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Founded :	1950
Coordinates :	23 ° 55 '  N , 120 ° 41'  E Coordinates: 23 ° 55 '0 "  N , 120 ° 41' 0"  E
Height :	55 - 3952  m
Area :	4,106.4360  km²
Residents :	499,531 (May 2018)
Population density :	122 inhabitants per km²
Time zone :	UTC + 8 (Chungyuan time)
Telephone code :	(+886) (0) 49
Postal code :	540-542, 544-546, 551-553, 555-558
ISO 3166-2 :	TW-NAN
District capital :	Nantou ( 南投市 )
Structure :	1 city ( 市 ), 4 urban parishes ( 鎮 ), 8 rural parishes ( 鄉 )
District Administrator:	Lin Ming-cheng ( 林明 溱 ) ( KMT )
Website :	www.nantou.gov.tw
Circle flower:	Ume
Circle tree:	Camphor tree

The district of Nantou ( Chinese  南投 縣 , Pinyin Nántóu Xiàn , Tongyong Pinyin Nántóu Siàn , W.-G. Nan-t'ou Hsien , Pe̍h-ōe-jī Lâm-tâu-kōan ) is a district of the Republic of China in Taiwan . It is located in the center of the island of Taiwan and is the only one of all counties in the Republic of China to have no sea coast. The capital is the city of Nantou .

history

The first inhabitants of the area of ​​what is now Nantou were Austronesian ethnic groups, the ancestors of today's indigenous peoples of Taiwan . After the island of Taiwan came to the Chinese Empire of the Qing Dynasty in 1683 , the immigration of Han Chinese people began, mainly from the southern coastal provinces of Guangdong and Fujian . Initially, the region was administratively part of the Zhuluo County and from 1723 to the newly established Changhua County . During the time of the Japanese rule over Taiwan (1895-1945) a major administrative reorganization took place in 1920 and Taiwan was divided into prefectures. One of them was Taichu Prefecture , which comprised the current administrative units of Taichung , Nantou County and Changhua County. After Taiwan came to the Republic of China in 1945 , the old administrative units were essentially retained and the Taichung District was formed from the prefecture . In 1950, the areas of Changhua and Nantou were separated and became independent counties. The Nantou County Council began operating on October 21, 1950.

Geography and climate

The district is largely part of the central mountain range of Taiwan. Only in the west do the foothills of the flat and hill country of western Taiwan reach into the district area. There are the two largest settlements with the district town of Nantou and Caotun . In the south of the district is Yushan , which is surrounded by the national park of the same name and at 3,952 m the highest mountain in Taiwan and East Asia . The central part of the circle around the city of Puli lies on the west side of the main ridge of the mountain range. There is the sun-moon lake , a popular destination.

The average annual temperature is 23 ° C in the plains and 20 ° C in the mountains. The annual precipitation in the plains is 1,750 mm and in the mountains 2,800 mm. The rainy season lasts from April to September and the drier season from October to March.

traffic

The north-south highway 3 touches the district in the northwest in the area of ​​the district town of Nantou, the branching off highway 6 , which opened in 2009, leads to the center of the district to Puli. There begins a pass road leading over the Hehuanshan to Hualien County , the only road in the center of the island that connects western and eastern Taiwan.

The Jiji Line , a branch line of the Taiwanese Railway , runs from Ershui in the neighboring district of Changhua via Jiji to Checheng in the community of Shuili near the Sun and Moon Lake.

cities and communes

Seat of the district council of Nantou

The county town of Nantou is the only town ( 市 , Shì ) in the county. In addition, there are four urban communities ( 鎮 , Zhèn ) and eight rural communities ( 鄉 , Xiāng , including two mountain rural communities of the indigenous people). According to the official statistics from April 2018, the population figures and area data for the municipalities were as follows:

local community	chin.	Hanyu Pinyin	Taiwanese (POJ)	Area (km²)	Residents	Ew./km²
1 city
Nantou	南投市	Nántóu	Lâm-tâu	71.6021	99,985	1,397
4 municipalities
Caotun	草屯 鎮	Cǎotun Zhen	Chhau-tūn-tìn	104.0327	97,640	939
Jiji	集 集鎮	Jíjí Zhèn	Chi̍p-chi̍p-tìn	49.7268	10,911	219
Puli	埔里 鎮	Pǔlǐ Zhèn	Po͘-lí-tìn	162.2227	80,786	498
Zhushan	竹山 鎮	Zhúshān Zhen	Tek-san-tìn	247.3339	54,955	222
6 rural communities
Guoxing	國 姓 鄉	Guóxìng Xiāng	Kok-sèng-hiong	175.7042	18,757	107
Lugu	鹿谷 鄉	Lùgǔ Xiāng	Lo̍k-kok-hiong	141.8991	17,787	125
Mingjian	名 間 鄉	Míngjiān Xiāng	Bêng-kan-hiong	83.0955	38,586	465
Shuili	水里 鄉	Shuǐlǐ Xiāng	Chúi-lí-hiong	106.8424	17,714	167
Yuchi	魚池 鄉	Yúchí Xiāng	Hî-tî-hiong	121.3735	15,860	131
Zhongliao	中寮 鄉	Zhōngliáo Xiāng	Tiong-liâu-hiong	146.6541	14,783	100
2 mountainous communities of the indigenous people
Ren'ai	仁愛 鄉	Rén'ài Xiāng	Jîn-ài-hiong	1,273.53	15,853	12
Xinyi	信義 鄉	Xìnyì Xiāng	Sìn-gī-hiong	1,422.42	16,262	11

The town of Zhongxing , which was planned in the area of ​​Nantou City , has been home to the administration of Taiwan Province since 1956 .

Municipalities in Nantou County
Xinyi Ren'ai Zhongliao Yuchi Shuili Mingjian Lugu Guoxing Zhushan Puli Jiji Caotun Nantou Taichung Chiayi County district Hualien Country- circle Chang- hua Country- circle Yunlin Kaohsiung

politics

The self-governing body of the district is the elected district council of Nantou ( 南投 縣 議會 , Nántóu Xiàn Yìhuì ), which was established in 1950. The head of the district is the elected district administrator ( 縣長 , Xiàn zhǎng , English magistrate ). By 2018, almost all incumbent district administrators in Nantou belonged to the Kuomintang .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 歷史 沿革 ("Historical Development"). Nantou County website, March 26, 2018, accessed September 17, 2019 (Chinese (traditional)). 
2. ↑ Home> Profile of Nantou County. Nantou County, accessed September 28, 2017 . 
3. ↑ 各 月 人口 資料 （括弧 內 為 資料 起始 年月） 03 鄉鎮 戶數 及 人口 數 (9701) ("Population data for each month (in brackets is the starting month of the data) 03 municipalities and population (9701)"). Taiwan Ministry of the Interior, accessed May 11, 2018 (Chinese). 
4. ↑ 南投 縣 議會 (Nantou County Council). Retrieved November 28, 2018 (Chinese, District Council website). 
5. ↑ 南投 縣 歷任 縣長 (District administrators who presided over Nantou County). County government website, accessed November 28, 2018 (Chinese).